Stella was born about 1893. She is the daughter of Moses Decorah and Kate Standing Woman. Her date of birth varies from one census to the next, ranging from 1890 to 1899.
Name
Her Hocąk name is given as MaJayHaWinKah, which may be transliterated as Mąjexawiga, Mąjexewiga, Mąjehawiga, Mąjehewiga, and which can be translated in many different ways.
In almost all censuses her name is given as "Stella", but in the obituary of Mary Greendeer Owen, she is mentioned under the name "Estella", which shows that Stella went by this name as well.
Children
Stella had the following children with Will Greendeer (1929, 1937 censuses):
Percy (b. 1915 - 7 December 1965)
Alfred (b. 1921)
Lyle Burke (b. 12 July 1922)
Frederick Oliver (b. 7 May 1924)
Oliver (b. 8 May 1927)
Orville Lindly (b. 16 November 1928)
John (26 November 1930 - 4 July 1938)
Mary (Owen) (28 January 1933 - February 1987)
Nina (Cleveland) (2 September 1918 - 17 June 2014)
Linda
Death
Under the name "Estella Greendeer", her date of death is cited as 14 July 1970. (Death Index)
1910 Indian census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 5; Agency: Wittenberg. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1929 Indian census; Roll: M595_570; Page: 35; Line: 1; Agency: Tomah. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1937 Indian census; Roll: M595_573; Page: 40; Line: 1; Agency: Tomah Indian School. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.