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In the 1860s, a Native American child was born, named Black Elk raised among the Lakota people

of the Great Plains. He grew up to become a medicine man. Black Elk had multiple paranormal

visions. He participated in the Messianic Native American Ghost Dance movement, and he took part

in famous events like the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Battle of Wounded Knee,

who was Black Elk. What happened in his life and what are the hidden truths about him?

So does that end our story about Black Elk? No, not at all, because authors,

Nigh Heart and Brown deliberately distorted the image of Black Elk. Their books are selective

accounts that intentionally exclude truths about Black Elk. These truths give a very

different picture of the man and what he believed. So next week we'll be telling you the facts

about Black Elk that were hidden from the public.

You're listening to episode 267 of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world, where we look at mysteries from

the twin perspectives of faith and reason. In this episode we're talking about the Lakota

Holy Man, Nicholas Black Elk. I'm Dom Betanelli and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken. Hey Jimmy,

howdy Dom. In the 1930s and 1950s, two extremely popular books were published about the Lakota

Medicine Man, Black Elk. John Nighart's book, Black Elk Speaks, and Joseph Eves Brown's book,

The Sacred Pipe, were bestsellers. They shaped the public's understanding of Black Elk,

but they deliberately suppressed facts about him that distorted the truth about the man.

So thus, who was Black Elk? What did these books leave out and what's the truth about him?

That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world.

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