Descendant of famed Native American leader Sitting Bull identified using DNA fragment

Ernie LaPointe, the great-grandson of Sitting Bull, speaks in Washington on Dec. 5, 2007, after a signing ceremony to return Sitting Bull’s hair and legging to family. Sitting Bull was killed in 1890 and items where later sent to museum in 1896. (Pablo …Ernie LaPointe, the great-grandson of Sitting Bull, speaks in Washington on Dec. 5, 2007, after a signing ceremony to return Sitting Bull’s hair and legging to family. Sitting Bull was killed in 1890 and items where later sent to museum in 1896. (Pablo …