Transcript Kiowa - Belton Independent School District

I. Location and Government
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The Kiowa lived in the Texas Panhandle.
They started out in Polo canyon.
They ended up in Comanche territory.
Kiowa
By
Julie Johnson and Katelyn
Chrisman
II. Dress
The Kiowa men wore shirts,
breechcloths and moccasins all made
of deer hide.
The women wore dresses and tall
moccasins of deerskin.
They decorated their clothes and
horses with silver and other metals.
III. Homes
 The Kiowa’s homes had to be portable
because the Kiowa were nomadic hunter
gathers.
 The Kiowa’s tepees started with four
poles that were covered in buffalo hides
and then they added twenty more poles.
IV. How They Lived
 Because
the Kiowa were nomadic
and followed the herds, the horses
became very important to the Kiowa.
 They did not farm.
 The women gathered fruits, berries,
roots, and nuts. The men also
hunted smaller animals like deer and
antelope.
V. Beliefs
 The Sun Boy was worshiped in the Kiowa
gods.
 The Sun Boy gave the Kiowa ten scared
medicine bundles.
 The Sun Dance was their most holy
ceremony it took place in early summer
or late spring usually sometime in June.
VI. Summary
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The Kiowa were hunter gathers
of the Texas Panhandle.
They lived in bands, but the men
divided themselves into six
ranked groups from Rabbits to
Real Dogs.
Sons were very important to
their family.