KIOWA APACHE

THIS IS A SMALL ATHAPASKAN TRIBE ASSOCIATED WITH THE KIOWA FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD AND FORMING A TRIBAL CIRCLE. THEY WERE KNOWN AS 'NA-ISHAN-DINA' OR OUR PEOPLE. IN THE EARLIEST FRENCH RECORDS OF THE 17TH CENTURY IN LEWIS AND CLARK'S NARRATIVE, THE KIOWA APACHE ARE CALLED "GOTTACKA" OR BAD HEARTS. THEY CAME FROM THE NORTHWEST PLAINS REGION , VS THE SOUTHWEST. THEY WERE FIRST MENTIUONED IN 1680'S BY LA SALLE WHO WAS IN ILLINOIS. THEIR NEIGHBORS SELL THEM HORSES AND THEY STEAL SOME FROM THE SPANISH. THEY WERE FRIENDLY WITH PAWNEE. LOUITENANT CLARK MENTIONED THEM LIVING IN 1805 BETWEEN THE FORKS OF THE CHEYENNE RIVER THE BLACK HILLS ON WYOMING. THEY SOLD HORSES TO ARIKAWA AND MANDAN. BY 1835 THEY WERE A WARLIKE BAND RANGING THE WATERS OF THE CANADIAN RIVER. THEIR FIRST TREATY WAS IN 1837 WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE KIOWA, AND TAWAKONI. ANOTHER TREATY OF LITTLE ARKANSAS WAS IN 1865. THE KIOWA APACHE DETACHED FROM THE KIOWA AND ATTACHED TO THE CHEYENNE. LATER IN 1867 THEY DID REALIGN WITH SOME KIOWA. THEY WERE AGAIN PEACEFUL. BY 1905 THEY HAD ABOUT 155 MEMBERS. IT IS A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA . THEY ONCE SPOKE THE SOUTHERN ATHABASKAN LANGUAGE AND NO ONE KNOWS IT PRESENTLY. LIKE MANY OTHER PLAINS INDIANS, THE PATH TO STATUS WAS FOR THE MALES TO BECOME WARRIORS. THEIR CHIEF, PACER, WAS FRIENDLY WITH THE WHITE PEOPLE. THEY LIVE IN FORT COBB IN OKLAHOMA WITH ABOUT 400 PEOPLE. ACCESS-GENEOLOGY REBELCHEROKEE.LAB DIVA.COM