Wallace howard black elk biography

“We must clean up what we put in our children’s minds” — Wallace Black Elk

It was an honor and privilege to spend an hour speaking with Lakota elder Wallace Black Elk, a Sundance chief, co-author of The Sacred Ways of a Lakota and spiritual grandson of the legendary Lakota Holy Man Nicholas Black Elk.

Speaking to Grandfather Wallace, as he is respectfully called, it became clear that the 87 years he has been in this body have helped to focus him more clearly on the universal laws that govern all things.

This Medicine Man, known in his language as Wanbli Cekala (Eagle Little), cares deeply about the Earth and all its people – the winged people, the rock people, the green people, the crawling, creeping and swimming people, the four-leggeds and the two-leggeds.

He spoke nearly non-stop about the need to establish better communication. Grandpa Wallace clearly was implying more than improved dialogue between people. He calls for a strengthened connecti