Rebecca "Becca Whitehorse" (Whitehorse) Mcgill

Rebecca Wylma Whitehorse McGill, 38, of Sandpoint, Idaho, died Friday, August 12, 2011, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona on October 15, 1972, and was later adopted by Eva Lou Iverson and Jay William Dunham of Salt Lake City, Utah. Her official name was Wylma Rebecca Dunham, but she preferred to be called Becca. Her life was filled with many different kinds of challenges and setbacks related to health, but in the past three months she was able to fulfill her dream of owning a motor home and going camping with friends. She enjoyed listening to Native music, biscuits and gravy, making Indian fry bread, playing with her little Chihuahua, and corresponding with 18 pen pals across the country. Her favorite memories were of her grandfather, Everett Whitehorse. Rebecca had lived with various friends and care providers in Sandpoint during the past three years and was planning to spend the winter in Idaho Falls. While living with Leona Nelson of Cocolalla, Idaho, she was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Westmond. Survivors include her friends, Jim and Brandy Moore and Lloyd and Shirley Green, all of Sandpoint; Leona Nelson of Cocolalla; Doug Nish of Idaho Falls; Ruth Mitchell and Kathy McKay of Sagle, and Mary Ellen Rich of Salt Lake City, Utah. Recently Rebecca wrote a poem about how she saw herself: “I am a Woman” I’m a Navajo woman. I’m a heavy equipment operator woman. I’m a dog-loving woman. I’m a bad lung woman. I’m a fire-fighting woman. I’m a smoking woman. I’m a sweet-toothed woman. I’m a germ-freak woman.I’m an Earth-connected woman. I’m a spiritual woman. I’m a mohawk-wearing woman. I’m an eagle woman. I’m a shape-shifting woman. I’m a sweat lodge woman. I’m a brown-skinned woman. I’m a get-things-done woman. I’m a Navajo woman. – Rebecca McGill, 2010

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Friday, August 12, 2011