South Dakota author Ernie Lapointe and his sisters are now the only known living descendants of the legendary Hunkpapa Lakota Sitting Bull warrior. Lapointe, 73, who identifies as a Lakota, has spent 14 years trying to establish his historical offspring. Now, a DNA test has finally absorbed his research to confirm that he is the grandson of the legendary Hunkpapa Chief Lakota Sioux. Sitting Bull—whose name, Tatanka Iyotake, translates to “Buffalo Bull Who Sits Down”—helped lead about 1,000 Native Americans in a resistance against the United States’ power grab in…
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