Black Elk
Oglala Lakota leader (1863-1950) · United States · On the map · Died at 86
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.
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Black Elk (L) and Elk of the Oglala Lakota photographed in London in their grass dance regalia while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1887
L-R: Black Elk, Italian journalist Diego Angeli, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill at Rome's Antico Caffè Greco in February 1890, during a Wild West Show tour in ItalyAbout this person
He toured and performed in Europe as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
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United States
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Lived 1863 to 1950 · aged 86