Kiowa

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Kiowa tribal members A-ke-a (left) and her father, Elk Tongue, modeling traditional regalia, photograph by H.P. Robinson, c. 1891.

Kiowa calendar painting

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Kiowa tribal members A-ke-a (left) and her father, Elk Tongue, modeling traditional regalia, photograph by H.P. Robinson, c. 1891.

Kiowa calendar painting

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Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains Oceti Sakowin Blackfoot Cheyenne Mandan Crow Arikara Hidatsa Comanche Osage Pawnee

Key People

Satanta

Native American leader

James Mooney

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N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

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