Black Elk had learned many things in his vision to help heal his people.

In his vision, Black Elk is taken to the center of the earth, and to the central mountain of the world.

Black Elk not only narrates the story; he also participates in the bloody vignettes.

But it was a year later when he became aware of how deeply "Black Elk Speaks" had affected him.

In 1981, he wrote an adaptation of "Black Elk Speaks."

As Black Elk said, "The central mountain of the world is evervwhere."

Black Elk complained that it was a bad way to live.

Black Elk held the show for over a decade from 1934 to educate people about Lakota culture.

For more than 15 years he has represented an effort to bring a book about Black Elk to the stage.

Black Elk is simply a man who endured conquest.