A geneticist who wished to prove a man was a famed Native American tribal leader’s great-grandson was asked to attend a séance to seek permission from the late chief’s spirit to test a lock of hair.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Danish evolutionary geneticist Eske Willerslev, the man who confirmed the relationship, says he was asked by Ernie LaPointe, 73, to test a lock of Sitting Bull’s hair in order to verify the theory, but not before LaPointe insisted