Harry Gordon Beaks Jr.

“Giidabi Awaxaadi

Naagish” (Shining Buf-

falo), was born on De-

cember 26, 1949, at home

near Shell Creek, on the

Fort Berthold Indian

Reservation, to Harry and

Olive (Stevenson) Beaks.

He was a member of the

Water Buster Clan and a

child of the Knife Clan.

He attended schools in

New Town and received

his GED while employed

through a tribal program

in 1971. He enlisted in

the US Marine Corps, on

April 9, 1970 and was sta-

tioned at Camp Pendle-

ton, San Diego, California,

until his honorable

discharge.

He loved ranch life and

worked for local ranchers

from the early 1970s to

mid-1980s in the New

Town area. He worked

and lived with Matt

“Screech” and Claudia

Mason and family for

many years as a ranch

hand.

Gordon was a very

quiet person, humble but

strong in character. He

practiced and respected

his customs and cultural

ways. He spoke Hidatsa

fluently and participated

in pow wows in North

Dakota and Montana as a

grass dancer. He enjoyed

listening to country

western music especially,

Johnny Cash and Native

American songs. His pas-

time was watching

comedy and western

movies.

He enjoyed watching

his grandchildren in their

activities. He cherished

spending time with all his

nieces and nephews. In

2003, he moved to Arizo-

na, to live with his

nephew, Glenn Jr. They

traveled extensively en-

joying casinos and other

activities. He visited his

niece, Sandra “Sissy” and

family, in Missouri

several times. In 2018, he

returned to North Dakota

and lived at Touchmark

Senior Living in Bismarck

and the Garrison Memori-al Hospital nursing facili-

ty in Garrison.

Gordon died February

20, 2020, surrounded by

his loving family in

Garrison. May God Bless

his memory among us.

Gordon will be greatly

missed by his loving fami-

ly.

He is survived by: his

sister, Adeline Brunsell;

the families of Jim and

May Brugh, Wilbur and

Etheline Stevenson, Jim

and Verna Driver, and

Owen Beaks; nieces,

Sherylyn Walking Eagle,

Carla Clark (Brandon),

Corrine Heart (Royce) and

Sandra Ambron (Steve);

nephews, Glenn Brunsell

Jr. and Francis Brunsell;

grandchildren, Brande,

Kaite and Audi Clark;

Maelee and Eskie Heart;

and Nevada Ethridge;

adopted brothers, Kermit

Heart and Hubert Heart.

He was preceded in

death by: his parents; sis-

ters, Coleen Beaks, Gloria

Beaks Walking Eagle and

Claudia Mason; brothers,

Milton “Moon” Beaks,

Byron “Cease” Jackson

and Darrell “Duke” Jack-

son.

Funeral: Tuesday, Feb.

25, 2020 at 10:00 am in

the New Town Civic

Center.

Wake: Monday, Feb. 24,

2020 beginning at 5:00 pm

in the civic center.

Family and friends

gathering Monday from 2-

4 pm in Langhans Funeral

Home, Parshall.

Burial: Holy Family US

Scout Catholic Cemetery,

rural New Town.

www.langhans

funeralhome.com