Ernie Lapointe, Sitting Bull's great-grandson (IMAGE) University of Cambridge Caption Analysis of DNA extracted from Sitting Bull's scalp lock has confirmed that Ernie Lapointe is Sitting Bull's great-grandson, and his closest living descendant. Credit Ernie Lapointe Usage Restrictions WIth credit as below License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.