TRAVIS F. LITTLEGHOST-CAVANAUGH

Travis Francis LittleGhost-Cavanaugh, “Tatab-doka Ohitika” (Brave Bull) 47 of Fort Totten, ND passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND surrounded by his loving family. Mass of the Resurrection for Travis will be held on Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:00 am at St. Michael’s Catholic Church with Father Paul Schuster celebrating the Mass. Burial will be in the St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery. The wake will be held at the St. Michael’s Wellness Center on Thursday beginning at 5:00 pm, with a Rosary and Scripture service at 8:00 pm. The procession to St. Michael will leave at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday from the former Wal-Mart. Travis, son of Walter Cavanaugh Sr. and Sandra LittleGhost was born on August 6, 1967 at Devils Lake, ND. He lived with his family in St. Michael for a short time, then attended Minnie H Elementary School when the family moved to Devils Lake. Travis was a hard worker and worked as a Fire Fighter in Idaho and Montana. After returning to the Spirit Lake Nation, he worked at the Casino and Sioux Manufacturing Company. Travis then moved to Grand Forks where he lived and worked as a cook at UND and most recently as a custodian at the Alerus Center. As health programs progressed, Travis was unable to work and returned home and was living in Fort Totten at the time of his death. He enjoyed playing BINGO and trips to the Casino to play the slots. But he most enjoyed visiting with his relatives and friends that he would see there. He was a good “short order cook” and was happy when he could gather family and friends for a meal. He was an avid sports fan, especially the Dallas Cowboys and the Oklahoma University Sooners which he watched when he traveled to Oklahoma, and where he did 49 Round Dance. He played basketball, softball and was an Indian Grass Dancer, drummer and singer and enjoyed going to Pow-Wows. Travis is survived by his mother, Sandra (LittleGhost) Tenequer; step-father Roger Tenequer; son: Johnny; sister: Geneva Bigtrack; brother; Darren Demarce, Sr.; step sisters Jackie Tenequer and DeeDee Tenequer; step brother JR Tenequer; aunties Bonita, Lesa, Carla and Roberta LittleGhost, Debbie, Adeline and Cynthia Herald and Lillian DeMarce; uncle Richard LittleGhost; grandmothers Helena LittleGhost, Elizabeth LittleGhost, Arlene Gomez and LaVern LittleGhost; grandfathers Leroy LittleGhost and Skip Longie Sr.; grandmother’s all Blueshield and Dubois family; cousins Maureen, Adele and Pansy Johnson; many other dear relatives. He is united in the Spirit World with father Walter “Porgie” Cavanaugh Sr.; brother Walter Cavanaugh Jr.; step brother Jeffery Tenequer; uncles Robert “Bobby” LittleGhost, Francis “Walls” LittleGhost, Rodney LittleGhost, Byron LittleGhost and Harvey Herald; aunties Eva LittleGhost, Glenda Herald, Velma BigTrack, Delima Jackson and Shirley Johnson; grandpa Jimmy Cavanaugh; very special niece and nephew Mary BigTrack and Wesley BigTrack Jr. and his step-father’s parents Thurman and Bea Mithlo. Active Casket Bearers for Travis will be Louie Dubois, Howey Wanna, Brian Thunder, Darren Demarce, Wesley Bigtrack, Michael Little, Sr., Mark LittleGhost, Richard LittleGhost. Honorary Casket Bearers are Peggy Cavanaugh; Napoleon Longie; Ervinette Kills Plenty; Billy DeCoteau; Ferry Demarce; Lenny RedTomahawk; Darren Green; Special Friends Elsie Bracklin and Doris Parkinace. If we forgot to mention anyone it was not intentional; please forgive us and God Bless all of you good people. Thank you to everyone who visited Travis in the hospital and who prayed for him.