But Mr. LaPointe, 73, said that he had never felt he had enough evidence linking him to Sitting Bull to help him achieve his ultimate goal: moving the chief’s remains from a burial site in South ...

A DNA test on hair from the head of the Native American leader Sitting Bull confirmed that a 73-year-old man in South Dakota is his great-grandson, scientists said.

South Dakota author Ernie LaPointe and his three sisters are now the only known living descendants of the legendary Lakota warrior Sitting Bull.

Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the ...

The life and legacy of Sitting Bull, renowned leader of the Lakota people, is the subject of a compelling new documentary that stars an actor from South Dakota. The History Channel plans to air ...

Native Warrior. Sitting Bull was born in what is now South Dakota, probably in 1831, son of a respected Sioux warrior named Returns-Again. The child wanted to follow in his father's footsteps but ...

Sitting Bull, the revered leader of the Great Sioux Nation, stood as a powerful figure among Plains Tribal Nations resisting ...

Corson County Sheriff Alan Dale June 9 10:13 a.m. responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle at the Sitting Bull Monument.

On his first trip east of Dakota in March 1884, Sitting Bull rode an elevator in a St. Paul wholesale grocery store — selling autographs on the street for $1.50 a pop to onlookers who came to ...

Doug Burgum's family came to Dakota Territory before the railroad. His great-grandfather was an army surgeon at Fort Rice. His pioneer ancestors survived Indian attacks and raging prairie fires.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — It took 14 years, but DNA was able to confirm that Ernie LaPointe of South Dakota is Sitting Bull’s great-grandson. A news release from EurekAlert!