{"id":112906,"date":"2025-10-16T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2025\/10\/16\/crystal-bighorn\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2025-10-16T05:01:43","modified_gmt":"2028-04-03T05:01:43","slug":"crystal-bighorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2025\/10\/16\/crystal-bighorn\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Crystal BigHorn"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Crystal BigHorn, 77, of Brockton died Oct. 5, 2025, at St. Vincent\u2019s Hospital in Billings.<br \/>\n\t  She was born in Poplar on Feb. 5, 1948, to Florence Mae Weinberger \u201cBighorn\u201c and Ernest Clark Bighorn Sr. Shel was third born amongst siblings: Ernie, Jackie, Sybil, Alda and James Bighorn.<br \/>\n\t  Her Indian name was Bear Woman, \u201cMat\u00f3 W\u00ed\u014bya\u014b,\u201d given  to her by her grandfather Maurice Bighorn.<br \/>\n\t  She attended school in Brockton and also got her associate degree. She looked out for the less fortunate and had a genuine soul. She was determined to accomplish her goals. She was an outdoorswoman  and loved hunting,  fishing and music.<br \/>\n\t  She was an honest person and was \u201ctough as nails,\u201d but gentle at her core. She loved cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, gardening and canning,  all whilst always sending  a prayer. She enjoyed going  to her \u201cranch\u201c to do daily chores, feeding and graining horses, watering and feeding her ducks and chickens, cats and dogs.<br \/>\n\t  Her house was the spot for pretty much everything, from family gatherings to holidays to Cat Creek jam sessions. She had a special way of creating  a space that unified and nourished all of her family. She loved gardening and her \u201cgreenhouse\u201d that her grandson  Justin built for her. She was an avid Denver Broncos fan. She kept track of everyone\u2019s  birthdays and special events, merging her calendar  with everyone else\u2019s lives to ensure she could support with her best efforts.<br \/>\n\t  She was a famous band <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[13],"news-source":[12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113085,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112906\/revisions\/113085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112906"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=112906"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=112906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}