Details

Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271682
Title: Steven Swift Eagle
Date: 2/9/1994-7/24/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/9/1994
Summary: Steven Swift Eagle passed away at his home in New Town, ND, on July 24, 2025. His funeral service was held August 1, 2025, at the Water Chief Hall in Mandaree, ND. Steven was born February 9, 1994, to Jolene Swift Eagle and Tracy Wounded Face in Bismarck, ND. He grew up in Mandaree, and was raised by his auntie-moms, Denise (Monte) Lincoln and Amanda (Keith) McKenzie. He attended school in Mandaree from the beginning of his elementary years until 9th grade. Steven enjoyed playing his guitar and expressing himself through music. Auntie bought his first guitar, and he picked up playing without reading music. He also enjoyed horseback riding, playing horseshoes, and driving around with his dad, Tracy. Steven loved his family, always visiting and helping his sister, and just spending time with them. Hunting and fishing with his late Uncle Monte Lincoln and Keith McKenzie gave him a love for the outdoors. He loved playing basketball either in person or on the Xbox or PlayStation. Later in his lifetime, he met Kuinn Star (deceased). Their son Reveri Crimson Swift Eagle was born and Steven loved his son with everything he had. Steven made sure he was always taken care of. Crimson was his whole world. Steven was part of the Dripping Dirt clan, preceded by death into the Prairie Chicken clan. Steven will be dearly missed by Sabrina Wounded Face, Virginia Grady, Rachel Grady, Mariah Grady, Oscar Grady, all of New Town, Dustin Wounded Face, Jon Wounded Face, Ruby Ann Wounded Face, Lacy and Tracy Wounded Face, all of Mandaree. Steven was preceded in death by his father, Tracy Wounded Face; grandfathers, Joe Wounded Face, Ruben Swift Eagle; grandmothers, Lillian Mae Smith, Frances Jane White Owl.
Red ID: FND_I_79178 Image ID: 529551 Image Notes: FND001 271682

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

Enter a subject or term in one or both of the “Search” boxes.

  • “Item Detail” searches the Title, Creator and Summary fields of all item-level records.
  • “Collection Number” searches the Collection Number field only and requires an exact match.

The “DETAILS” button provides additional information about an item, as well as the following options:

  • “Collection Summary” details the contents of the entire collection in which the selected item is located.
  • You can print the image and its corresponding details by selecting “Print".
  • “Digitized Images from the Collection” returns a list of all digitized items within that collection (available from the “Collection Summary” screen).

Click on image to expand/zoom the image view.

“Photobook home” takes you back to the main Photobook page where you can start a new search.

“Featured Collections” showcases new and/or popular collections and the digitized images within those collections.

Information on how to order copies is located here.

The collections preserved in the North Dakota State Archives include over a million images. Only a small percentage of these images have been digitized. This photo gallery provides a preview of the images that have been digitized.

For more information on the non-digitized images, please refer to the finding aids found on our website at history.nd.gov, or ask a member of our reference staff for assistance.