A Lock Of Sitting Bull’s Hair Was Tested More Than A Century Later – And The DNA Confirmed A Family Claim

The family decided what to do with their ancestor’s hair.

That decision — the fact that it was theirs to make — was itself significant.

The DNA results, supporting the family relationship that had always been known through family memory and documentary records, added a layer of evidence in a specific scientific idiom.

For the family, and for many who followed the story, the return of the hair was more meaningful than the laboratory result.

The laboratory result was additional documentation of a truth the family had never doubted.