Tennielle Ameryl Big Day, 3, of Billings, died of injuries sustained in a vehicle incident on Dec. 3, 2012 south of Hardin.
Isbile'aakchiwaki'ish "Prays with her Water," a name given to her by her great-grandmother Clara Big Lake, was born April 29, 2009, in Hardin, a daughter of Mary Leider and Tennison Big Day. She made her home in Billings and St. Xavier. She was an active child who loved to play outdoors with her friends. She often enjoyed building castles with her Lego blocks. She loved to dance and was a traditional Crow dancer who was a member of the Catholic Church, Native American Church, Big Lodge Clan and was a child of the Big Lodge.
Her sister Galena Leider, grandparents, William (Annie) and Ellen Big Day, Mabel and Henrietta Pretty on Top, Verlynn and Raymond Stands Over Bull, George Denny, Wallace and Arnold Leider Sr. preceded Tennielle in death.
Survivors include her parents; her sister Channell; her grandparents, Heywood (Veronica) Big Day Jr., Georgian Denny (Lennis Bulltail), Carmelia Brown, Steve (Jessica) Yapuncich, Derek (Rhonda), William (Mona) and Jace (Tammy) Big Day, Woodrow Plain Feather, Fred (Eleanor) Smart Enemy Jr., Fanny Ward, Robert (Rachel) Old Horn, Alfred (Roberta) Walks, Carl (Cheryl) Nedens, Heywood (Mary Lou) Big Day Sr., John (Marce) Pretty On Top, Clara Big Lake, Patsy, Barbara Lee and Bruce (Elizabeth) White, Alex (Mary Helen) Medicine Horse Jr., Beverly (Dennis) Huber, Bethann (Willis) Medicine Horse, Ethylene (Don) Dreamer, Peter (Marella) Greybull, Lawrence (Blue Sky) Big Hair, Buster, Calvin (Colleen) and Cyrus (Annie) Leider, Regina (Raymond) Falls Down, Mary Deputy, Pauline (Douglas), Russell, Harriett, Deana and Kenneth Standing Rock, Dorothy and Videl (Ruby) Stump, Donna (Roger) St. Pierre, Josephine (Mike) Yellowmule, Jennifer, Vera (George) and Elaine (Jason) Denny, Ettinge (Harriett) Little Owl, Marvin Spotted, Sammy Big Hair and Tanya (Dennis) Baptiste; her God Parents, Les Not Afraid and Amy Leider; her aunts, Arlene (Corey) Willis, Percelia Buffalo Bull Tail, April and Lilly (Arnold) Leider Jr., Felice (Ron Bull Elk), Elishia, Otter and Zephrah Big Day, Suzanne Iron, Leslie, Tanya and Rolanda Plain Feather; her uncles, Randolph and Heywood Big Day III, Arland, Cal, Casey, Cody, Wally and AJ Leider Jr.; as well as her extended family including the Lion Shows, Eastman, Bends, Howe, Pretty On Top, Plain Feather, Comes Up, Goes Ahead, Bird Hat, Flat Lip, Bull Tail, Leider, Big Hair, Denny, Old Bull, Standing Rock, Stump, Grey Bull, Medicine Horse, Nomee, Anderson and Dreamer families. Our family is large; if we have missed you please accept our apology.
Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Mass of the Angels will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday in the Pryor St. Charles Catholic Mission. Interment will follow in the Family Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Isbile'aakchiwaki'ish "Prays with her Water," a name given to her by her great-grandmother Clara Big Lake, was born April 29, 2009, in Hardin, a daughter of Mary Leider and Tennison Big Day. She made her home in Billings and St. Xavier. She was an active child who loved to play outdoors with her friends. She often enjoyed building castles with her Lego blocks. She loved to dance and was a traditional Crow dancer who was a member of the Catholic Church, Native American Church, Big Lodge Clan and was a child of the Big Lodge.
Her sister Galena Leider, grandparents, William (Annie) and Ellen Big Day, Mabel and Henrietta Pretty on Top, Verlynn and Raymond Stands Over Bull, George Denny, Wallace and Arnold Leider Sr. preceded Tennielle in death.
Survivors include her parents; her sister Channell; her grandparents, Heywood (Veronica) Big Day Jr., Georgian Denny (Lennis Bulltail), Carmelia Brown, Steve (Jessica) Yapuncich, Derek (Rhonda), William (Mona) and Jace (Tammy) Big Day, Woodrow Plain Feather, Fred (Eleanor) Smart Enemy Jr., Fanny Ward, Robert (Rachel) Old Horn, Alfred (Roberta) Walks, Carl (Cheryl) Nedens, Heywood (Mary Lou) Big Day Sr., John (Marce) Pretty On Top, Clara Big Lake, Patsy, Barbara Lee and Bruce (Elizabeth) White, Alex (Mary Helen) Medicine Horse Jr., Beverly (Dennis) Huber, Bethann (Willis) Medicine Horse, Ethylene (Don) Dreamer, Peter (Marella) Greybull, Lawrence (Blue Sky) Big Hair, Buster, Calvin (Colleen) and Cyrus (Annie) Leider, Regina (Raymond) Falls Down, Mary Deputy, Pauline (Douglas), Russell, Harriett, Deana and Kenneth Standing Rock, Dorothy and Videl (Ruby) Stump, Donna (Roger) St. Pierre, Josephine (Mike) Yellowmule, Jennifer, Vera (George) and Elaine (Jason) Denny, Ettinge (Harriett) Little Owl, Marvin Spotted, Sammy Big Hair and Tanya (Dennis) Baptiste; her God Parents, Les Not Afraid and Amy Leider; her aunts, Arlene (Corey) Willis, Percelia Buffalo Bull Tail, April and Lilly (Arnold) Leider Jr., Felice (Ron Bull Elk), Elishia, Otter and Zephrah Big Day, Suzanne Iron, Leslie, Tanya and Rolanda Plain Feather; her uncles, Randolph and Heywood Big Day III, Arland, Cal, Casey, Cody, Wally and AJ Leider Jr.; as well as her extended family including the Lion Shows, Eastman, Bends, Howe, Pretty On Top, Plain Feather, Comes Up, Goes Ahead, Bird Hat, Flat Lip, Bull Tail, Leider, Big Hair, Denny, Old Bull, Standing Rock, Stump, Grey Bull, Medicine Horse, Nomee, Anderson and Dreamer families. Our family is large; if we have missed you please accept our apology.
Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Mass of the Angels will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday in the Pryor St. Charles Catholic Mission. Interment will follow in the Family Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Tennielle Ameryl Big Day, 3, of Billings, died of injuries sustained in a vehicle incident on Dec. 3, 2012 south of Hardin.
Isbile'aakchiwaki'ish "Prays with her Water," a name given to her by her great-grandmother Clara Big Lake, was born April 29, 2009, in Hardin, a daughter of Mary Leider and Tennison Big Day. She made her home in Billings and St. Xavier. She was an active child who loved to play outdoors with her friends. She often enjoyed building castles with her Lego blocks. She loved to dance and was a traditional Crow dancer who was a member of the Catholic Church, Native American Church, Big Lodge Clan and was a child of the Big Lodge.
Her sister Galena Leider, grandparents, William (Annie) and Ellen Big Day, Mabel and Henrietta Pretty on Top, Verlynn and Raymond Stands Over Bull, George Denny, Wallace and Arnold Leider Sr. preceded Tennielle in death.
Survivors include her parents; her sister Channell; her grandparents, Heywood (Veronica) Big Day Jr., Georgian Denny (Lennis Bulltail), Carmelia Brown, Steve (Jessica) Yapuncich, Derek (Rhonda), William (Mona) and Jace (Tammy) Big Day, Woodrow Plain Feather, Fred (Eleanor) Smart Enemy Jr., Fanny Ward, Robert (Rachel) Old Horn, Alfred (Roberta) Walks, Carl (Cheryl) Nedens, Heywood (Mary Lou) Big Day Sr., John (Marce) Pretty On Top, Clara Big Lake, Patsy, Barbara Lee and Bruce (Elizabeth) White, Alex (Mary Helen) Medicine Horse Jr., Beverly (Dennis) Huber, Bethann (Willis) Medicine Horse, Ethylene (Don) Dreamer, Peter (Marella) Greybull, Lawrence (Blue Sky) Big Hair, Buster, Calvin (Colleen) and Cyrus (Annie) Leider, Regina (Raymond) Falls Down, Mary Deputy, Pauline (Douglas), Russell, Harriett, Deana and Kenneth Standing Rock, Dorothy and Videl (Ruby) Stump, Donna (Roger) St. Pierre, Josephine (Mike) Yellowmule, Jennifer, Vera (George) and Elaine (Jason) Denny, Ettinge (Harriett) Little Owl, Marvin Spotted, Sammy Big Hair and Tanya (Dennis) Baptiste; her God Parents, Les Not Afraid and Amy Leider; her aunts, Arlene (Corey) Willis, Percelia Buffalo Bull Tail, April and Lilly (Arnold) Leider Jr., Felice (Ron Bull Elk), Elishia, Otter and Zephrah Big Day, Suzanne Iron, Leslie, Tanya and Rolanda Plain Feather; her uncles, Randolph and Heywood Big Day III, Arland, Cal, Casey, Cody, Wally and AJ Leider Jr.; as well as her extended family including the Lion Shows, Eastman, Bends, Howe, Pretty On Top, Plain Feather, Comes Up, Goes Ahead, Bird Hat, Flat Lip, Bull Tail, Leider, Big Hair, Denny, Old Bull, Standing Rock, Stump, Grey Bull, Medicine Horse, Nomee, Anderson and Dreamer families. Our family is large; if we have missed you please accept our apology.
Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Mass of the Angels will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday in the Pryor St. Charles Catholic Mission. Interment will follow in the Family Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Isbile'aakchiwaki'ish "Prays with her Water," a name given to her by her great-grandmother Clara Big Lake, was born April 29, 2009, in Hardin, a daughter of Mary Leider and Tennison Big Day. She made her home in Billings and St. Xavier. She was an active child who loved to play outdoors with her friends. She often enjoyed building castles with her Lego blocks. She loved to dance and was a traditional Crow dancer who was a member of the Catholic Church, Native American Church, Big Lodge Clan and was a child of the Big Lodge.
Her sister Galena Leider, grandparents, William (Annie) and Ellen Big Day, Mabel and Henrietta Pretty on Top, Verlynn and Raymond Stands Over Bull, George Denny, Wallace and Arnold Leider Sr. preceded Tennielle in death.
Survivors include her parents; her sister Channell; her grandparents, Heywood (Veronica) Big Day Jr., Georgian Denny (Lennis Bulltail), Carmelia Brown, Steve (Jessica) Yapuncich, Derek (Rhonda), William (Mona) and Jace (Tammy) Big Day, Woodrow Plain Feather, Fred (Eleanor) Smart Enemy Jr., Fanny Ward, Robert (Rachel) Old Horn, Alfred (Roberta) Walks, Carl (Cheryl) Nedens, Heywood (Mary Lou) Big Day Sr., John (Marce) Pretty On Top, Clara Big Lake, Patsy, Barbara Lee and Bruce (Elizabeth) White, Alex (Mary Helen) Medicine Horse Jr., Beverly (Dennis) Huber, Bethann (Willis) Medicine Horse, Ethylene (Don) Dreamer, Peter (Marella) Greybull, Lawrence (Blue Sky) Big Hair, Buster, Calvin (Colleen) and Cyrus (Annie) Leider, Regina (Raymond) Falls Down, Mary Deputy, Pauline (Douglas), Russell, Harriett, Deana and Kenneth Standing Rock, Dorothy and Videl (Ruby) Stump, Donna (Roger) St. Pierre, Josephine (Mike) Yellowmule, Jennifer, Vera (George) and Elaine (Jason) Denny, Ettinge (Harriett) Little Owl, Marvin Spotted, Sammy Big Hair and Tanya (Dennis) Baptiste; her God Parents, Les Not Afraid and Amy Leider; her aunts, Arlene (Corey) Willis, Percelia Buffalo Bull Tail, April and Lilly (Arnold) Leider Jr., Felice (Ron Bull Elk), Elishia, Otter and Zephrah Big Day, Suzanne Iron, Leslie, Tanya and Rolanda Plain Feather; her uncles, Randolph and Heywood Big Day III, Arland, Cal, Casey, Cody, Wally and AJ Leider Jr.; as well as her extended family including the Lion Shows, Eastman, Bends, Howe, Pretty On Top, Plain Feather, Comes Up, Goes Ahead, Bird Hat, Flat Lip, Bull Tail, Leider, Big Hair, Denny, Old Bull, Standing Rock, Stump, Grey Bull, Medicine Horse, Nomee, Anderson and Dreamer families. Our family is large; if we have missed you please accept our apology.
Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Bullis Funeral Chapel. Mass of the Angels will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday in the Pryor St. Charles Catholic Mission. Interment will follow in the Family Cemetery. Bullis Mortuary has been entrusted with the arrangements.
