Jory Daniel Black Eagle, “Girabi Ihdia’sh,” Big Buffalo Bull, 31, died Monday, July 20, 2020, in Billings at Billings Clinic. He was born Aug. 4, 1988, in Poplar to Alison Mann and Mathew “Matt” Black Eagle, a child of the Prairie Chicken Clan. He grew up and attended schools in Wolf Point and a year in Frazer. He graduated from Wolf Point High School in 2008. He was a man of many talents and a very hard worker. He started AAU wrestling when he was six, coached by his father. He was active in baseball, basketball and cross country. He was six when he started grass dancing up until high school, then he switched to Fancy. He was a champion grass and fancy dancer growing up. His first year of dancing Fancy he took first at United Tribes in Bismarck. Jory was very proud of his Indian heritage. He was always very eager to learn about his history so he could teach his siblings. He descended from two separate tribes, MHA Nation and Assiniboine/Sioux Tribes. He loved the outdoors and loved to hunt and fish. Any opportunity he had, he would be walking the brush, “drowning some minnows” or setting lines. He was quite the marksman. He would say he could outshoot anyone who tried. He went to lineman school in Poplar at Fort Peck Community College and then ventured into working on the oil rigs in North Dakota. He worked for Unit Drilling, Nabors Drilling and H& P Drilling and other various rigs. He also loved to work on his vehicles. He would spend endless hours in the garage with his friends or himself. He was always a helping hand. He was involved with coaching his daughter in every sport she participated in. Helping youth always made him happy. In 2004, he met Paige Demarce. Through that relationship, he had two daughters, JoriLynn and Nevaeh Black Eagle. In 2012, he met Brenden Lee. Together, they had a son, Ax’Ton Black Eagle. He is survived by his children, JoriLynn and Ax’Ton Black Eagle; mother, Alison Mann; father, Mathew Black Eagle; siblings, Talon, Coy, Thunder, Brittany, Mattia, Acia, Theaira and Samantha Black Eagle; and grandparents, Robert Welch and James Welch. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Nevaeh Marie Black Eagle. Funeral services were held Monday, July 27, at Blue Sky Ministries. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.