Big Elk Quotes


Know the power that is peace.


Citations

Black Elk, 1863-1950, Oglala Sioux Holy Man, Inscribed on the Visitor’s Center of the Little Big Horn Memorial Battlefield.

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Big Elk, also known as Ontopanga (1770–1846/1853), was a principal chief of the Omaha tribe for many years on the upper Missouri River. He is notable for his oration delivered at the funeral of Black Buffalo in 1813.