Stillwater, OK - Tammy (Tamara) Dawn "Mihą Xege" Faw Faw was born December 24, 1961, to Patricia Ann Durbin and Billy Don Faw Faw in Perry, OK. Her spirit began its journey on June 30, 2025 at the age of 63 at her home in Stillwater. She is buried at the Otoe-Missouria Tribal Cemetery in Red Rock, OK.

She was the granddaughter of Louis Morgan Faw Faw and Edna Euginie Dupee. She was the great-granddaughter of William "Wanosa" Faw Faw and Lucy Ruth Missouria Chief; and Victor Dupee and Lydia Childs. She was a member of the Owl Clan. She attended Otoe-Missouria Head Start and then attended Perry Public Schools until she graduated in 1980. She stayed friends with her Perry classmates all her life, especially her 80's Ladies. In her youth, she loved to play basketball, draw, and hit the powwow trail with her family. Tammy was a free spirit, hippie chick. She lived in College Station, Texas and Monterrey, California, before moving back to Oklahoma in the late 1980s. In 1991, she met Jeff Goodson, and they wed October 26, 1991. Their daughter, Christina Goodson, was born the very next year, her eternal pride and joy.

She attended Oklahoma State University until the family moved to Manhattan, Kansas, in 1997. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2000 from Kansas State University. There, Tammy found her voice and purpose through activism, art, and leadership. In 2001, she moved back to Stillwater where she resided until her death.

Learning from Otoe-Missouria seamstresses before her, she made traditional regalia for herself, her daughter, and many others. She was proud to be Otoe-Missouria more than anything in this world. She loved Sammy Hagar, Kenny Chesney, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and Game of Thrones! Music was her lifeline and how she expressed her feelings. Her favorite place in the world was Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She loved the movie "Almost Famous." She was an accomplished artist and her works can be seen all over the United States. Tammy never met a stranger and had friends from Taiwan to Italy, France, and Scandinavia. Her life touched many others.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Patricia and Billy Faw Faw, her brother, Marc Faw Faw, her niece, Haley Luttrell, her nephew Dennis Michael Sindone Jr., and two angel babies, Hunter and Forrest Goodson. She is survived by her daughters, Christina Goodson and Mariah Enloe, her son Bradley Henson, her brothers Michael (Kerri) Faw Faw, Willie Faw Faw, and Quinton (Rada) Shaw, her sister Lillie (Willie) Nelson, her nieces Bailey (Colton) Somers, Tashena Bird, and Patricia Diane Faw Faw, and her nephews Morgun (Vanessa) Frejo, Louis Faw Faw, Christopher Sindone, and Willie Nelson, Jr., and her grandchildren Shá'yú and Caius.

Pallbearers:

Sonny Limon

AJ Robedeaux

Trevor Robedeaux

Morgun Frejo

Jeremy Miner

Bradley Henson

Honorary Pallbearers:

Christopher Sindone

Willie Nelson Jr.

Alvin Moore Jr.

Colton Somers

Quinton Shaw

Gregg Kent

Kevin Kent

Donations can be made to the Wings Foundation in her memory at https://www.wingsfound.org/donate/.