Ernie LaPointe (born 1948) is an Indigenous American Sun Dancer, author, and orator,[4] known for being the great-grandson of Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake), chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota.

[12] LaPointe then began writing a book Sitting Bull: His Life and Legacy and speaking to audiences throughout the country and abroad about his great-grandfather.

In 2012 LaPointe began work on a documentary film project, Sitting Bull's Voice with director Bill Matson.

[13] LaPointe and his wife spend much of their time traveling throughout the United States and abroad speaking at universities, museums, and film festivals about the history of Sitting Bull as well as the cultural heritage of the Lakota people.

A lock of hair and leggings attributed to Sitting Bull were in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.