The History and Culture of Kiowa People.doc

Kiowa Indian Language Kiowa is a Native American language of the Southern Plains, spoken today by about 1000 Kiowa people in Oklahoma. It is a Kiowa-Tanoan language, most closely related to the?Pueblo?languages of the Southwest.? Three Kiowa men, 1898 Total population 12,000 (2011) Regions with significant populations ?United States, (?Oklahoma) Languages English,?Kiowa Religion Native American Church, traditional tribal religion,?Sun Dance, Christianity Kiowa Indian Culture and History 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 tribes language. Native Languages of the Americas:?Kiowa Indian Legends, Myths, and Stories This is our collection of links to Kiowa folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our?Native American legends?section by tribe to make them easier to locate;?however, variants on the same legend are often told by American Indians from different tribes, especially if those tribes are kinfolk or neighbors to each other. In particular, though these legends come from the Kiowas, the traditional stories of other Southern Plains Indians like the?Comanche?and?Wichita?tribes are very similar.?Enjoy the stories! If you would like to recommend a Kiowa legend for this page or think one of the ones on here should be removed, please?contact us?and let us know.? Important Kiowa Mythological Figures Sendeh?(also spelled Sende, Senday, Sainday, Sayn-Day, and other ways.) Sendeh is the trickster/transformer culture hero of the Kiowa tribe. Unlike trickster spi