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1863–1950 United States
Nicholas Black Elk [Hehaka Sapa] (c. December 1863 – 17 August or 19 August 1950 [sources differ]) was a famous Wichasha Wakan (Medicine Man or Holy Man) and Heyoka of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux).
United States Non-fiction authors Also known as: Nicholas Black Elk, Hehaka Sapa
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Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.
The Sacred Pipe (1953)
The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.'
The Sacred Pipe (1953)
All the things of the universe are joined with you who smoke the pipe — All send their voices to Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit. When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.
The Sacred Pipe (1953)
This center which is here, but which we know is really everywhere, is Wakan-Tanka.'
The Sacred Pipe (1953)
Of all the created things or beings in the universe, it is the two-legged men alone, who if they purify and humiliate themselves, may become one with — or may know — Wakan-Tanka.
The Sacred Pipe (1953)
The Great Spirit is everywhere; He hears whatever is in our minds and our hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in a loud voice.
The Sacred Pipe (1953)
Perhaps you have noticed that even in the slightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in different ways.
The Sacred Pipe (1953)