Most Plains Indian Tribe’s history were in oral traditions; told and shared from one generation to the next. Of the Plains Indians, only four tribes; the Kiowa, Lakota, Blackfeet and Mandan added to their oral storytelling tradition with picture markings of significant events that occurred to the tribe. The tribes recorded their history in pictures….
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Forging the Kiowa Memory Chain
It is said … Three words that connected me to my culture, history and self. My tribe the Kiowas, like most Plains Indian tribes did not have books documenting our history, we had stories shared from one generation to the next, an oral memory chain. Always one generation away from extinction. It is said, these three…
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