Chief Spotted Elk artifacts returned to Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Two important artifacts in Lakota Sioux history were recently donated to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) and are now part of the Tribe’s permanent collection. On Oct. 4, the Mniconjou Lakota received donations of a pistol and knife that belonged to Chief Spotted Elk, who was killed in the 1890 Massacre at Wounded Knee. Spotted Elk was the son of Lakota Sioux Chief Lone Horn and half…