Kiowa Tribe

Cultural area: Great Plains

Linguistic group: Kiowan

Federal Status: recognized

Kiowas Societies: Buffalo Doctor Society; Owl Doctor Society; Sun Dance Shield Society; Eagle Shield Society; only men were members of these societies. There was one society of a select older group of women known as Bear Women Society.

Pictoral history of the tribe known as winter and summer counts

History
1781 a smallpox epidemic killed an estimated 2,000 Kiowa

1785 Left the Black Hills areadue to conflict with Cheyenne-Arapaho and Sioux.

Unique Military advancement; some soldiers known as "Dog Soldiers"

1790 Southern Kiowa move with Comanche to what is now New Mexico.

1801 Smallpox epidemic loss of nearly half of the tribe

1806 Northern Kiowa reunite with Southern Kiowa

1816 Smallpox epidemic

1833 Cut-Throat Massacre: Osage Indians attact Kiowas camp killing many

1849 Cholera killed more than half of the tribe

1868 removed to _____with the Cmanche and Kiowa Apache

1892 meases killed more than 300 of the Kiowa, Comanche and Kiowa Apache

1860's Govenor John Evans encouraged a campaign of extermination against the Indians in the territory.

November 29, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre Colorado mlitia under the command of Colonel John Chivington engaged in battle against a friendly group of Kiow - Black Kettle's camp where an American Flag flew over the camp, the tribe had been promised protection as long as the flag flew over their camp. More than 100 Kiowa were killed.

1864 Kit Carson led troops against the Kiowa adn Comanche Adope Walls in the Texas Panhandle destroying 176 tipis and employing the scorched earth policy.

Records
Treaties:

March 26, 1837

July 27 1853 Fort Atkinson

October 18, 1865

October 21, 1867