Nuowahhghis Richardson

Nuo'wahhghis Birdshead Richardson was born on February 9, 1978 in Oklahoma City to Joseph E. Birdshead and Jo Ann W. Birdshead. After fighting many health issues, Maheo called her home on June 22, 2014 in Billings, MT. Nuo'wahhghis attended Billings Skyview High School in Billings, MT. After High School she attended The University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. Nuo'wahhghis helped many people out as a youth, when she was on the headstaff at benefit and honor dances in Cheyenne-Arapaho country. She worked with the Indian Health Service in Billings, MT, also as a phlebotomist in Stillwater, OK and Billings, MT and as a caregiver at a group home in Billings, MT. Nuo'wahhghis was married to Lewis Richardson. She has 2 children Ryan E. Gibson and Devin C. Richardson. Nuo'wahhghis is survived by her parents Joseph and Jo Ann Birdshead of Billings, MT, her children Ryan Gibson and Devin Richardson and Husband Lewis Richardson of the home, her brothers Allen, David, Mark all of Oklahoma City, OK, Amick of Ada, OK, Phil of Billings, MT , and her sister Susan of Belcourt, ND, and many other relations and friends. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents: Sgt. McClain Wolftongue, Maud Hauser Wolftongue, and her paternal grandparents Joseph Jess Birdshead, Rose Tallbear Birdshead Funeral Service will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Wake Service 7 p.m. Friday at Cheyenne & Arapaho Gym in Canton, OK. Funeral Service 1 p.m. Saturday at Canton Schools Multi-Purpose Building in Canton. Interment in Canton Reinterment Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Dahl Funeral Chapel in Billings and Haigler-Pierce Funeral Home, Canton, Oklahoma.