11/24/2021
Our hearts are heavy as our Lakota Woman Warrior has made her journey ❤️ Marcella Rose LeBeau you were a true role model. Your beautiful soul and bright smile will be missed❤️
Marcella served the people over her many years, beginning at a nurse in WWII then as a nurse for Indian Health Service up until her retirement where she then served as a councilwoman for CRST in 1991-1995.
Having received many honors throughout her life, she is a recipient of the French Legion of Honor given to her in 04’ on the 60th anniversary of D-Day, an inductee to the South Dakota Hall of Fame, and a founding member of the Native American Indian Women’s Association.
Her great-grandfather chief Four Bear was one of the Fool Soldiers who rescued the women and children captured from Lake Shetak during the Dakota Uprising in 1862. She also helped to bring home a Ghost Dance shirt from the Kelvin Grove Museum in Scotland—taken from body at the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. She is currently advocating for the revocation of the 20 Medals of Honor given to the soldiers of the massacre.
Thank you for gracing us with 102 years!
RIP warrior-Salute 🇺🇸
via Genevieve Iron Lighting.
