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A novel of a proud stranger in his native land. He was a young American Indian named Abel, and he lived in two worlds. One was that of his father, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, the ecstasy of the drug called peyote. The other was the world of the twentieth century, goading him into a compulsive cycle of sexual exploits, dissipation, and disgust. Home from a foreign war, he was a man being torn apart, a man...
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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
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"Old grudges, tribal traditions, and outside influences collide for a Kiowa woman as forces threaten her family, her tribe, and the land of her ancestors, in this own-voices debut perfect for fans of Winter Counts. No one called her Mud in Silicon Valley. There, she was Mae, a high-powered professional who had left her Kiowa roots behind a decade ago. But a cryptic voice message from her grandfather, James Sawpole, telling her to come home sounds...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"During the nineteenth century, white Americans sought the cultural transformation and physical displacement of Native people. Though this process was certainly a clash of rival economic systems and racial ideologies, it was also a profound spiritual struggle. The fight over Indian Country sparked religious crises among both Natives and Americans. In The Gods of Indian Country, Jennifer Graber tells the story of the Kiowa Indians during Anglo-Americans'...
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Blue Bronco Books, an imprint of The Little Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Housemaid? What a horrible word! Not that I'd ever actually seen a housemaid, but I could picture one: a meek, aproned, pale-faced girl who never saw the sun. When her parents force her to work at grand Ashford Manor, 12-year-old Cabby Potts will do anything to escape, including playing matchmaker between her sister and the rich young lord of the manor. If it succeeds, her scheme will save her family's struggling homestead. If it fails . . . Can...
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"The Way to Rainy Mountain recalls the journey of Tai-me, the sacred Sun Dance doll, and of Tai-me's people in three unique voices: the legendary, the historical, and the contemporary. It is also the personal journey of N. Scott Momaday, who on a pilgrimage to the grave of his Kiowa grandmother traversed the same route taken by his forebears and in so doing confronted his Kiowa heritage. It is an evocation of three things in particular: a landscape...
9) The Kiowa
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1989
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English
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Examines the history, culture, and changing fortunes of the Kiowa Indians.
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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The proud Kiowa tribe suffered throughout the early to mid-1900s. Their traditional way of life almost died out as non-Indian culture became dominant in their former homeland. But, through inner spiritual strength, the Kiowa survived. Today, the Kiowa keep their traditions alive through religion, art, and pride in their tribal heritage.
11) Kiowa voices
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Texas Christian University Press
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c1981-<c1983>
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English
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Tay-Bodal mystery series volume 3
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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During a pow-wow between the U.S. Army and the Indians in 1867 a soldier is murdered, the incident threatening to derail a peace agreement. Indian healer and sleuth Tay-bodal investigates. By the author of Witch of the Palo Duro.
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The University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"This is the second installment of the story begun in "The Osage Rose." Set in 1923, two years after the first novel, this sequel follows two detectives, the Irish ex-cop J.D. Daugherty, and the part-time detective/part time auto mechanic/fulltime Oklahoma Cherokee Hoolie Smith as they investigate the disappearance of a white geologist, Frank Shotz. The novel is set in the aftermath of the violent Tulsa race riots in June 1921 and moves between its...
17) War arrow
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Universal Studios
Pub. Date
©2004
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English
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Army Major Brady (Chandler) is sent to end the Kiowa uprising in Texas. He must find a way to save the fort as well as the beautiful Elaine (O'Hara), wife of the missing cavalry officer.
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Tay-Bodal mystery series volume 2
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
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English
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Indian doctor Tay-bodal investigates mysterious goings-on in his tribe's camp in 1867 Texas. A warrior is murdered, a chief's wife dies of unknown causes and several horses are killed. A witch is suspected.
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Almuzara
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa...
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