# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/black-elk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:52.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/black-elk"
name: "Black Elk"
slug: "black-elk"
description: "Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk, was a wičháša wakȟáŋ and heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people. He was a second cousin of the war leader Crazy Horse and fought with him in the Battle of Little Bighorn. He survived the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. He toured and performed in Europe as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West."
tagline: "Oglala Lakota leader (1863–1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black_Elk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1863-12-01"
deathDate: "1950-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.047212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump