Ocupation: Medicine man
Life: December 1, 1863 - August 19, 1950
Birthday: December 1
Death: August 19
Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.
source: "The Sacred Pipe : Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux" recorded and edited by Joseph Epes Brown, 1953.
topic: Children, Native American, Heart, Indian Wisdom, Spiritual Indian, American Spirit, Great Spirit, Grown Man, Native American Indian, Native American Indian Inspirational, Native American Proverbs, Native American Spiritual