Mitchelene Bigman: A Life of Service, Advocacy, and Cultural Preservation Born: September 1, 1965, Billings, Montana Origin: AllPaintingsStore Background: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) / Minitari (Hidatsa) U.S. Army Veteran and Advocate Early Life and Military Service Raised on and off the Montana Crow Reservation, experiencing challenges including a negative experience at a Catholic-run Indian residential school. Graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1983. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1987 due to limited employment opportunities and high rates of domestic a…