Joseph Cheshewalla

Death by Force

In the winter of 1989, a prominent Osage couple, Joseph “Buck” Cheshewalla and his wife Maude, were found murdered in their home on an Indian allotment near Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Joseph Edward 'Buck' Cheshewalla was 69 years old at the time of his death. The grim discovery sent shockwaves through the community, as Maude was a respected tribal historian and craftswoman. The scene within their Osage County residence was one of violence and brutality; Maude had been blindfolded, and Joseph was bo ...Read More

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