Black Elk married his number 1 married woman Katie War Bonnett in 1892. She became the Catholic, and everthing tercet of their tikes were baptized when Catholic. When her demise within 1903 he too became baptized, ingesting a title Nicholas Black Elk, & continued to serve as a spiritual leader among his humans, seeing there are no contradiction around embracing what he encountered valid around two his tribal traditions on Wakan Tanka, and victims of Christianity. He remarried inside 1905 to Annthe Brings White world health organization was a widow woman, by owning 2 girl, & world health organization wore him ternion further youngsters, & remained his married woman until she died around 1941.

Towards the prevent of his life he revealed a story of his life, & a total of sacred Sioux rituals to John Neihardt and Joseph Epes Brown for publication, & his accounts use won wide interest and plaudits.

Books
Black Elk Speaks: existence the biography of a angel of the Oglala Sioux (1932) ( every bit told to John Neihardt.) ''A Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (1953) (when told to Joseph Epes Red) A Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt'' (1984)

Books all about Black Elk, emphasizing his Catholicism: Melanise European elk: Holy person of the Oglala, Michael Steltenkamp

Blacken European elk: Colonialism & Lakota Catholicism, Damian Costello