Austin Lance Baker “Little Buffalo” Midéègaadi garíshada was born on March 30, 2000 to Tracy Halvorson and Kevin Baker Sr. at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND.
Austin was a member of the knife clan and a child of the prairie chicken clan. He attended school in Newtown, ND and Minot, ND and Arizona. He was a quiet and laid back one in the family, he was never one to test the waters.
Austin lived with his mother most of his life in Bakersfield located in New town, ND. He spent a brief period with his father in Minot, ND and Arizona. On one of his many adventures, he went to stay in Wagner, SD with his brother Robert and Nephews.
Austin was the third youngest in the family, the only person he ever disagreed with was his twin brother Vance, otherwise he was a humble and kind soul. He loved being an uncle, he was patient when it came to his nieces and nephews. He was a free spirited and would play with them.
Austin loved to tease and talk smack to his siblings. Growing up, his hobbies were to go fishing and playing video games. He was so adventurous and enjoyed riding jet skies and dirt bikes with his brothers and nephew. He also took off from treatment in California and he got to experience being a homeless person for twenty-four hours. Austin was a mama’s boy always stuck our mom’s side like a little woodtick.
Austin is survived by his parents, Tracy Halvorson, New Town ND and Kevin Baker Sr. of AZ; sisters Tiffany Beston (Stan) and Angel Smith both of ND, Victoria and Gabriel Baker both of AZ; brothers Christopher Beston (Jenn), Robert Smith (Char), Joshua Halvorson, Vance Baker, Kevin Baker Jr. all of ND, Merle Baker, John Baker, and Casey Baker of MT; aunts Kathy Church (Robert Jr) and Carmen Halvorson both of ND and Mary Ellen Baker of TX. Uncles Anthony Halvorson (Valerie), Kermit Halvorson Jr, Ervin Halvorson Sr (Carmen), Julius Halvorson (Florene) all of ND. John Baker of CA and Darryl Baker (Parmalee) of MT.
Proceeded in death by his maternal grandparents Kermit Sr and Mary Grady-Halvorson. Paternal grandparents, Veronica (Two Crow) and Gail Baker Sr; uncles Gail Baker II and Leslie Baker, Stanley DragsWolf; brother Samuel Baker, niece Mona White; nephews Chris Baker III and TraCyn Bird-Smith; cousins Melinda Whitebody and Helen Reed.