DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT THE KIOWA?

Kiowa girl with a lovely smile in 1894.
 

When you think of Native Americans living in teepees and hunting bison, you're thinking of the Kiowa. By the early 19th century the Kiowa people were living full time in the Great Plains after generations of traveling from the states like Colorado and western Montana. The name Kiowa is believed to be a take on the group’s name for themselves, the Kai-i-gwu, which means “principal people.”

They were definitely an important group in the social structure of indigenous people, specifically when it came to forming relationships with tribes that have gone down in history for being aggressive. The Kiowa were close friends with the Comanche, Arapaho, and Southern Cheyenne, and since the late 1800s they’ve shared reservation space with the Comanche.
Source: The History Daily. Org