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Kiowa /ˈkaɪ.əwə/ or Cáuijṑ̱gà / [Gáui[dò̱:gyà ("language of the Cáuigù (Kiowa)") is a Tanoan language spoken by Kiowa people, primarily in Caddo, Kiowa, and Comanche counties. [ 16 ] Additionally, Kiowa were one of the numerous nations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that spoke Plains Sign Talk .
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.
Tehan was a white captive, adopted into the Kiowa tribe. His name came from the native pronunciation of "Texan", which was derived of the Spanish demonym for the inhabitants of Texas, Tejan(a/o). Under Maman-ti, he became a strong warrior and eventually fought in the Red River War, at about eighteen years old. He was captured by US forces, and ...
The Kiowa flourished as nomadic hunters in the early 19th Century. In 1863 Lone Wolf (Guipago), accompanied Yellow Wolf, Yellow Buffalo, Little Heart, and White Face Buffalo Calf; two Kiowa women Coy and Etla; and the Indian agent, Samuel G. Colley, to Washington D. C. to establish a policy that would favor the Kiowa, but it was a futile attempt.
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Kiowa winter count by Anko, covers summers and winters for 37 months, 1889-92, ca. 1895. National Archives and Records Administration [1]. Winter counts (Lakota: waníyetu wówapi or waníyetu iyáwapi) are pictorial calendars or histories in which tribal records and events were recorded by Native Americans in North America.
Big Bow (c. 1833 [1] –c. 1900) was a Kiowa war leader during the 19th century, an associate of Guipago and Satanta. Big Bow's name in Kiowa is Zepko-ette, also spelled Za-ko-yea. He was born in Elk Creek in Indian Territory in about 1833. [1] He was active in the Southern Plains, in the present day states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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.