Kiowa

Kiowa is pronounced ki-o-wa (ki--as in kite).

Land:

The Kiowa are a Native American tribe of the southern plains. The Kiowa were part of the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 and were assigned a reservation in Oklahoma in 1868. Today there are more than 12,000 Kiowa, many of whom live in Oklahoma and other areas of the Southwestern United States. .

Language:

The Kiowa language seems to be related to the Tanoan-speaking Pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico. Kiowa means "principal people" in the tribe's language.

Though this page has been carefully researched, the author does not claim expertise on the Kiowa.

Please send questions, comments, and corrections to emuseum@mnsu.edu and include the web address of this page.

If you are Kiowa, your feedback is much appreciated.

Official Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma http://www.kiowaok.com/mission.htm

References:

Dewey D. Tsonetokoy Sr. - Email
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
"Kiowa," Encyclopedia Americana. 1998
"Kiowa," Microsoft Encarta. 1993.
"Kiowa Indians," World Book Encylopedia. 1997.

Written by: Virginia Haase