At the center of the universe dwells the great spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.
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There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
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Birth: | December, 1863 |
Death: | 19th August, 1950 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Leader, Writer |
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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