DNA sample from Sitting Bull confirms great-grandson’s claim

  • The Korczak Ziolkowski sculpture of Sitting Bull at Mobridge.
    The Korczak Ziolkowski sculpture of Sitting Bull at Mobridge.
    A 130-year-old sample of hair stolen from the body of Lakota Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka-lyotanka) before burial has helped scientists using a new method to analyze family lineages with DNA fragments from long-dead people confirm that a man from Lead is the famous 19th century Native American leader’s great-grandson. Ernie LaPointe, 73, said he grew up hearing stories from family me...

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