Chief Edward D. Whiteskunk

Funeral Services for Cheyenne Chief Edward D. Whiteskunk , 58, Hammon resident will be held 1:00 P.M., Saturday, March 28, 2015 in the A.G. Creach Hammon School Auditorium, officiated by Rev. Ronald Whiteskunk , Jr.. Burial will conclude in the Hammon Indian Mennonite Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. There will be a Wake Service 6:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M. Friday, March 27, 2015 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. Edward D. Whiteskunk, "Howling Wolf" (Ho'neohnestoohe) was born August 28, 1956 to Willis and Maude (Whiteshield) Whiteskunk in Cortez, Colorado and passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 in the St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. Edward was raised in Hammon and attended most of his schooling there. He transferred to the Institute of southern Plains where he graduated from high school. He continued his education in Newton, Kansas and Provo, Utah. He served law enforcement in Hammon as a police officer; a police for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes as well as serving as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Ambulance Service. He was married to Phillis Whiteman in 1977. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Frank, Philemon, and Woodrow Whiteskunk, Virgil Swift and Leon Redbone; his paternal grandparents, Charlie Whiteskunk and Josephine Goose, and maternal grandparents, Ben Whiteshield and Nellie Whiteman. He was a proud member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, and was a Cheyenne Chief. He was active in tribal politics serving on the 32nd and 33rd Cheyenne and Arapaho Business Committee for the Cheyenne District 4 for a total of 8 years. He was a member of the Chapel in Cortez, CO where he was baptized at the age of 8. He was a member of the Bow-String Society Clan. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, four children, Susan, David, Michael and Nancy Whiteskunk all of the home; two sisters, Cynthia Whiteskunk Osage and Viola Hatch; brother, Willis Todd Whiteskunk and his two name sakes, Frank Edward Whiteskunk and Abraham Martinez.