Malaia Maree James, Aƞpao Wic̣aḣpi Wiƞ, “Morning Star Woman,” 16, of Poplar died on Feb. 1, 2025. She born Sept. 10, 2008, in Williston, N.D., to Matthew and Alexx Eagleman-James. She attended school in Poplar and participated in a few different sports while attending, including cross country and volleyball. She had many other hobbies in her spare time, making TikTok videos, binging the newest series and movies, playing her guitar and playing video games on her computer. She loved fishing. She liked to cruise around and listen to music with her brothers, friends and her grandpa Israel. She had her first job at Buckhorn Bar and Restaurant which changed her life by bringing her out of her shell to the world. She was quick witted and loved to laugh and score on you first. Her focus was family, and she loved spending time with everyone she loved — her brothers, Wasé, Taran and Ivan, and her best friends, Kacie Lou and Liv. She worked with her grandmother, Cheryl Eagleman-Rodrigues, at Buckhorn,