Rose King-Medicine Elk, Big Horn Co., MT

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Rose King-Medicine Elk

       LAME DEER - Rose King-Medicine Elk, 79, passed on to the next
 camp on Feb. 26, 1998, at Deaconess Hospital in Billings after a long
 illness. Rose's Cheyenne name was Bear Mint Woman. Rose was one of
 the last of the old Cheyennes. She lived on her original land allotment
 along the Rosebud Creek and took a lot of pride in that she was able
 to keep her original allotment to pass onto her family.
       Rose prided herself on being very independent. She made her
 living by making traditional Cheyenne food and clothing and was
 well-known for her dried meat, pemmican, frybread, beadwork,
 cradleboards, and blankets. Rose believed in and lived the spirit of
 Cheyenne culture and traditions. She was the last keeper of the
 Mexican-Cheyenne family medicine bundle.
       Rose had a long marriage to John Medicine Elk, who predeceased
 her, and they had one child, Evelyn Gardner. Rose is survived by
 Evelyn and William Gardner and her grandchildren, Wilma, William
 Jr., Ava (whom she raised), Troy, Lucy, Stuart, Ingrid and Delores; her
 adopted son, Fritz Burgess; special nephews, Daniel Foote; close
 cousins, Harriet and Annie Joyce Littlebird and Rudolph King Sr.;
 sister-in-law, Lillian King; special niece, Gail Small; special friends,
 John and Mary Buffalohorn; and many friends and relatives at the
 Shoulderblade Senior Center.
       Rose is being buried in the traditional Cheyenne way, as she
 wished. In doing so, she is resurrecting traditions that were almost
 lost in the Tribe. Even in her passing, Rose is continuing to live her
 traditions. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. on Feb. 28, at the Blessed
 Sacrament Catholic Church in Lame Deer, with interment in the King
 Family Cemetery, located north of Lame Deer on her land.
       Rausch Funeral Home of Lame Deer is in charge.