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"They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life."

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Whirlwind

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About Black Elk

Black Elk was an Oglala Lakota holy man and influential religious leader. His life and teachings were widely known through the book Black Elk Speaks and related historical accounts.

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