Voices of Wounded Knee
Direct Lineal Descendants of Chief Spotted Elk
Lone Horn, She Elk Voice Walking, Richard Spotted Elk
Reclaiming Our History
Sharing our experiences
For future generations
Family / Line | Primary Sources Reviewed | Direct Chief Spotted Elk Lineal Descent Status | Best Historical Reading |
Spotted Elk surname lines | Probate, estate, census, land records | Primary source direct documentation | Direct documented branch |
Richard (“Dick”) Spotted Elk line | Probate, continuity records | Primary source direct documentation | Direct documented branch |
Weasel Bear line | documentation between agencies, history card, probate, oral history | Collateral family connection documented | Closely related branch |
Richard line | Probate, estate, census, land records | Primary source direct documentation | Direct documented branch |
Garnier Line | Probate, estate, census, land records | Primary source direct documentation | Direct documented branch |
Running Eagle line | in progress | in progress | Closely related branch |
He Crow line | Probate, census, marriage timeline | No direct lineal documentation reviewed to date | Independent line with later marital ties |
Pipe On Head / Lone Man / Broken Nose line | Probate, testimony, documentary interviews, radio interviews, US Park Service interviews, Congressional Record misattribution | No direct lineal documentation reviewed to date, material misrepresentation according to primary source | Primary source documented kinship cluster with contested internal relationships by primary source relatives. Relquires specific proof. |
W High Hawk line | Heirship testimony, probate | No direct lineal documentation reviewed to date | Primary source documented kinship cluster with contested internal relationships by primary source relatives |
Little Finger line | Probate, census, documentary interviews, radio interviews, US Park Service interviews, | No direct lineal documentation reviewed to date | Independent documented line |
Star Comes Out line | Marriage records / family ties | No direct lineal documentation reviewed to date | Connection to He Crow line |
Mousseau Line | In progress, lengthy, complex probates | No direct lineal documentation reviewed to date | Primary source documented kinship cluster with contested internal relationships by primary source relatives |