Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma

Background

The Kiowa Tribe's own statement of purpose is to protect its sovereignty, preserve and advocate its Kiowa culture and language, and enhance the quality of life for future generations of Kiowa tribal members. Its history page records that the Kiowa were a party to the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 and were assigned a reservation in Oklahoma in 1868, and that Kiowa land in Oklahoma was opened for white settlement on August 6, 1901, with each Kiowa head of household allotted 160 acres and only scattered parcels of leased grassland left in tribal ownership today. The Tribe's language department gives its name in a Kiowa orthography and sits at 516 East Central Boulevard in Anadarko, Oklahoma, with a mailing address in Carnegie. Rocky Mountain National Park lists the Kiowa among ten nations with territory reaching the country now inside the park.

Visit and learn

Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma's own site

Tribal lands have their own laws. Check the nation's site before you visit.

Parks on its homelands

Rocky Mountain National Park

The park places the Rocky Mountain country inside the Kiowa's extended territory as well. The Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma is in Oklahoma today. Source

Programs

• Kiowa Language Department

  A department of the Tribe that gives its own name in a Kiowa orthography, and whose stated role is protecting the Kiowa language and culture and coordinating activities that promote it. The page lists a director and staff, a materials and support contact, a language liaison, and Kiowa language teachers at Anadarko and Carnegie.

  https://www.kiowatribe.org/department/kiowa-language-department·language

Sources

• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htm
• https://www.kiowatribe.org/
• https://www.kiowatribe.org/about-us
• https://www.kiowatribe.org/department/kiowa-language-department
• https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/tribal-partners.htm

Checked September 2026.

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