Manuella Delora Contreras-Caravio was born on January 23, 1994 in Tacoma, WA to Gladys Roan Eagle. Manuella made her journey to the Spirit World on November 17, 2024 in Denver, CO.
First Name Woman “Chah-Zjay Do-Kah-Hay”, given to her by her maternal great grandmother, Annie Fineran during great -grandfather, John Around Him Sundance.
Manuella was placed with her maternal grandmother, Virginia Young Dog Irving and grandfather, Wendell Irving by ICWA in Denver, CO. She was 11 months old and grew up the youngest of 10 children. Her aunties became her sisters, her uncles became her brothers, her grandfather her dad, and her grandmother, mom.
Everyone had a hand in watching her grow up and babysitting her too. She used to get teased about businesses closing down after she passed through them. Like on her flight to Stapleton Airport from Tacoma, WA was the last one before it closed down forever or the middle school she continued from closed down forever. She then graduated from a brand new high school in Westminster, CO in 2012.
Manuella is survived by her children, Abraham W. Maldonado and Xiomara Maldonado; sister, Maria Caravio; brothers, Julian Roan Eagle, Arturo and Terrance Dominguez; grandmothers, Virginia Irving, Nora Gallis, Angie Roan Eagle and Nancy Rouillard; aunts, Bernadette Roan Eagle, Latoya Gonzalez, Francelia Little John, Crystal Roan Eagle, and Erica Irving; uncles, Roger and Travis Roan Eagle, Dion Whalen, Quentin Whalen, and Travis Irving; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, & cousins.
Manuella was preceded in death by her mother, Gladys “Rosie” Fern Roan Eagle; maternal grandparents, Irene Young Dog and Roger Roan Eagle, Sr.; aunts, Angel Young Dog, Anna Mae Roan Eagle, Cynthia Rouillard, Paula Rouillard, Emma Roan Eagle, Jennie Oocumma, and Kina Young Dog; uncle, Michael Young Dog, Leslie Young Dog, and Lonnie Shields; grandparents, Verdell, Lester, Seymore, and Gary Young Dog, and Wendell Irving; great grandmother, Dora Around Him; and great grandfather, Amos Young Dog, Sr.
Pallbearers will be Quentin Whalen, Travis Irving, Daniel Irving, Tyler Rouillard, Teek Rouillard, Jaidyn Wallace, Davian Wallace, and Eli Scott III.
Honorary pallbearers will be Nancy Rouillard & Family, Marvin Young Dog & Family, Myron Young Dog-Shield & Family, Amos Young Dog, Jr., Iris Rouillard & Family, Dora Young Dog, Latoya Gonzalez, Bernadette Roan Eagle, Francelia Little John, Quentin Whalen & Family, Dion Whalen, Skuya Red Willow, Grace Gillette, Diane Buck, Ace, Ajay, Larissa, & Lara No Braid, Little Hawk Family, Broken Nose Family, Wounded Horse Family, Brown Bear Family, Bear Runner Family, Fast Horse Family, Young Bear Family, Iron Cloud Family, Fineran Family, Two Dogs Family, Dull Knife Family, Sitting Bear Family, Around Him Family, Mousseaux Family, Kills Back Family, Two Lance Family, Yellow Hair Family, Yellow Horse Family, Susan Blaire, Lisa Andre, Teisha Banda, Brother Ben Grenenmyer, Bobby Cordova, Sr., Lisa Stands, Jeannie Trueblood, Genevieve Rubio, Wesley & Lauren Young Dog-Shepherd, Jonathan and Sesalie Red Owl, Jennifer Irving, Sherrie Rouillard & Family, Denver March Pow-Wow Committee, and all Friends & Relatives, we are truly sorry if we did not mention you, it was not done intentionally.
Wake Services: Two night wake service starting at 3:30 PM, Thursday, December 5, 2024 at the St. Michael Episcopal Church in Batesland, SD with the second night starting at 4:00 PM, Friday, December 6, 2024 at the C. Bear Memorial Gym in Batesland, SD with evening services on Friday, December 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM.
Funeral Services: 1:00 PM, Saturday, December 7, 2024 at the C. Bear Memorial Gymnasium in Batesland, SD
Traditional Lakota Services: To Be Announced
Officiating: Mother Michelle Dayton
Burial Services: Our Lady of the Sioux Catholic Cemetery, Oglala, SD
Arrangements entrusted with the Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge, SD