Black Elk

Black Elk (c. 1863-1950)

"Seeds sprout in the darkness of the ground before they know the summer and the day."

• From Black Elk Speaks (chapter 18), narrated by Black Elk and recorded/edited by John G. Neihardt. (University of Nebraska Press, 2014).

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Black Elk

Black Elk (c. 1863-1950)

"You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round."

• From Black Elk Speaks (chapter 17), narrated by Black Elk and recorded/edited by John G. Neihardt. (University of Nebraska Press, 2014).

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Black Elk

Black Elk (1863-1950 CE)

"We were in our own country all the time and we only wanted to be let alone. The soldiers came there to kill us, and many got rubbed out. It was our country and we did not want to have trouble."

• From Black Elk Speaks, narrated by Black Elk and recorded by John G. Neihardt. (University of Nebraska Press, 2014).

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Black Elk

Black Elk (1863-1950)

"These people were in their own country and were doing no harm. They only wanted to be left alone."

• From Black Elk Speaks, orated by Black Elk and written by John Neihardt.

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Black Elk (1863-1950)

"And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that make one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy."

• From Black Elk recorded by John G. Neihardt in Black Elk Speaks. The image of Black Elk is licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 (CC 2.0)

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Black Elk (Oglala Lakota Sioux, 1863-1950)

"It is the story of all life that is holy and is good to tell, and of us two-leggeds sharing in it with the four-leggeds and the wings of the air and all green things; for these are children of one mother and their father is one Spirit."

• From Black Elk Speaks, recorded by John G. Neihardt.

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