For Cultures with Oral Traditions, Words are sacred. They have power. Through words, we exist. Just as the Kiowa Emergence Story celebrated the consciousness and naming of the Kiowa Tribe, the Kiowa Naming Ceremony honors the consciousness of an individual, a Kiowa finding their way, their identity. That is Koy taw gee geah daw, the…
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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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