Tragedy sullies sweat-lodge tradition Oct 22, 2009
The incident near Sedona unfairly calls legitimate sweat-lodge ceremonies into question, said Rick Black Elk, head of the eastern Texas chapter of the American Indian Movement ... Black Elk said people who feel ill are encouraged to lie down and get fresh air ... Black Elk said Native Americans have become distressed by people who pretend to be shamans, or medicine men. (AZCentral -- News)
Native Americans celebrated at Crazy Horse Memorial Oct 13, 2009
Others included Myron Pourier, an Oglala tribal council member and descendant of Black Elk, and Marcell Bull Bear, an Oglala Lakota College instructor who was given 1,000 and the Crazy Horse Teacher of the Year award. Baker explained how his family got the English-language name of Baker after his forefathers were forcibly removed to a reservation in North Dakota. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Rushmore to celebrate Black Elk's legacy Oct 12, 2009
A special cultural program will celebrate the life of Benjamin Black Elk and his last living daughter, Esther Black Elk DeSersa, on Sunday, Oct. 11. The event begins at 10 a.m. with the screening of a recently uncovered film, "Legends of the Sioux," created by the South Dakota Department of Transportation in the mid-1960s, which highlights Native American history in the Black Hills and includes Ben Black Elk as one of the ... Black Elk's legacy and the cultural history reflected in the film are... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Margie Dickson Oct 4, 2009
She later worked at Black Elk Leather and Beads in Anchorage and Rippie World in Wasilla. To get her daughter into Girl Scouts, Karan was told she had to start her own troop, which she did and followed through as leader from Daises to Brownies and on to Girl Scouts. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Custer State Park bug battle to limit trail use, change forest Sep 8, 2009
Most trees cut will be ponderosa pine, which have grown thick in the park and especially in the adjoining Black Elk Wilderness area ... Miller said there are estimates that 80 percent of all the trees in the Black Elk will be dead in two to three years, he said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Reflection for the day ™ Sep 1, 2009
Reflection for the day ™ - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
Whiteclay killings not only cold cases with recent developments Aug 31, 2009
The FBI has released new details in hopes of drawing new leads in the 1999 beating deaths of Wilson Black Elk Jr. and Ronald Hard Heart, whose bodies were found between Pine Ridge and Whiteclay, Neb. Several other South Dakota cold cases have been solved or had significant developments recently. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Neihardt site puts Bancroft on the map Aug 23, 2009
He's widely known for "Black Elk Speaks," the life story of an Oglala holy man, which was published in 1932, when Neihardt was living in Branson, Mo ... On the grounds is the Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden, a symbol of the Hoop of the World from the vision of Black Elk himself. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Board to consider tree thinning in Norbeck wildlife preserve Aug 18, 2009
It includes the 13,500-acre Black Elk Wilderness Area. Forest Service officials, and others say the Norbeck and the Black Elk both have become thick with dense stands of pine trees ... The options are further limited in the Black Elk Wilderness, but the Forest Service is considering prescribed burns along the perimeter of the wilderness to protect outside areas, including Custer State Park. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Tribal Youth Summit takes on dropout rate Aug 2, 2009
One of the youths, Josh Black Elk, suggested students need to work hard, schools need to offer better careers, families need to give more support and the community needs to be more involved. Norma Bixby said students need to keep mentally and physically fit while families must love their children; schools need to educate students and communities should support their schools. (Missoulian, MT)
Beetles leave Harney Peak susceptible to fire Jul 7, 2009
A major mountain pine beetle infestation surrounding Harney Peak has made the peak and the Black Elk Wilderness around it particularly susceptible to fire, according to Dennis Jaeger, deputy forest supervisor ... Jaeger said mountain pine beetles have hit the Black Elk Wilderness hard, which could pose a major wildfire threat to not only Harney Peak but to Custer State Park, Keystone, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Palmer Gulch and Hill City ... Jaeger said Forest Service officials have been... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Whiteclay march observes anniverary of reservation deaths Jun 18, 2009
-- It has been 10 years since Wilson "Wally" Black Elk Jr. and Ron Hard Heart were found beaten to death just north of Whiteclay on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ... The 2-mile march culminated in a rally, where march leader Tom Poor Bear, a brother and cousin to Black Elk and Hard Heart, repeated his resolve that the march will continue until the cases are solved. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Youngsters hoof through history Jun 17, 2009
The Native American number, for example, is very intense, she said, touching on Black Elk and Little Bighorn. The 1960s social unrests, psychedelic culture, protests and early-1970s Kent State student shootings are set to the haunting rock ballad For What It s Worth. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
LETTER: Day will come when Piper has to be paid Jun 2, 2009
" shumphreys wrote on Jun 1, 2009 8:27 AM:" Sorry 7x enlightenment has made me wealthy and taught me compassion,I not only have Christ in my soul he sits alongside Buddha, Lao Tzu, Herman Hesse, Plato, Hemingway, Zoroaster, Black Elk, Carlos Casteneda. and a whole host of others. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Poor Bear still waiting for justice (1243) Jun 1, 2009
The annual March for Justice, set for June 13, is to remind people of Wilson "Wally" Black Elk Jr. and Ron Hard Heart, along with other Native Americans whose murders remain unsolved. "I made a commitment I wouldn't walk away from their spirits," said Poor Bear, whose brother Wally and cousin Ron were found in a field between Whiteclay, Neb. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
LETTER: God's attitude shown in destroying two cities May 10, 2009
But it isn't the only good book, the Upanishads, the Tao teh Ching, Black Elk Speaks, Siddhartha. to name a few, they are all "the words of God", all holy, all full of great TRUTHS. It is also an important part of world history. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
War on pine beetle will change popular park views May 8, 2009
By taking two-thirds, park officials hope to get out in front of a fast-spreading infestation of pine beetles, many of which are pouring out of federal land in the Black Elk Wilderness Area adjoining the park. The U.S. Forest Service is limited in what it can do in the wilderness, so GF&P has been creating buffer zones along the boundaries to protect the park. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
LETTER: Abortion foes need to try honesty, education May 6, 2009
I have also read the Upanishads, the Buddhist Sutras, the Tao teh Ching, the Analects of Confucius, Black Elk Speaks, Walden, Silent Spring, all of Joseph Campbells books, Karen Armstrongs books, the list goes on and on. Right now I am working on "Lost Scriptures, Books that Did Not Make it into the New Testament" by Bart Ehrman. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Forest Service considers prescribed burns in Black Elk Wilderness area May 5, 2009
For the first time, prescribed fires may be set in the Black Elk Wilderness to improve wildlife habitat there and in the surrounding Norbeck Wildlife Preserve ... It takes in the 13,500-acre Black Elk Wilderness, Black Hills National Forest land, private land, part of Custer State Park and all of Mount Rushmore National Memorial ... Honors said although prescribed fire has been used in the Norbeck outside of the Black Elk Wilderness, prescribed burns have not been previously used inside Black... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
