Chronology of American Indian History

Kiowa veterans revive the Black Legs
warrior society.
A group of Kiowa veterans of World War II and the
Korean War meet in Carnegie, Oklahoma, to re-

form the Black Legs warrior society. Traditionally,

membership in warrior societies had given Kiowa

men special prestige in their society. The revived

society is open only to men who have been in the

Tuscarora activists William Rickard, John Hewitt, and Wallace “Mad Bear” Anderson erect a sign protesting the New
York State Power Authority’s plan to build a reservoir on tribal lands. (Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society)