The Gourd Dance is not an intertribal or competition “Pow Wow Style” of dance. Gourd Dances are held regularly by several groups especially in Oklahoma. Today the dance is being done at some Pow Wows before, after, and between intertribal…
A Kiowa gentleman explains about how the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society began, who is allowed to join this society, and the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society traditions.
This article is the actual text of a treaty made with the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians on October 21, 1867 at the Council Camp on Medicine Lodge Creek, Kansas.
Fort Atkinson was the first regular army post on the Santa Fe trail in the heart of the Indian country. It was part of the rapidly expanding American military frontier in the Far West following the Mexican War. As people traveled westward to occupy new lands for farming and ranching, rushed for gold, and exploited other natural resources of the vast continent, the need increased for military protection from the Indians whose homelands were being iinvaded. In 1853 a treaty was struck between the US Government and the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians at Fort Atkinson.
The Choctaw Apache Tribe of Ebarb is located in western Sabine Parish, Louisiana. They are recognized by the state of Louisiana and have petitioned for federal recognition.
Lone Wolf the Younger (Mamadayte)
Born 1843, Oklahoma, USA - Died Aug. 11, 1923, Hobart, Kiowa Co, Oklahoma
Wife: Akeiquodle (1850 - 1938)
Daughter: Sarah Ahtape Lone Wolf Kauahquo (1886 - 1958)
Lone Wolf was appointed Chief of the Kiowa in 1883 and served 40 years until his death in 1923. Prior to becoming chief, he was a fierce warrior named Mamadayte who survived the Battle of Washita, in which General Custer surprised and overcame Black Kettle, Chief of the Cheyenne.