Ina McNeil (Hunkpapa Lakota) was born on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. She is the great great granddaughter of Chief Sitting Bull, the legendary Hunkpapa Lakota warrior. Her traditional name is Scarlet Whirlwind Woman or Wamni-Umni-Luta-Wi, a name given to Ina by her great grandfather Henry Oscar One Bull.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation audio and video collection, item #, NMAI.AC.001.003; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
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