Black Elk (1951 or 1952)[1] is a political and environmental Native American activist.
She is of Oglala Lakota heritage, and is the great-granddaughter of the holy man Nicholas Black Elk.
[2] She has become well known in recent years for her role as a primary advocate for the Lakota peoples regarding the protection of the Black Hills Land Claim.
[4] Charlotte Black Elk grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation, in the village of Manderson, which is where the Crazy Horse faction of the Lakota settled in the late 19th century.
As a girl, she heard the stories of the elders and grew up with the rituals of the Lakota oral tradition.