Kiowa Scalp and Victory Dance Songs
Canyon Records
Kiowa Dance Group Singers: Men; Bill Koomsa, Sr. Lead Singer, Billy Hunting Horse, Wilbur Kodaseet, Bill Koomsa, Jr., Lonnie Tsotaddle, Women; Georgia Dupoint, Ann Koomsa, Martha Koomsa Perez, Pearl Woodard.
Kiowa Dance Group Singers: Men; Bill Koomsa, Sr. Lead Singer, Billy Hunting Horse, Wilbur Kodaseet, Bill Koomsa, Jr., Lonnie Tsotaddle, Women; Georgia Dupoint, Ann Koomsa, Martha Koomsa Perez, Pearl Woodard.
©1975 Canyon Records, Phoenix, AZ
Lead singer Bill Koomsa Sr. has to be considered as one of the outstanding Indian singers in the United States today. He is the son of Bob Koomsa, who was a prominent Kiowa singer and who had been a member of the committee which adopted the Kiowa Flag song after World War I. Bill Koomsa, Sr. learned many of the old songs from his Dad, and has preserved them.
Bill, Sr. is able to sing a great variety of Kiowa songs. He was one of the group which began the revival of the Gourd Dance in 1941. For many years he was prominent in the Oklahoma pow wow circle, but seldom participates today. However, his dance group performs annually at the Gallup Inter-Tribal; Ceremonials, and at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque.
Notes by Glenn A. White
Bill, Sr. is able to sing a great variety of Kiowa songs. He was one of the group which began the revival of the Gourd Dance in 1941. For many years he was prominent in the Oklahoma pow wow circle, but seldom participates today. However, his dance group performs annually at the Gallup Inter-Tribal; Ceremonials, and at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque.
Notes by Glenn A. White