Direct Lineal Descendants of Chief Spotted Elk
Lone Horn, She Elk Voice Walking, Richard Spotted Elk

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Known Kinship to Spotted Elk 
 

TOUCH THE CLOUD - Minneconjou (shirt wearer) (family record and DNA test matches) 
Role: Renowned civil/military leader; appears across winter counts and agency references in the same leadership circle as Spotted Elk. Crazy Horse's right hand man. Violet Catches and Vivian High Elk are descendants. 

 

HUMP — Minneconjou leader (family record)
Role: Prominent headman/war leader listed alongside his brothers in family accounts and regional histories. Donovin Sprague is a descendant

 

ROMAN NOSE — Minneconjou headman
Role: Named as a brother in family tradition; associated with the same Minneconjou bands as Spotted Elk.  Document Seeking.

 

FROG — Minneconjou
Role: Appears in  accounts with Touch the Clouds, Hump, and Roman Nose; part of the same sibling set. Document Seeking but Jasper said Frog was a relative.  Marty Frogg is a descendant of Frog.

 

SHE ELK VOICE WALKING — Minneconjou (shirt wearer)
Listed as Jasper Spotted Elk's Uncle but there is some question as to whether or not he was a grand uncle.  Until we have another probate that explicitly names him, we will go with what the Winter Counts say and mark this as documents seeking. 

Unverified:  IRON EYES
Mentioned in the Ricker interviews as a brother.  Document Seeking. 

 

CRAZY HORSE (Tȟašúŋke Witkó)  -  first cousin (family record)
Tie: Recognized within the tióšpaye as a first cousin to Spotted Elk via close Minneconjou–Oglala kinship. Labeled family tradition / winter-count backed for readers; academic lines vary, so we present the family’s record with that note. There appear to b both Minneconjou and Oglala descendants.  We know of the Clown/ War Eagle family at Cheyenne River and they have probate records, also.

LONE HORN - raised Spotted Elk as his Father

RED FISH - Known in counts as the Elder Brother of Lone Horn 

Unverified:  Lucinda claims to be a sister to Spotted Elk.  She was not present at Wounded Knee.  Document Seeking




 

 

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