Lee Packineau
Lee Willis Packineau, 80, of Wolf Point died Feb. 26, 2022.
He was born in Poplar on Jan. 14, 1942, to Anna Follet and Richard Wilson Packineau. His Nakota name is White Feather “Wiyaga Ska.” He grew up on both the Fort Peck Reservation with his grandmother Lena Bear Skin and on the Fort Berthold Reservation with his grandmother Corn Stalk.
Upon his high school graduation, he volunteered for the United States Air Force and a Vietnam War combat veteran. Returning home from Vietnam, he traveled everywhere by freight, hitching and every means available to him and buddies making memories and having fun.
He fought and rode bulls and was a guitar player with the Red Country band. He was a champion grass dancer known throughout Indian Country in his younger days. In his older years, he was champion of Triple Aces and well known at Lucky Lil’s and other casinos.
