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The Kiowa people told ethnologist James Mooney that the first calendar keeper in their tribe was Little Bluff, or Tohausan, who was the principal chief of the tribe from 1833 to 1866. Mooney also worked with two other calendar keepers, Settan ( Little Bear) and Ankopaaingyadete (In the Middle of Many Tracks), commonly known as Anko .
Satanta (IPA: [seˈtʰæntə]) (Set'tainte ([séʔ.tˀã́j.dè]) or White Bear) (c. 1815 – October 11, 1878) was a Kiowa war chief. He was a member of the Kiowa tribe, born around 1815, during the height of the power of the Plains Tribes, probably along the Canadian River in the traditional winter camp grounds of his people.
The Koitsenko (Kiowa: Qkoie-Tsain-Gah, lit. ' 'Principal Dogs" or "Real Dogs' ') was a group of the ten greatest warriors of the Kiowa tribe as a whole, from all bands. One was Satank who died while being taken to trial for the Warren Wagon Train Raid. The Koitsenko were elected out of the various military societies of the Kiowa, the "Dog ...
Kiowa Indian Tribe people (4 P) W. Kiowa women (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Kiowa people" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Kiowa Indian Tribe (1 C, 1 P) Kiowa language (1 C, 2 P) P. Kiowa people (5 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Kiowa" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 ...
Dohäsan, Dohosan, Tauhawsin, Tohausen, or Touhason [1] (late 1780s to early 1790s – 1866 [2]) was a prominent Native American.He was War Chief of the Kata or Arikara band of the Kiowa Indians, and then Principal Chief of the entire Kiowa Tribe, a position he held for an extraordinary 33 years.
On July 17, 1864, Kiowa Indians raided Fort Larned and stole 172 horses and mules from the corral. The raiders were pursued but never caught. In 1865 a system of escorting wagon trains was established, and all merchants were forbidden travel westward beyond Fort Larned without an armed escort.
Historically, the Otoe tribe lived as a semi-nomadic people on the Central Plains along the bank of the Missouri River in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri. They lived in elm-bark lodges while they farmed, and used tipis while traveling, like many other Plains tribes. They often left their villages to hunt buffalo.