A wake in her honor will be held at the Clinton Community Hall on Thursday August 9th, 2018 at 7:00pm. Services will follow in Thomas,OK at the Assembly of God Church at 2pm Friday near Mound Valley where Virginia will be laid to rest. Services are under the direction of Lockstone Funeral Home of Thomas.

Meona'hane'e (Morning Killer Woman/Counts Coup in the Morning Woman) Virgina Allrunner, age 86, passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 in Lakewood, Colorado. She was born April 9, 1932 at Meat's Ranch near Cantonment, Oklahoma to Dant and Nellie (Meat) Allrunner. She was the granddaughter of Cheyenne Chief Jacob and Sagewoman AllRunner, and a descendent of Chief Black Kettle, whose band was massacred at Sand Creek.  She had four siblings: Chester, Clarence, Anne, and Chad who preceded her in death. She was raised at Meat's Ranch and attended school at Pumpkin Ridge and Seiling Public Schools where she graduated from high school.  She later attended Haskell Institute, Lawrence KS and Southwestern Oklahoma State University where she earned a BS in Business Administration in 1978.  Meona'hane'e was selected to be a Dog Soldier Society sister at a young age, which is a high Cheyenne honor. Virginia and her former husband, the late Saul Birdshead, had three children:  Judy, Mitchel, and Lavonna, all who preceded her in death. She went on to raise their children and their children, as a good Cheyenne grandmother does.

Meona'hane'e was a fluent Cheyenne speaker, and loved to share her language and culture with others. She was a world class champion traditional buckskin dancer, and won many honors. She loved to attend the Denver March Powwow and compete in the Golden Age category.  Virginia was a strong supporter of, and participant with the American Indian Movement and an ardent advocate for the rights of this country's First Peoples.  She loved her family and the Cheyenne People, but she was at home in the dance arena.  She once said, "I grew up knowing my Cheyenne culture and speaking my language.  Learning the ways of the Dog Soldiers was beautiful... Those days I will never forget."