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For other uses, see Kiowa (disambiguation). Kiowa Ka'igwu Three Kiowa men, 1898 Total population 12,000 (2011) [1] Regions with significant populations   United States (   Oklahoma) Languages English, Kiowa, Plains Sign Talk Religion Native American Church, traditional tribal religion, Sun Dance, Christianity Kiowa ( / ˈ k aɪ ə w ə , - w ɑː , - w eɪ / [2] [3] ) people are a Native American tribe and an indigenous people of the Great Plains. They migrated southward from western Montana into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in the 17th and 18th centuries, [4] and finally into the Southern Plains by the early 19th century. [5] In 1867, the Kiowa were moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma. Today, they are federally recognized as Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma with headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma. [1] As of 2011 [update] , there were 12,000 members. [1] The Kiowa language (Cáuijògà), part of the Tanoan language family, is still spoken today. [6] ...