Coralie Hughes never understood why her grandfather kept the bow and arrows once owned by famed Lakota holy man Nicholas Black Elk. John G. Neihardt, who wrote “Black Elk Speaks,” had given ...

the Black Hills provides a wellspring of food traditions. Bison remains a pivotal provision, as it has for the Lakota Sioux from time immemorial, along with other game meats like elk, venison ...

Black Elk also had the insight and humility to hold two spiritualities together. His Catholicism was only enriched by the depth of spirit he had received, and was formed in, through Lakota ...

Like most of the nation, Elk Grove is celebrating Black History Month by highlighting people who have influenced the community. Black people make up 13% of Elk Grove’s population, as of 2020 ...

Nicholas Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior, visionary, and Catholic catechist, is known worldwide but has been misunderstood for decades, according to two Jesuit priests who have ...

He enlisted Lakota guide Arthur Chips to smuggle him into Wounded ... Banks nudged them to get married in the village. On April 12, 1973, Wallace Black Elk, grandson of the legendary medicine man, ...

Nicholas Black Elk may soon be recognized by the Catholic Church as the next North American indigenous saint. He was both an Oglala Lakota medicine man and a Catholic catechist teaching the faith.

Fifty years ago, Oglala Lakota activists took over the village ... meets with AIM leaders at Wounded Knee in April 1973. Kneeling is Wallace Black Elk and to his left are AIM leaders Russell ...

Kneeling is Wallace Black Elk and to his left are AIM leaders Russell Means, Dennis Banks and Carter Camp. I had never been on an Indian reservation, much less seen someone shot or killed.

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kent Frizzell, right, meets with AIM leaders at Wounded Knee in April 1973. Kneeling is Wallace Black Elk and to his left are AIM leaders Russell Means, Dennis Banks ...