Faith Georgia "Pinky" BadBear-Bartlett, 51, of Crow Agency, passed to the other side camp on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, in the Crow Northern Cheyenne Hospital after a long, well-fought battle with cancer. The daughter of William Herman and Georgia (TakesHorse) BadBear, Pinky was born Feb. 23, 1959, in Dallas, Texas. Her Crow name, "Baakatdaashdeesh" (One Who Cares for Children), was given to her by Hugh Little Owl. Pinky is a member of the Whistling Water Clan and a child of the Newly Made Lodge. She grew up in the Crow Agency area and attended school at St. Labre and Hardin before graduating from Intermountain Indian High School in Brigham City, Utah, in 1977. Upon graduation, she began college at Montana State University in Bozeman, and continued on at Eastern Montana College, where she participated in many sports including boxing, football, weightlifting, and track and field — where she set the record for the shot put, making her a candidate for the Olympics. In 1987, she completed her education and received a bachelors in science education in Art K-12. After college, Pinky started her career working with various museums, the first being the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo. After which, she worked for the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul where she traveled extensively throughout the nation creating communication bridges between Tribal people and the museums she represented. In conjunction, she worked with the Indian Land Tenure, helping the Science Museum work with local Minnesota Tribes. Pinky was known for her expertise in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and worked with many museums, including the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, in New York City, preparing the collections to be moved to the new museum in Washington, D.C. She was also a consultant for the St. Louis Museum (St. Louis, Mo.), the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg, Sweden), and served on many boards sharing her knowledge of traditional and cultural issues. Most recently, Pinky served on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman) and was also appointed by Governor Schweitzer to serve as a member of the State Historical Records and Archives Board to represent a Tribal voice. She also lectured on the importance of using Tribal people to explain their cultural displays and on building a museum from the ground up; she was a lifelong learner, constantly striving to learn more. Pinky held her traditional values and beliefs close to her heart, teaching the next generation the traditional games, songs, stories and history. She was an avid bead worker and seamstress, making star quilt blankets, elk tooth dresses, buckskin dresses and other dancing outfits for family members. She married Tyrone Phillip Sydney Bartlett on Aug. 17, 2002, in a traditional ceremony during the Crow Fair and, together, the couple made their home in Hardin.