The Koitsenko (Kiowa: Qkoie-Tsain-Gah, lit. ''Principal Dogs" or "Real Dogs'') was a group of the ten greatest warriors of the Kiowa tribe as a whole...
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was the last Principal Chief of the Kiowa tribe. He was a member of the Koitsenko, the Kiowa warrior elite, and was a signer of the Little Arkansas Treaty...
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Kansas, and killed June 8, 1871. An able warrior, he became part of the Koitsenko (or Kaitsenko, Ko-eet-senko), the society of the bravest Kiowa warriors...
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Ton-Kon-Gah (Black Legs or Leggings) were adult warrior societies. The Koitsenko (Qkoie-Tsain-Gah, Principal Dogs or Real Dogs) consisted of the ten most...
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his head under his red blanket (worn as a sign of his membership in the Koitsenko). The soldiers apparently believed the old Chief was hiding his face because...
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successful war chief. Dohäsan was a member of the elite warrior society, the Koitsenko. Although his position as Chief of the Arikara band was hereditary, the...
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capital crimes of the Statute Book. Satank, a proud member of the elite Koitsenko warrior society, had no intention of allowing himself to be tried and...
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