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Ernie LaPointe is an Indigenous American Sun Dancer, author, and orator, known for being the great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota. LaPointe had a long journey from childhood through struggles overcoming alcohol and marijuana use related to PTSD while homeless, the embracement of his culture and the spiritual ways of his ancestors, to his quest to become the authoritative voice for his great-grandfather, as is shown in the documentary Sitting Bull's Voice.
Ernie LaPointe is an Indigenous American Sun Dancer, author, and orator, known for being the great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota. LaPointe had a long journey from childhood through struggles overcoming alcohol and marijuana use related to PTSD while homeless, the embracement of his culture and the spiritual ways of his ancestors, to his quest to become the authoritative voice for his great-grandfather, as is shown in the documentary Sitting Bull's Voice.