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Black Elk

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Black Elk (b. Ekhaka Sapa) (1863–1950) Oglala Sioux mystic/medicine man; born near the Little Powder River in present-day Montana or Wyoming. Returning with Sitting Bull from Canadian exile, he traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. In 1932 he dictated his autobiography, which provided great insight into Sioux religious beliefs.


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Nicholas Black Elk Michael Steltenkamp University of Olkahoma Press 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069 www.
com Award-winning author and South Dakota native Suzanne Barta Julin presents A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism, 1880-1941, an engaging, in-depth history of the Black Hills mountain park, from its inception to the contributions of famous people who helped promote Black Hills tourism (such as Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Nicholas Black Elk, and more), to the private organizations that labored to turn Black Hills into a popular destination despite its remote location.
com Award-winning author and South Dakota native Suzanne Barta Julin presents A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism, 1880-1941, an engaging, in-depth history of the Black Hills mountain park, from its inception to the contributions of famous people who helped promote Black Hills tourism (such as Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Nicholas Black Elk, and more), to the private organizations that labored to turn Black Hills into a popular destination despite its remote location.
 
 
 
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