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Can someone help actually find his Sioux line? He said it was through one of his father's grandparents, it must be either the mother or father of Francis "Fannie" (Tackett) Barker.

He's listed on the 1930 Rosebud census as enrolled: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_(Bob)_Barker_-_South...

Some info about his childhood and family: https://ushighway83.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-story-of-bob-barker-ro...

FindAGrave says Fannie's parents were Charles Tackett and Ellen Dorion, but with no source.

Geni says Fannie's father was George L Tackett, but with no source.

Oy. :) But at least we have clues!

Getting closer!

"... Mr. Barker was married at Fort Randall on October 9, 1871, to Miss Fannie Tackett, who was born at Fort Laramie, and is a daughter of George L. Tackett, a native of Kentucky, of French descent, while her mother was of French and Indian blood. ..."

So Fannie was born in Wyoming -- not South Dakota, not Iowa. And her mother was actually of mixed ancestry, not exclusively of Sioux ancestry, which might open up more avenues for connections...if we can ever figure out who her mother actually was. :)

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I submit her mother was Ellen (probably) Dorian, and that she was the full sister of “Charles Tackett or Tackett (Jan. 18, 1853 - July 2, 1914). He was born on Horse Creek in Wyoming to George L. and Ellen Tackett. …”

See page 129-130, footnote 13, Notes to page 7.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsPLQfefXDQC&lpg=PA3&pg=PA130#v=o...

“With My Own Eyes: A Lakota Woman Tells Her People's History.” (1999)
By Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun, Josephine Waggoner.

Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun unfortunately does not mention her former sister in law, but the dates and location make it hard to argue against Ellen as their mother. There were 1/2 siblings also.

However, not “this” Ellen Tackett Generation is off.

You're so dang good at this, Erica! And that even places the parents in Wyoming.

You should give a seminar on using Google Books. :) Not even kidding.

That wrong-generation Ellen might be why so many sites think "our" Fannie's parents were Ellen and Charles. Interesting.

I wonder if Bob Barker knew about his cousin in Hollywood?

Luther Standing Bear is Bob Barker's first cousin once removed's father.
https://www.geni.com/path/Bob-Barker+is+related+to+Luther-Standing-Bear?from=6000000010562187338&path_type=blood&to=6000000197645433895

!!! Incredible find. Private User, perhaps good for the blog or socials?

Not as close to the late great Vine V. Deloria, Jr. but not shabby:

https://www.geni.com/path/Bob-Barker+is+related+to+Vine-V-Deloria-Jr?from=6000000010562187338&path_type=inlaw&to=6000000017086608061

Time for a classic Family Tree Tuesday. :)

Can we get any closer to identifying where in the Dorion family Ellen Ellston Ellen belongs?