I tried to find as much as I could on his family history but sad to say
	not much has been written .
	So I have put together what I could find .
	BLACK ELK  ( HOLY MAN OF THE OGALALA SIOUX )
	There is not a lot written on the family of Black Elk , I am
	going to give you the information that I have found .
	In 1931 , an old man standing on Harney Mountain raised
	his arms and spoke to the empty sky.
	" Again maybe  for the time on this earth , I recall the great
	vision that you sent me . It may be that some little root of
	the sacred tree still lives . Nourish it then , that it may leaf
	and bloom and fill with singing birds . Here me, not for
	myself , but for my people I am old . Hear me that they
	may once more go back into the sacred hoop and find the
	good red road , the shielding tree. In sorrow I am sending a
	feeble voice. O Six Powers of the World, Hear me in my sorrow ,
	for I may never call again. O make my people live. His name was 
	Black Elk , warrior , medicine man of the
	Oglala Sioux . From the Battle of the Little Big Horn, which
	he witnessed as a boy of 13, to the last terrible massacre
	of the Indians at Wounded Knee, Black Elk  lived the life of
	the Plains Indian and saw the death of his People .
	Black Elk was born in the moon of the Popping Trees
	which is the month of December . On the Little
	Powder River. 1863. He is Black Elk of the Lakota part of
	the Ogalala band , his fathers name was
	Black Elk and so he too was given this name, the fourth
	child to be given the name . His mother's
	name was White Cow Sees . Her father was called
	Refuses to go , and her mother was Plenty Eagle
	Feathers, His fathers father was killed by the Pawnee
	when he was little and named Black Elk , and his fathers,
	mother's name was Red Eagle Woman .
	Black Elk was also the cousin of the father of CRAZY
	HORSE. They having the same Grandfather.
	This is all the written history I can find on Black Elks
	family .  It is not much to give.  The family lived on the 
	Pine Ridge Reservation.
	I hope this give you a small look at one of our great Holy
	Men .  Black Elk of the Lakota Band of the Oglala Sioux.
	Thank you for being here tonight . I wish I had more about
	him to share with you .
	Here are a few books that you can read about him
	BLACK ELK SPEAKS  by John G Neihardt
	BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE  by Dee Brown
	Barbara is going to answer questions with me tonight. She is our Sioux person .
	Black Elk as a young man was at Wound Knee with Crazy Horse
NAAHKITTY:  I have been told that there is a published genealogy of Black Elk, but haven't been able to find it.
GFS BB:	      Lakota Genealogy is very difficult because they are distinguished clans
GFS Kevin:    ok thanks.  I saw Black Elks granddaughter interviewed on the tv series....
GFS Kevin:   "The Native Americans" that played last year.  On Turner Network
GFS BB:	Karen I also know that he was an uncle to Frank Foolscrow