Mathew J. BigTalk Jr.

Vigil and Wake: 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 11, 2010, Brockton Cultural Center

Mass of Christian Burial: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2010, Brockton Cultural Center

Interment: Riverside Catholic Cemetery, Brockton

Mathew James Bully BigTalk Jr., Medicine Hawk Pejuta He Haka, age 38, of Poplar, MT passed away January 5, 2010 in Poplar.

Mathew was born to Mathew Matt and Vera Bird BigTalk Sr. on February 21, 1971 in Poplar. Bully attended Brockton Schools and graduated from High School in May of 1990. He still holds the school record for shot put, javelin and discus.

Bully worked as janitor at FPCC and Distribution Clerk at Commodities for the Fort Peck Tribes. He was an in-home health aide and an artist.

Bully loved drawing and painting, doing Native American Crafts and hunting and fishing. He was always there to support his nephews and nieces in their sporting activities. He enjoyed sundances, sweats and pow-wows. His artwork can be seen at Tribal Express. He also designed the logo for the Sisseton Wahpeton Organization.

Bully will be missed by his sisters, Lisa BigTalk of Poplar and Lori BigTalk of Brockton; special nephews that were like his brothers, William (Jenny) BigTalk of Wolf Point and Robert Azure of Poplar; special granddaughter, Jaila BigTalk of Wolf Point, MT; two special moms, Theresa Sun Rhodes and Sybil Erickson both of Poplar; special aunts, Doris Bird of Brockton, Thelma Bird of Culbertson, Ethelene WhiteHawk of Brockton, and Beverly Bird and grandson Louie Conklin Jr. of Poplar; grandpa, Calvin Melbourne of Brockton; great-grandpa, Joseph Jone's of Oswego, MT; grandmas, Susan Cheek of Brockton and Rebecca Clark of Poplar; uncles, Clarence MacDonald of Poplar, Clayton Reum of Wolf Point, Casper Demarrias of Fort Townsend, ND, Leonard Crow Dog of Rosebud, SD and Sonny Leonard Hare of Rapid City, SD; niece, Mistty Thomas of Riverside, MT; and nephew Michael Thomas of Brockton.

Bully was preceded in death by parents Matt and Vera BigTalk Sr.; uncles Edmund Bird, Gerald Melbourne and Steven BigTalk ; aunts Virginia BigTalk and Ruth Martin; cousins William Conklin Sr., Robert E. MacDonald, Thomas Jerome, Bronson Charboneau and Jeremy Lone Bear; and nieces Johnnie McClammy and Payton Weinberger.

If we left anybody out it wasnt intentional. We have a very large family and Bully had many friends.

Vigil and Wake will begin 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 11, 2010 at Brockton Cultural Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Brockton Cultural Center. Interment will follow at Riverside Catholic Cemetery.