Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk (ca. 1867-1950) spent his life praying with creation. When he died August 17, 1950, 74 years ago, all of creation prayed for him. To say that Black Elk prayed not ...

South Dakotans who opposed the renaming of Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak might be surprised to learn that they may have more in common with the peak’s new namesake, Nicholas Black Elk, than they do ...

This is the final installment in our "Eight Over Seven" series exploring the eight named peaks in the Black Hills that are 7,000 feet or higher in elevation. Elevation: 7,242 feet. Location: Multiple ...

In this exclusive EURweb interview, Happy’s Place stars Rex Linn and Tokala Black Elk open up about their roles in NBC’s new sitcom. Linn’s Emmett is the tavern’s wise, fatherly cook, while Black ...

Myron Pourier of Porcupine, South Dakota, a great-great-grandson of Oglala Lakota holy man Nicholas Black Elk, leaves the summit of Black Elk Peak after hiking to the top to commemorate a trek by his ...

In 1930, Neihardt met Black Elk, who told Neihardt of his life. These conversations led to Neihardt writing “Black Elk Speaks,” which eventually became one of the most influential books about Native ...

On a red rock ledge, the old man sprinkles sage onto a fire. As the flame flares and the background turns from blue to bright red, the man in buckskin and moccasins hoists his medicine pipe to the sky ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Lakota activist, actor, educator, and rancher Benjamin (Ben) Black Elk was born in 1899 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. His father ...

A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with ...