Kiowa

: This article discusses the Kiowa people. For the helicopter, see OH-58 Kiowa.

The Indian Wars

After 1840 the Kiowas joined forces with their former enemies, the Cheyennes, as well as the Comanches and the Apaches, to fight and raid the Eastern natives then moving into the Indian Territory. The United States military intervened, and in the Treaty of Medicine Lodge of 1867 the Kiowa agreed to settle on a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma. Some bands of Kiowas remained at large until 1875 (see Palo Duro Canyon).

Related Topics:
1840 - Cheyenne - Comanche - Apache - Indian Territory - Treaty of Medicine Lodge - 1867 - 1875 - Palo Duro Canyon

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On August 6, 1901 Kiowa land in Oklahoma was opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation. While each Kiowa head of household was alloted 80 acres (320,000 m²), the only land remaining in Kiowa tribal ownership today is what was the scattered parcels of 'grass land' which had been leased to the white settlers for grazing before the reservation was opened for settlement.

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August 6 - 1901

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