My late sister was adopted, she was of Santee (a Sioux tribe) blood.
A couple of years before she died, she was about to enter rehab and wanted to avoid losing her son, who was a toddler at the time.
Her case worker was able to find and make contact with her one remaining blood relative, a half brother, Denis Eaglehorse, active with the Lakota nation as a shaman and artist. Google him, he's an amazing man.
He managed to get my sister and her son registered with the tribe and he happily adopted her son (then named Pedro).
Dennis and his family adopted our entire family, we are hunkayapi, chosen relatives.
Pedro chose a Lakota name, Shunkahmahneetu, which means wolf.
Here is a picture from a Lakota tribal function last year that is of several nephews and one niece.
The non-Native Americans, Katharine and Conor are my half brother's kids
Shunkahmahneetu is the short one, the twins (I have no clue which is which) are Tatanka (buffalo bull) and Tshcha Luta (red deer).
A couple of years before she died, she was about to enter rehab and wanted to avoid losing her son, who was a toddler at the time.
Her case worker was able to find and make contact with her one remaining blood relative, a half brother, Denis Eaglehorse, active with the Lakota nation as a shaman and artist. Google him, he's an amazing man.
He managed to get my sister and her son registered with the tribe and he happily adopted her son (then named Pedro).
Dennis and his family adopted our entire family, we are hunkayapi, chosen relatives.
Pedro chose a Lakota name, Shunkahmahneetu, which means wolf.
Here is a picture from a Lakota tribal function last year that is of several nephews and one niece.
The non-Native Americans, Katharine and Conor are my half brother's kids
Shunkahmahneetu is the short one, the twins (I have no clue which is which) are Tatanka (buffalo bull) and Tshcha Luta (red deer).
