List of Black Elk Quotes

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Black Elk
Total Quotes 82
A good nation i will make live.this the nation above has said.they have given me the power to make over.
Given Said Nations
Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us; and it was very still; but there were whispers.
Clouds White Mountain
Whether it happened so or not i do not know; but if you think about it you can see that it is true.
Thinking Happened Knows
And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, i might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
Memories Men People
So i took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop i thrust it in the earth.
Earth Red Sticks
I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and these fled back to the four quarters of the world from whence the horses came, and vanished.
Horse Animal Numbers
And i saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
Native American Circles People
I had a vision with which i might have saved my people, but i had not the strength to do it.
People Vision Might
I cured with the power that came through me.
Power Advertising Agencies Native American Dream
After the horse dance was over, it seemed that i was above the ground and did not touch it when i walked.
Inspirational Dance Horse
You see, i had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that i had killed with the power that the six grandfathers gave me.
Rain Clouds Grandfather
When i got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but i felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
Mother Running Father
  • Born: December 1, 1863
  • Died: August 19, 1950
  • Occupation: Medicine Man
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