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Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk)

Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk, was a wičháša wakȟáŋ, heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people and educator about his culture. He was a second cousin of the war leader Crazy Horse and fought with him in the Battle of Little Bighorn.

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At this sad time today among our people, we are scrambling for the ball, and some are not even trying to catch it, which makes me cry when I think of it. But soon, I know it will be caught, for the end is rapidly approaching, and then it will be returned to the center, and our people will be with it.

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