The Story Of The Red Wolf / The Gourd Dance: Kiowa Culture

This is a collection of words, photos and video clips about "The Story Of The Red Wolf" .. & The Kiowa Gourd Dance.., two important pieces of traditional Kiowa culture & ceremony.
There is also a complimentary video for this one.., about Grandfather/Chief Kicking Bird.. and much more of the Kiowa People and histtory.., in this playlist/channel.
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The Kiowa People.are an indigenous tribe, of the Great Plains.
They migrated southward from Canada and western Montana,
into the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, in the 17th and 18th centuries and finally into the Southern Plains, by the early 19th century.
Today, they are federally recognized as the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, with headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma.
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Chief Kicking Bird, also known as “Tene Angop'te ", (“The Kicking Bird", "Eagle Who Strikes with his Talons", or "Striking Eagle,”)
was a High Chief of the Kiowa People, in the 1870s. It is said that he was given his name, for the way he fought his enemies.
Born in 1835, Chief Kicking Bird was a Kiowa, though his grandfather had been a Crow captive, who was adopted by the Kiowa.
His mysterious death at Fort Sill, on May 3rd 1875 is the subject of much debate and speculation. Though he was a great warrior
who participated in and led many battles and raids during the 1860s and 1870s, he is mostly known as an advocate for peace and education, in his tribe.
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Elizabeth O'Hare..; Andrew Vasquez..; MGM Pictures-vod..; Red Earth..; Red Wolf Songs.. and to all the other brothers and sisters out there, who have contributed to this video in any way.
Chi Miigwetch!..
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