Betty Nixon, one of the original founders and past chairman of
the board for the Mid-America All-Indian Center, died Sunday
night. She was 84 years old. A funeral service will be at 10
a.m. Thursday at the Glenville Bible Baptist Church, 4604 S.
Seneca. Mrs. Nixon was born Nov. 28, 1928 near Anadarko, Okla. A
Kiowa, she was taught the Indian ways by her grandmother, Mary
Buffalo. Her grandfather was Kiowa Chief Touhason who led the
Kiowas in signing the Little Arkansas Peace Treaty of 1865. She
was also related to Kiowa Chief Satanta, considered by East
Coast journalists in the late 19th century as the “Orator of the
Plains.” In the Kiowa tradition it is the role of the
grandparents, aunts and uncles to teach children, with the major
training coming from the grandparents. Her mother, Alice
Ahtapety, was a homemaker and taught Nixon many of her sewing
and cooking techniques. Her father, Homer Buffalo, was a semi-
professional baseball player and cowboy, game warden and
historian for the Kiowa tribe in Anadarko.