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Kiowa man and his wife. The Kiowa lived in and around the Texas panhandle. This includes western Oklahoma and northeast New Mexico. They were nomadic buffalo hunters. That makes them hunter gatherers.
The Kiowa and Comanche alliance was strained during the 1840s. The Comanche chief, Mankaguadal (Red Sleeve), called the Kiowa cowards for not joining the Comanche in raids on United States citizens. The Kiowa did not want to break the terms of the treaty of 1837.