Nathaniel Sean Grey Bear “Mato Cinkana” (Little Bear) was born on May 3, 1992 to Oral A. Grey Bear, Jr. and Kellie J. Azure left us on October 30, 2021.
Nate grew up in the surrounding areas of Wolf Point, Poplar, and Brockton. He went to school in Wolf Point up to 7 th then moved to Brockton. He stayed with his uncle and aunt Bar and Kae Roberts and family.
He grew up in a pow-wow family, his dad is a singer and his mom was a champion Jingle dress dancer and he was a traditional dancer. Later he would leave the dancing circle and become a singer. Always singing…you would hear him singing pow-wow, 49, Sun Dance and ceremonial songs or a song he heard on the radio, social media, add his own comical twist of words to a song. Nate was always joking, teasing, hanging out, playing some ball.
Nate was on the road, traveling to pow-wows or wherever he chose to go. He worked at various jobs in MT and ND.
He was family oriented. He missed his children, Kimora, Kassidy, Kallen, and Kaiden. He would want his children to know that. He loved and missed them.
Nate was proud of his background coming out of Chelsea…one of Nate’s best memories would be when he lived in Brockton with his Hunka family. He loved singing and it was only natural for him to be singing with his brothers, Anthony Spotted Bird, Chance Roberts, Wakinyan Roberts, Emerson, Trent and Leroy Boyd, Raymond Olson, the Badland Singers.
Nate joins his mother, Kellie Jo; his maternal grandparents Nurna Squires and Roy Azure, Sr.; paternal grandparents Oral A Grey Bear, Sr. and Linda S. Adams; great grandparents Abel Grey Bear and Lottie E. Brown. Other family he reunites with; grandparents Melvin Grey Bear Sr., Vina Longtree, Coretta Youngman, Abraham Grey Bear, Phyllis Olson, Galen Grey Bear, Ava Old Rock Martin.
Nate leaves behind his children; Kimora, Kassidy, Kallen, Kaiden; his dad Oral A, Grey Bear, Jr.; sisters Kiah (June) and Huhlea; Marquel, Kyla, Ziktcana Roberts; brothers Ian, Sage, Ryder, Rylan, Malachai, Kiyen; Hunka, Anthony Spotted Bird, Chance and Wakinyan Roberts, Emerson, Trent, Leroy Boyd; aunt Landee (Monty) Nelson; cousins Jaimie and children (Ameriah, Zakiah), Brennan and children (Ashtynn, Ky’leigha); great grandma Germaine Brady of New Town, ND; grandmothers Lorraine Grey Bear of Spirit Lake, ND, Vivian Grey Bear of Copper Center, Alaska, Judy Grey Bear of Poplar, MT and many other relatives on both sides maternally and paternally. Apologies to whom we’ve forgotten.