i was very fortunate to be raised by grandparents who taught me the kiowa way of life and never forget our heritage and traditions and always be proud of who you are and never forget where you came from i love our music and dances it makes me proud to be a Kiowa thanks to my grandparents David and Emma Bert Apekaum rest in peace
This is an excellent video. It captures what a Kiowa knows through the drum. Not a lot of people can appreciate these songs but that doesn't matter. We do.
sumthing like that.. we use that bugler cause 1 of our kiowa warriors stole that from the Calvary,, so we learned the calls of retreat and charge and other calls.. and when the U.S.A. calvary would fight us we used the bugle and the calls to mess them up.. thats how us KIOWAS came up on how to defeat the U.S.A. when they would sound the bugle for attack when they got halfway to us our bugler what sound Retreat to where it mix them up and that's how we defeated them..
The Bugle ` This western is about the Kiowa Tribe of Comancheria and their epic nine year war for freedom against the ever growing population of settlers encroaching on their land after the Civil War. The story revolves around a black Cavalryman Lance Johnson, who is a bugler in Ninth Cavalry Division(The First All African American Mounted Infantry after the civil war). He gets deployed to Indian Territory during a time when the forts of the frontier were being remanned after the civil war. After his entire mounted infantry division gets wiped out, and his friend dies, Lance escapes out of the hostile Kiowa territory during an indian outbreak of unreported and unprecedented proportion. He then gets reassigned to another division but that enlistment is short lived when his unit under negligent command gets wiped out during a battle. Lance gets captured by one of the main war chiefs of the Kiowa Tribe, “Kicking Bear” and is given the option of joining the tribe and not having to worry about dying in battle against the Kiowa, Comanche and their allies; in exchange for military knowledge of how to operate the bugle during horse warfare with the U.S. Cavalry. Lance agrees and is then given the chance to gain prestige and climb in rank and status in the tribe. He goes out on many war forays with the most warlike of tribes during the most intense time of survival in the Kiowa tribes history. They have many engagements of gory combat, with wanton violence, rapine and murder. A sub chief of the tribe Sparrow Hawk realizes that the war is not going to be won due to the US’s population size. So he covertly travels to Washington D.C. to meet the president. In order to save the tribe from total annihilation he realizes the only way to get the Kiowa to surrender is to orchestrate the defeat of the remaining prominent warriors and the destruction of their horse herd and lodges. The war culminates with the final battle of Palo Duro Canyon when Sparrow Hawk succeeds, which utterly forces the Kiowa to submit to reservation life. The war chief Kicking bear and Lance Survive due to the chiefs nephew who saves them during the battle by pulling out their “stakes”. This war epic is about one of the most stereotyped and least recognized tribes in America, The Forgotten Kiowa. The Kiowa are one of the most unique tribes due to their extremely militaristic infrastructure. This is one of the few tribes that literally fought to the death. They are the only known tribe that would carry a ten foot sash which was wrapped around their waste and would use a knife to pin the sash to the ground, thereby “staking themselves in”. They then couldn’t move unless they vanquished the enemy, and could only retreat if a fellow tribesman pulled out their “stake”. But since all Kiowa warriors aspired to achieve the highest level of prestige in the tribe; joining the Crazy Dog warrior society which was comprised of only the “Ten Bravest” and war hardened veterans, they all would “stake themselves in”. Since their dress is so similar to the Comanche who are really a band of Shoshones from colorado that copied the Kiowa’s ways. They were often mistaken for Comanches during battle with the hundreds of thousands of settlers who were ever populating the frontier of Texas. The Kiowa refused to make peace or honor treaties because they lived in separate encampments and were never all together as a consensus to accept a treaty as a tribe. They fought to the last man for the western frontier in Texas from 1866 to 1875. After they captured a black bugler and learned how to use it properly they confused the cavalry in battle, and won many times which are only recorded through oral tradition. The Kiowa took children and assimilated them into the tribe having a entire cast in the latter years of non indian blood that would fight the settlers. This movie sheds light on the state of total war during a time in history that is blacked out. The Kiowa are the most intriguing and highly overlooked tribe in the American West. From 1865 to 1875, the population of Texas jumped by ninety percent. During this time is when the Kiowa fought for their freedom against a country they didn’t understand. But ironically so, they were at war to preserve the same principles their adversaries believed in. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Unlike traditional westerns this story is told from the Kiowa perspective which cleverly gets the audience rooting for the Indian instead of the Cowboy. It shows an angle of history which has never been told before and sheds light on the most captivating and colorful time of our nations history. A True American film.
Idk a chief called "Kicking Bear"... I assume that you must have two different subchiefs names mixed up. There's Kickingbird who was more of looking forward to a peace with the US government which at the time the Kiowas weren't going to.....And then there's Sitting bear, who was chief of the Ten Elite. He sacrificed his body when he and Bigtree and Satethdinday we're captured by the Calvary.
When the Kiowa were at war with the US Army, the Kiowa killed a bugler and took his bugle. The Kiowa learned the US Army bugle calls, and when the Army played a bugle call, the Kiowas would play different bugle calls to confuse the enemy. The Bugle is now considered one of the Kiowa War Trophies.
Glad it is not my culture, I would hate to live in a run down shack in a reservation in the middle of nowhere surrounded by poverty, meth heads, alcoholics and peyote lovers...no, thank you.
Kiowa's don't live on reservations. we have a reservation but it's land. My shack (as you put it) has CHA, Satellite TV, WiFi, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, ceramic tile, garage for my 300 horses (V6) and walk in closets. I don't mind your ignorance, but be respectful of other cultures. This "boring" culture was humble, helpful and prayerful...didn't lose anything but gave in faith, humanity and peace. Although it may appear WE have nothing, we are still proud, humble, helpful, prayerful, educated and HERE #ByTheGraceOfGOD
Thanks, Mr. Harmonson. The Kiowa singing and gourd dancing makes me miss my family.
Jim Porter you are welcome mr. porter
This is not in Lawton.
This is Red Buffalo Hall at the Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma
you are right I couldnt remember the correct place and all that I was visiting. I will change the name soon
rbh
i was very fortunate to be raised by grandparents who taught me the kiowa way of life and never forget our heritage and traditions and always be proud of who you are and never forget where you came from i love our music and dances it makes me proud to be a Kiowa thanks to my grandparents David and Emma Bert Apekaum rest in peace
Where can I find a picture of the kidney gravy type food, I can't seem to find a pic to show others
This is an excellent video. It captures what a Kiowa knows through the drum. Not a lot of people can appreciate these songs but that doesn't matter. We do.
No comments? Why? this video is great
how could people not like this
i use to go to pow wows with my family years ago ; i miss them both so much.
TiaPaih in the Daw Carnegie, Oklahoma
3:06, the heavy drumming gets my blood going. Hearing the bugle put a smile on my face.
Hell yea KIOWA ALL THE WAY I LOVE COZAD MY 1& ONLY
Something to do with the Calvary in the passed? All the battles faced with them?
I'm Dakota Sioux, I personally wouldn't know
sumthing like that.. we use that bugler cause 1 of our kiowa warriors stole that from the Calvary,, so we learned the calls of retreat and charge and other calls.. and when the U.S.A. calvary would fight us we used the bugle and the calls to mess them up.. thats how us KIOWAS came up on how to defeat the U.S.A.
when they would sound the bugle for attack when they got halfway to us our bugler what sound Retreat to where it mix them up and that's how we defeated them..
The Bugle
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This western is about the Kiowa Tribe of Comancheria and their epic nine year war for freedom against the ever growing population of settlers encroaching on their land after the Civil War. The story revolves around a black Cavalryman Lance Johnson,
who is a bugler in Ninth Cavalry Division(The First All African American Mounted Infantry after the civil war). He gets deployed to Indian Territory during a time when the forts
of the frontier were being remanned after the civil war. After his entire mounted infantry division gets wiped out, and his friend dies, Lance escapes out of the hostile Kiowa territory during an indian outbreak of unreported and unprecedented proportion. He then gets reassigned to another division but that enlistment is short lived when his unit under negligent command gets wiped out during a battle. Lance gets captured by one of the main war chiefs of the Kiowa Tribe, “Kicking Bear” and is given the option of joining the tribe and not having to worry about dying in battle against the Kiowa, Comanche and their allies; in exchange for military knowledge of how to operate the bugle during horse warfare with the U.S. Cavalry. Lance agrees and is then given the chance to gain prestige and climb in rank and status in the tribe. He goes out on many war forays with the most warlike of tribes during the most intense time of survival in the Kiowa tribes history. They have many engagements of gory combat, with wanton violence, rapine and murder. A sub chief of the tribe Sparrow Hawk realizes that the war is not going to be won due to the US’s population size. So he covertly travels to Washington D.C. to meet the president. In order to save the tribe from total annihilation he realizes the only way to get the Kiowa to surrender is to orchestrate the defeat of the remaining prominent warriors and the destruction of their horse herd and lodges. The war culminates with the final battle of Palo Duro Canyon when Sparrow Hawk succeeds, which utterly forces the Kiowa to submit to reservation life. The war chief Kicking bear and Lance Survive due to the chiefs nephew who saves them during the battle by pulling out their “stakes”.
This war epic is about one of the most stereotyped and least recognized tribes in America, The Forgotten Kiowa.
The Kiowa are one of the most unique tribes due to their extremely militaristic infrastructure. This is one of the few tribes that literally fought to the death. They are the only known tribe that would carry a ten foot sash which was wrapped around their waste and would use a knife to pin the sash to the ground, thereby “staking themselves in”. They then couldn’t move unless they vanquished the enemy, and could only retreat if a fellow tribesman pulled out their “stake”. But since all Kiowa warriors aspired to achieve the highest level of prestige in the tribe; joining the Crazy Dog warrior society which was comprised of only the “Ten Bravest” and war hardened veterans, they all would “stake themselves in”. Since their dress is so similar to the Comanche who are really a band of Shoshones from colorado that copied the Kiowa’s ways. They were often mistaken for Comanches during battle with the hundreds of thousands of settlers who were ever populating the frontier of Texas. The Kiowa refused to make peace or honor treaties because they lived in separate encampments and were never all together as a consensus to accept a treaty as a tribe. They fought to the last man for the western frontier in Texas from 1866 to 1875. After they captured a black bugler and learned how to use it properly they confused the cavalry in battle, and won many times which are only recorded through oral tradition. The Kiowa took children and assimilated them into the tribe having a entire cast in the latter years of non indian blood that would fight the settlers. This movie sheds light on the state of total war during a time in history that is blacked out. The Kiowa are the most intriguing and highly overlooked tribe in the American West. From 1865 to 1875, the population of Texas jumped by ninety percent. During this time is when the Kiowa fought for their freedom against a country they didn’t understand. But ironically so, they were at war to preserve the same principles their adversaries believed in. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Unlike traditional westerns this story is told from the Kiowa perspective which cleverly gets the audience rooting for the Indian instead of the Cowboy. It shows an angle of history which has never been told before and sheds light on the most captivating and colorful time of our nations history. A True American film.
Isaiah Redbird not comanciria it's comanche in paragraph 1
Idk a chief called "Kicking Bear"... I assume that you must have two different subchiefs names mixed up. There's Kickingbird who was more of looking forward to a peace with the US government which at the time the Kiowas weren't going to.....And then there's Sitting bear, who was chief of the Ten Elite. He sacrificed his body when he and Bigtree and Satethdinday we're captured by the Calvary.
I saw that too it's at red buffalo hall
Why do they play the trumpet sound? Historical?
When the Kiowa were at war with the US Army, the Kiowa killed a bugler and took his bugle. The Kiowa learned the US Army bugle calls, and when the Army played a bugle call, the Kiowas would play different bugle calls to confuse the enemy. The Bugle is now considered one of the Kiowa War Trophies.
That was not At lawton in canragi
Good vid👍
Carnegie **
wassupwo I wish i knew
And this is not a powwow
boooooooooooring
+laxxxvegas, not your culture, not your customs. Not your people the gourd dance honors. Live with it.
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring!
Glad it is not my culture, I would hate to live in a run down shack in a reservation in the middle of nowhere surrounded by poverty, meth heads, alcoholics and peyote lovers...no, thank you.
That's not all its about and every culture has all that stuff!
Kiowa's don't live on reservations. we have a reservation but it's land. My shack (as you put it) has CHA, Satellite TV, WiFi, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, ceramic tile, garage for my 300 horses (V6) and walk in closets. I don't mind your ignorance, but be respectful of other cultures. This "boring" culture was humble, helpful and prayerful...didn't lose anything but gave in faith, humanity and peace. Although it may appear WE have nothing, we are still proud, humble, helpful, prayerful, educated and HERE #ByTheGraceOfGOD