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Facts and Events
Name[1] |
Madeline Skinner |
Alt Name[1] |
_____ Colliflower |
Gender |
Female |
Birth[2][3][4] |
22 Sep 1919 |
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Blaine, Montana, United States |
Marriage |
17 May 1941 |
to John Edgar Colliflower, Jr |
Residence[3] |
Bef 1951 |
Montana, United States |
Residence[1] |
1998 |
Lodge Pole, Blaine, Montana, United States |
Death[2] |
7 Sep 2000 |
Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United StatesSt. Vincent Hospital and Health Center |
Other[2][5] |
8 Sep 2000 |
Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United StatesObituary |
Burial[2] |
9 Sep 2000 |
Colliflower Ranch cemetery, Lodgepole, Blaine, Montana |
Reference Number |
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43378 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana - online edition, Url:www.greatfallstribune.com
/vitals/09221998vitals.htm. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana - online edition, Url:www.greatfallstribune.com
/vitals/20000908vitals.htm#deaths.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
- ↑ a full blood member of the Gros Ventre tribe
- ↑ "HAYS - Madeline "Si-Siya" Skinner Colliflower, 81, passed away Thursday,Sept. 7, 2000, of natural causes at St. Vincent Hospital and HealthCenter in Billings. Wake will be held Friday, Sept. 8, at the MedicineBear Lodge in Lodgepole. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept.9, 2000, at 2 p.m. at the Medicine Bear Lodge in Lodgepole, with burialat the Colliflower Family Ranch Cemetery. Edwards Funeral Home ofChinook has been entrusted with the arrangements. She was born Feb. 22,1919, on the Fort Belknap Reservation to Arthur and Clara Bad RoadSkinner. Madeline was one of the last full blood members of the GrosVentre tribe. She married John E. Colliflower Jr. on May 17, 1941.Madeline attended schools in Fort Belknap and Chemawa, Ore.
She took pride in watching her children and grandchildren performat pow wows and rodeos. She loved "looking on" at pow wows, playingbingo, traveling, camping and conversing in her native tongue. All ofher life she was actively involved in community, womenś and culturalissues. She worked steadfastly for the preservation of her language andculture. In 1961, she gained a step towards achieving civil rights forall Native Americans in the court case Colliflower v. Garland in the 9thCircuit Court of Appeals. After her case was decided, Congress enactedthe Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968. Colliflower v. Garland is case lawin law schools across the nation. Madeline was the first women to serve on the Hays/Lodgepole SchoolBoard. She also served as the director of the Community Action Programat Fort Belknap. Madeline served as the secretary/treasurer of the GrosVentre Treaty Committee. She was a foundin! g member of the NationalIndian Womenś Association and was chosen as the Indian Woman of theYear in 1973. Madeline was also a charter member of the National IndianCouncil on Aging. She was actively involved in the effort to pass theIndian Child Welfare Act. Madeline was also a Kellogg Foundation Fellowstudying socio-economic conditions on state, national and internationallevels. She served on the Governorś Advisory Council on the Status ofWomen. Madeline was also active in the Billings Indian Center. Mostrecently, Madeline served as the coordinator for Fort Belknap CollegeśLearning Lodge Institute, a language preservation program for the twoFort Belknap tribes. She continued to pass on her language to thosewilling to learn, especially Adrian Main and her great-nephew TerryBrockie. Madeline is survived by her sister, Hazel Vandall and her brother,Merle Skinner, both of Hays, and her Indian sister, Joyce Red EagleTootoosis of Poplar; eight children, Theodore (Pearl) Skinner ofBoring,! Ore., Janice Hawley of Fort Belknap, Carla (Myron) Brien ofBillings, Gladys Colliflower of Billings, John E. (Sybil) ColliflowerIII of Rocky Boy, Clyde (Marilyn) Colliflower of Washougal, Wash.,Elizabeth "Niffer" Colliflower of Manassas, Va., and Kim Colliflower ofHays; 21 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and countless otherfamily and friends across the nation and Canada. Madeline touched manylives and hearts with her selfless devotion to the needs of others. Wewill miss her deeply. Ut-Na-Ha-Ban Nee-wah."
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