Knights of Columbus Lead Pilgrimage to Honor Servant of God Black Elk
The fraternal organization organized its first pilgrimage to honor the Lakota holy man and pray for the continuation of the Catholic catechist’s canonization cause.
Nicholas Black Elk, daughter Lucy Black Elk and wife Anna Brings White, are shown photographed in their home in Manderson, South Dakota, c. 1910. Black Elk wears a suit; his wife wears a long dress decorated with elk’s teeth and a hair-pipe necklace (Source: ‘The Sixth Grandfather,’ edited by Raymond DeMallie p. 260).(Photo: Unknown author)
