Robert Long Crane:  

Life I'm happily married, have a daughter and grandson, and two cats. We live in a 3-bedroom house on 1-1/4 acres, and my wife's mom lives next door on her 1-1/4 acre. We have the standard two vehicles and an extra old pick-up my wife lovingly calls my lawn ornament. (It's really in the driveway but it's close.) We hit the powwow trail when we can but it's hard until my wife retires in a couple of years. I used to do the Arena Directing at our local powwows until I got injured (see workplace), so now we just go and watch, visit and check out the vendors. My wife dances and sits on a drum when she can. My dad died last year so I went back home to Rosebud to take his ashes. We had a memorial service here in April shortly after he died in April, and then another at Parmalee in August 2006. He was 93. We were fortunate he was in good health until the last two months of his life. My three sisters, who are all within 45 minutes of where we live, and I miss him very much. Workplace A...Expand for more