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William "Bill" Joseph Running Fisher

"Bill" William Joseph Running Fisher (Indian name of Traveling Wolf), Gros Ventre of the Blackfeet Nation accidently fell resulting in his death on June 16, 2016. Bill was born at the old Fort Belknap Hospital on March 26, 1943, the second youngest of 12 children to Mamie Anne Shortman and Frank Joseph (Running) Fisher (Indian name of Rides High) (both deceased) from Hays, Mont. His dad was born July 4, 1897 and was a World War 1 Combat Veteran posthumously awarded for his bravery under fire by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Bill's father's grandfather Chief Running Fisher brought...

 

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