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

That knowledge was not created by the DNA study.

It was confirmed by it, in one specific technical sense, for purposes that the family found worth pursuing.

The hair came home.

The knowledge had never left.

The Incomplete Reckoning

The story of Sitting Bull’s hair is, ultimately, a story about an incomplete reckoning.

The repatriation was real and meaningful.

The DNA study was carefully conducted and scientifically significant.