South Dakotan identified as Sitting Bull great-grandson, using tests of DNA fragments from chief's hair

The research results gives Sitting Bull's great-grandson leverage to potentially remove disputed remains of the legendary Lakota chief from a memorial on the Standing Rock reservation near Mobridge, South Dakota. The site has no direct link to Sitting Bull.

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