Quotes by : Black Elk

And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been....

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but....

But now that I can see it all as from a lonely hilltop, I know it was the story of a mighty vision given....

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the....

Perhaps you have noticed that even in the slightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree;....

Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore,....

I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age, I can....

To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.

You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that....