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On August 2, Sharie Shada, Site Superintendent at Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site announced the last program of the summer from American Indian Student Interpretive Ranger, Noah Tsotigh, on August 8, 2024, at 6:00 pm., at the interpretive center at the Fort.
His presentation is titled, “Kiowa: The Ones Who Follow the Sun” an Tsotigh explains that this area “is the traditional lands of the Kiowa, where our origin stories take place. We were pushed out of this area by other groups like the Cheyenne, and settled around Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. In the late 1800s, our people were moved to a reservation in Southern Oklahoma.”
His presentation, “Kiowa: The Ones Who Follow the Sun,” will share more about this migration story, ceremonial practices, the loss of culture and how people are finding it again. Tsotigh is a citizen of the Kiowa tribe and here for the summer from Oklahoma to participate in the Student Interpretive Ranger program.
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site and the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association have partnered with the United States Forest Service to bring two American Indian students to share their cultural perspectives with the public at both the Fort and at Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark.
This program has been made possible with funding support from the Wyoming Council for the Humanities.
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site is located at 528 Wagon Box Road, in Banner, Wyoming, and is a division of Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources. For more information or directions, visit the website at www.fortphilkearny.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fortphilkearny, or call 307-684-7629.
Feature photo: Noah Tsotigh presenting to a school group at the fort. Photo credit: Fort Phil Kearny staff
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