{"id":118600,"date":"2026-01-22T05:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/01\/22\/arlon-chapman-sr-20260121-0424-403990\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-01-22T05:04:38","modified_gmt":"2028-12-07T05:04:38","slug":"arlon-chapman-sr-20260121-0424-403990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/01\/22\/arlon-chapman-sr-20260121-0424-403990\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Arlon Chapman Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t Arlon Lee Chapman Sr., \u201cChief\u201d Hehaka Maza, 66, of Poplar died at Poplar Community  Hospital on Jan. 9, 2026.<br \/>\n\t  He was born Oct. 20, 1959, to Raymond Buckles and Minerva Chapman. His early  years were spent between Crow Hill, Fort Totten, and Devil\u2019s Lake, N.D., with his grandfather Grover Cleveland,  whom he had a close bond with because Grover passed on the traditions for Chief to give to the next generation.  He always left others with a life lesson that they didn\u2019t know that they needed.<br \/>\n\t  He also spent two years in Chicago, Ill., and two years in Moline, Ill., with his family.<br \/>\n\t  Before returning to Poplar, his first child Donavan Herman  was born in Devil\u2019s Lake. Upon his return to Poplar, he had Arlon Jr., Dustin Jackson, Arlonda, Brian, Arthur, Philip, Jacey and Francesca Valendez.  He stayed close friends with all of the mothers of his children because his children were the joys of his life.<br \/>\n\t  His life accomplishments include acquiring his GED, a welding certificate and working  at the  Williston Herald, but being a crew boss as a hot shot seasonal firefighter was his greatest endeavor. He would tell amazing stories  to his friends and children  about his time as a hot shot and traveling all over the western United States.<br \/>\n\t  He loved camping at powwows,  telling stories, playing pool, making diamond willow  canes, beading and fishing.  He could often be found by following the river to any one of his numerous fishing spots along the bank of the Poplar and Missouri rivers.<br \/>\n\t  He is survived by his sons, Donavan Herman, Arlon Chapman Jr., Dustin Jackson,  Arthur Chapman and Philip Chapman; adopted son, Paul \u201cGrandson\u201d Brien; daughters, Arlonda Chapman,  Jacey Chapman and Francesca Valendez; adopted daughter, Luane Brien; numerous  grandchildren and great-grandchildren; lifelong  friend, Anita Brien; sisters,  Becky Simmons, Marva Chapman, Monita Chapman, Shannon Chapman and Lynette  Shields; and brothers, Dana Mireau, Dana Buckles,  Hank Buckles and Kevin Mitchell.<br \/>\n\t  He was preceded in death by his siblings, Francine Buckles, Karen Buckles, Cissy  Buckles, Kelly Chapman, Raymond Buckles Jr., Conrad Buckles, Roger Buckles, and Frank Buckles; and son, Brian Chapman.<br \/>\n\t  Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Poplar Cultural Center. Interment was at Poplar City Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial  Chapel of Wolf Point was entrusted with the arrangements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118804,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118600\/revisions\/118804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118600"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=118600"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=118600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}