Here is Black Elk’s prayer recorded originally in the book Black Elk Speaks, written by John G. Neihardt: Grandfather, Great Sacred One, You have been always and before You nothing has been.

The most well-known story ends poet John Neihardt's famous book Black Elk Speaks, which details Black Elk's life up until the Massacre of Wounded Knee in 1890. It was a hot, cloudless Great Plains ...

First published in 1932, the book “Black Elk Speaks” became especially popular in the 1960s counterculture when many Americans and Europeans were searching for spirituality distinct from ...

A former CEO of Houston-based Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations - long embroiled in legal cases over a 2012 oil rig explosion - was indicted with seven executives of a hedge fund on charges ...

Over the years, I’ve been inspired by quotes from a venerable medicine man and sage from the Lakota tribe named Black Elk (1863-1950). I’m reading “Black Elk Speaks” and find, much to my surprise, ...

Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota holy man and catechist, up for sainthood has captured the attention of Pope Francis and could be a model for bishops instituting lay catechists. Servant of God ...

A commemorative hike on Sunday celebrates two milestone events — the renaming of Harney Peak in honor of Lakota holy man Nicholas Black Elk, and a journey that inspired the book, “Black Elk ...

of the life of the man behind the book “Black Elk Speaks.” Black Elk lived from 1863 to 1950, and helped to heal his native community. His story can be especially inspiring during this time of deep ...

shared with poet and ethnologist John Neihardt and published in the 1932 book Black Elk Speaks. Overseen by Lakota elders, Black Elk Speaks became an international bestseller in the 1960s.

"Black Elk Speaks," while wandering around the college library when he should have been doing schoolwork. The book changed Costello's life, as he went on to study Black Elk in college and graduate ...