Government
The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered in Carnegie, Oklahoma. Their tribal jurisdictional area includes Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Kiowa, Tillman, and Washita Counties. Enrollment in the tribe requires a minimum blood quantum of 1/4 Kiowa descent.
Their current business committee is as follows.
- Chairman: Ronald "Dawes" Twohatchet
- Vice-Chairman: Amber Toppah
- Secretary: Charlotte Bointy
- Treasurer: June Artichoker
- Committeemen: Steven Smith
- Committeeman: Alva D. Tsoodle
- Committeeman: Ricky Horse
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