I asked Greg Hirst, who keeps the original Chief Heavy Runner genealogy, to clarify the line of descent, because I know there are two Heavy Runner lines. He replied as follows:
As to the Heavy Runner name, the surviving children of Chief Heavy Runner were married into and adopted by the Kipps, Uphams, and Fitzpatricks. This is my heritage. So Chief Heavy Runner's descendants didn't carry his name; although Dick Kipp and William Upham (two of his sons) did at one time petition the agent to restore the family name. However, the Heavy Runners in and around Browning today are descendants of Main (Big) Lodge Pole. One of Lodge Pole's sons was named Heavy Runner, from where they trace their name. That is a large family. It is unfortunate how many today (especially the older people) really don't know their family trees that well. I hope this helps and doesn't muddy the water more. Let me know if you have other questions on this. Marie's murder was a horrific act. I didn't know her but regret her tragedy.
From the Great Falls Tribune
A Browning man pleaded guilty Thursday to helping hide the body of an elderly woman in a crawlspace after his father killed her last year.
Thomas Charles Marc Heavy Runner, 21, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to murder, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Heavy Runner's Father, Mark Saint Storm Heavy Runner, killed 71-year-old Marie Heavy Runner on July 1, after an argument. Mark Heavy Runner, 44, strangled the woman and then drowned her in a bathtub after she lost consciousness. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder March 28, and is scheduled to be sentenced July 16.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon also set Thomas Heavy Runner's sentencing for July 16.
Family members have said Mark Heavy Runner was Marie Heavy Runner's nephew, but he was raised in the Heavy Runner family since he was a baby, and was eventually adopted into the family.
In an offer of proof filed in court this week, prosecutors state that Thomas Heavy Runner came home after work on July 1 to find that his father had just killed Marie Heavy Runner. Mark Heavy Runner then asked his son to help him hide the body, and the two men put the body in the crawlspace, where it stayed until November, when Blackfeet Tribal Law Enforcement discovered the body.
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ACCUALLY CHEIF HR HAD ONLY ONE TRUE SURVIVING BLOOD DAUGHTER FROM BEAR RIVER AND HER SON WAS THE HORN,HORN FAMILY OF HEART BUTE.THE REST WERE KIDS THAT WERE OF THE CAMP BUT NOT DIRECT DESENDANTS,THEY ALSO KNOW THE ORAL STORY WELL.WHO THIS HIRST KINDA SAD WE HAVE COBELLS AND KIPPS HERE YET???
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