Kiowa Black Leggings Society Songs
Canyon Records
Men: Bill Kaulaity - Lead Singer, Daniel Cozad, James Cozad
Women: Georgia Dupoint, Roberta Toehay, Flora Weryackwe
Men: Bill Kaulaity - Lead Singer, Daniel Cozad, James Cozad
Women: Georgia Dupoint, Roberta Toehay, Flora Weryackwe
Bill Kaulaity is a widely-known Kiowa singer from Carnegie. Today his home is just one mile north of his birthplace in rural Caddo County. He attended Riverside Indian School in Anadarko and graduated from Chilacco Indian School. In 1943 he volunteered for military service, was sent overseas, and returned a disabled veteran.
Bill's father was not a singer but he developed an interest in singing around the drum and took a place there whenever the opportunity arose. A singer for twenty years, he is able to sing many of the old and seldom used songs as well as those composed more recently. During the summer pow wow season he is in great demand as a head singer and travels widely throughout the state of Oklahoma. He has also sung for dances in Nebraska and Texas. For almost ten years he has been the head dancer at the Kiowa July 4 dance in Carnegie.
CANYON RECORDS is pleased to present Bill Kaulaity and a supporting cast selected by him for their ability to sing traditional Kiowa music.
THE KIOWA PEOPLE
The Kiowa have always been regarded as one of the great tribes of the plains. In the past they were known for bravery and courage in battle. Principally a rural people today, they are considered to be one of the progressive, forward-looking Indian groups in southwestern Oklahomo.
The name Kiowo is from their own name, Gaigwu or Kaigwu, meaning "principal people." It was also the name of one of the six divisions that made up the tribal camp circle when they came eastward to the plains from their original home in the Rocky Mountains.
Early in their history, they formed two important alliances. One was with a small band of Apache, now known as the Kiowa-Apache. This alliance continues to this day in Oklahoma. About 1790 they made a permanent peace with the Comanche after a long period of warfare. This alliance was the basis for the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation in Oklahoma where they were settled by the United States.
The largest settlement of Kiowa in Oklahoma today is near Carnegie in Caddo County. Over 3,300 reside on or adjacent to the original reservation. All tribal land is owned jointly with the Comanche and Apache tribes of Oklahoma and includes 4,373 tribally owned acres and 229,926 acres of allotted land. Tribal headquarters are in Anadrako.
Bill's father was not a singer but he developed an interest in singing around the drum and took a place there whenever the opportunity arose. A singer for twenty years, he is able to sing many of the old and seldom used songs as well as those composed more recently. During the summer pow wow season he is in great demand as a head singer and travels widely throughout the state of Oklahoma. He has also sung for dances in Nebraska and Texas. For almost ten years he has been the head dancer at the Kiowa July 4 dance in Carnegie.
CANYON RECORDS is pleased to present Bill Kaulaity and a supporting cast selected by him for their ability to sing traditional Kiowa music.
THE KIOWA PEOPLE
The Kiowa have always been regarded as one of the great tribes of the plains. In the past they were known for bravery and courage in battle. Principally a rural people today, they are considered to be one of the progressive, forward-looking Indian groups in southwestern Oklahomo.
The name Kiowo is from their own name, Gaigwu or Kaigwu, meaning "principal people." It was also the name of one of the six divisions that made up the tribal camp circle when they came eastward to the plains from their original home in the Rocky Mountains.
Early in their history, they formed two important alliances. One was with a small band of Apache, now known as the Kiowa-Apache. This alliance continues to this day in Oklahoma. About 1790 they made a permanent peace with the Comanche after a long period of warfare. This alliance was the basis for the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation in Oklahoma where they were settled by the United States.
The largest settlement of Kiowa in Oklahoma today is near Carnegie in Caddo County. Over 3,300 reside on or adjacent to the original reservation. All tribal land is owned jointly with the Comanche and Apache tribes of Oklahoma and includes 4,373 tribally owned acres and 229,926 acres of allotted land. Tribal headquarters are in Anadrako.