Tawsha Kim Roubideaux "Tahca Cante Win", 45, died March 27, 2017, in Sioux Falls. 

Services for Tawsha will be as follows: Flandreau service: Prayer service Tuesday, March 28, at Skroch Funeral Chapel, Flandreau; Pearl River, Miss., service, prayer service, Thursday, March 30, at Greenhill Methodist Church with burial Friday at Philips Cemetery, Pearl River, Miss.

Tawsha was born on June 28, 1971, to Nathaniel and Helen (Thin Elk) Nickey in Rosebud. She graduated in 1989 from Flandreau Indian School in Flandreau. Tawsha attended Stewart Hairstyle School in Sioux Falls. Later, she attended college in Mississippi seeking a mortuary science degree. She found her calling in the field of nursing and worked many years at the Riverview Manor in Flandreau. 

On Feb. 14, 1994, Tawsha married Marvin Roubideaux of Rosebud. Tawsha was known for her love of music and was an avid drummer and singer. A favorite pastime was live music sessions and singing at home with her family and close relatives. She will be remembered for always listening to ’80s hair band ballads and songs. Tawsha also enjoyed her favorite Investigative Discovery TV shows, art – drawing and sketching, reading, being out in nature, joking and laughing, spending time with her three grandchildren, and being around family. 

Tawsha is survived by her parents Nathaniel and Helen Nickey of Flandreau; her children, Rashane Roubideaux of Odessa Minn., Latia Roubideaux of Flandreau and Keenan Wakiyan Roubideaux of Flandreau; three grandchildren; her siblings Lashawn Nickey of Flandreau, Tiana Nickey of Oneida Wis., and Micah Nickey of Shawano, Wis., and her husband, Marvin Roubideaux of Rosebud. 

She was preceded in death by her sister, Lawanna Lachele Nickey; her paternal grandparents, Rev. W.C. Nickey and Josaphine Nickey, maternal grandparents, Aloysious Thin Elk and Vivian Brave; and her granddaughter Forever Williams.