At the center of the universe dwells the great spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.
Black Elk Quotes
And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
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| Birth: | December, 1863 |
| Death: | 19th August, 1950 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Leader, Writer |
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Black Elk was born in Little Powder River, Wyoming, USA. He was an American leader and writer. He was Heyoka and a second cousin of Crazy Horse. When he was nine years old, he was suddenly taken ill and left prone and unresponsive for several days. When he was seventeen, he told a medicine man, Black Road, about the vision in detail. Black Road and the other medicine men of the village were "astonished by the greatness of the vision."
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