[Unedited] Ernie LaPointe with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

Sociology, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Arts, Culture, On Being, Society, Society & Culture, Science, Social Sciences

4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2012

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

As some Lakota make an annual pilgrimage on horseback to Wounded Knee in memory of Sitting Bull’s death, we’ll pull out some of the lesser known threads of the legacy of this complex leader and American icon. And we’ll explore why his spiritual character has animated his own people in the last three decades more openly than at any time since his death in 1890. Krista Tippett interviewed Ernie LaPointe, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, on October 20, 2009. This interview is included in the show “Tatanka Iyotake: Reimagining Sitting Bull.” See more at http onbeing.org/program/reimagining-sitting-bull-tatanka-iyotake/152

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0:00.0	This is On Being's Unheard Cut.
0:02.4	I'm Chris Tupid.
0:03.4	You're listening to my unedited conversation with Ernie Lapointe.
0:07.1	He's the great grandson of Sitting Bull and author of Sitting Bull, His Life and Legacy.
0:12.3	I spoke with him on October 20th, 2009, from his home in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
0:18.2	This interview is included in our show Reimagining Sitting Bull, Tatanka Yotake, down the the
0:24.0	MP3 of the produced show at OnBeing.org.
0:28.9	I have tried to learn as much as I can through reading and conversations, but I really want
0:36.0	you to correct me and guide me if I say something wrong or if you need to add some nuance
0:41.4	to it.
0:43.4	Sure.
0:44.4	Yeah.
0:45.4	And, you know, for example, I'd like to hear you say, your great grandfather's name, Totanka,
0:54.0	the way you say it.
0:55.0	Tatanka, Yotake, Tatanka, Yotake, Tatanka is a buffalo bull, Yotake is who sits down.
1:06.3	Okay.
1:07.3	That's his name, not Sitting Bull.
1:09.0	Right.
1:10.0	And how do you say the name of your people, you know, it looks on it, Hunk Papa, you
1:16.3	probably sounds like that.
1:17.3	Well, that's, that's the tribal, my great grandfather.
1:19.9	Right.
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