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