{"id":122151,"date":"2026-03-26T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/robert-swift-eagle-20260325-0354-245057\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:02:12","modified_gmt":"2028-09-11T05:02:12","slug":"robert-swift-eagle-20260325-0354-245057","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/03\/26\/robert-swift-eagle-20260325-0354-245057\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Robert Swift Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Robert Pernell Swift Eagle, 54, died March 11, 2026, in Minot,  N.D.<br \/>\n\t  He was born in Los Angeles,  Calif., the son of Delilah Mae Old Rock-Martin and Reuben Joseph Swift Eagle Jr. He graduated from Chimawa Indian School in Chimawa, Wash., and went on to attend college at United Tribes in Bismarck, N.D.<br \/>\n\t  He worked various jobs with passion. His favorite was being a transportation specialist, transporting dialysis  patients during various time of day and night. He was a very reliable and dedicated  employee. Upon retiring  from this position, he decided  to reside in New Town, N.D., to assist in caring for his aunt LaVonne Snydal.<br \/>\n\t  He loved to tease and make people laugh. He always had something to say in a positive manner and never had a negative  thing to say about anyone  or anything.<br \/>\n\t  He was a Seattle Seahawks fan and enjoyed attending several home games. He was elated that they won the Super  bowl in 2026. He wore their sports memorabilia with pride.<br \/>\n\t  He enjoyed board games and playing basketball with his children. He loved music  and watching movies. He loved road trips and his favorite  was Lake Tahoe with his family. Camping was a highlight for him.<br \/>\n\t  He is survived by his children,  Kadyn Cole Lilley, Drew Alexis Swift Eagle, Robert Pernell Swift Eagle Jr. \u201cNumpa\u201d and Tallyn Tai Garreau;  two grandchildren; and siblings, Reuben Swift Eagle Jr., Gregory Terell Swift Eagle, Genevieve Lynn Swift Eagle, Deneen Jewel Swift Eagle, Joni Dee Seventh Star, Roberta  Syrene Johnson and Deena Jade Davidson.<br \/>\n\t  Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 18, at Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Interment  followed at Fort Kipp Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel was entrusted  with arrangements. <\/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":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122151"}],"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=122151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122312,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122151\/revisions\/122312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122151"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=122151"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=122151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}