Kicking Bird

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Chief Kicking Bird
Chief Kicking Bird

Kicking Bird (died 1875) was a chief of the Kiowa Native American tribe. With the Kiowa Kicking Bird participated in many battles and raids during the 1860s and 70s. He died in 1875 under mysterious circumstances, rumored to have been poisoned by another member of the Kiowa tribe. He is not to be confused with Kicking Bird in the film, Dances With Wolves.

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  • Hoig, Stan. The Kiowas and the Legend of Kicking Bird. Boulder: The University Press of Colorado, 2000. ISBN 0-87081-564-4