Wallace Black Elk Character Analysis

Wallace Black Elk is a medicine man who assisted Leonard Crow Dog in performing religious ceremonies at the Occupation of Wounded Knee and elsewhere. Wallace was one of the medicine men who organized the Sun Dance of 1971, which was more traditional and less commercial than the one that took place at Pine Ridge. His traditionalism suggests that he believed in the importance of maintain and practicing Native American cultural traditions, rather than assimilating to white society.