On Sunday, I once again sat at a table revisiting old photos with family and Faith Ann’s sister Deidre Shannon. This time, we were looking at pictures of her mom, Marian Stella Spotted Bear, who had died earlier that day. Marian Spotted Bear enjoys a visit at the On A Slant earth lodge village at Fort Lincoln State Park on May 26, 2025. Either her Grandma Stella Tail Spotted Bear or her great-grandmother, Many Growths, named her. The Native community back then was really curious about what baby Marian would look like, born to a Mandan-Hidatsa father, Lorenzo Spotted Bear, and a Norwegian mother, Olive Sholass Spotted Bear.