MMIP Program Remembers Local Men
Event In Frazer
The Frazer community remembered two individuals tragically lost during its Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons’ night held on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Families were honored in memory of Stan Moran Jr. and Gifford Standing.
Basketball team representatives presented family members with quilts during a program between the boys’ and girls’ games involving Frazer and Nashua.
“Gifts of giving bring a lot of healing,” emcee Roger White explained.
After an honor song was performed, family members were hugged by basketball players from Frazer and Nashua along by other individuals attending the basketball games.
Moran, who graduated from Wolf Point High School in 1994, was an accomplished student-athlete earning All-State honors in cross country, track and wrestling. He received a scholarship for cross country and track at the University of Jamestown in North Dakota. He was a member of the 1996 cross country team that was inducted into the University of Jamestown’s athletic hall of fame in 2018.
Moran took pride in Wolf Point’s athletics and later returned to coach all three sports for the Wolves. He served in the U.S. Army from 20032008.
“This star quilt represents not only Stan’s accomplishments, but the lasting impact he made and the lives he touched along the way,” White said. “He left a lasting impact that can’t be replaced.”
Moran died on Sept. 28, 2024, in Wolf Point. Anthony Flynn was arrested in Columbia County, Ore., at about 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2025. He is facing charges of murder and arson.
Standing was born Nov. 24, 1977, and died on Feb. 26, 2005, in Wolf Point. His life reflected both joy and struggle, resilience and love, experiences shared by many indigenous people. “You probably heard him laughing here, in the Bearcub Den, attending games with his dad, cheering on nieces and nephews, and visiting with everyone,” White said.
As his family and loved ones mourn his loss, they also honor his life by standing in truth, remembrance and advocacy, holding space not only for Gifford, but for all indigenous lives taken too son or left without answers. His memory is carried in love, in responsibility to one another and in the ongoing call to protect and seek justice for indigenous people everywhere.
Individuals are facing second degree murder charges regarding Standing’s death.
