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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12GW_ceremonial-pipes_Wichita-KS.html
The pipe was central to tribal social and ceremonial life. A shared pipe sealed a friendship, a trade agreement, a treaty.
The solemn act of smoking a pipe was usually part of a group ritual or observance, such as in council, in which the pipe …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FY_tipis_Wichita-KS.html
Wherever they roamed, the people of the praire carried their world with them in the form of a tipi. Its circular ground pattern resembled the larger camp circle as well as the disk of the earth.
An Indian camp was composed of a circle of tipis,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FX_dream-animals_Wichita-KS.html
Animals that appeared in dreams, it was believed, could convey strength to the shield of a warrior. Special medicines made from "dream animals," such as the eagle or buffalo, were tied to the shield or placed under the outer cover. Long pendants o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FV_keeper-of-the-plains_Wichita-KS.html
I have a song to sing,To our Mother, the Earth,To our Father, the Sun...To sing this songBecauseWe are all here;We are all here, as oneThe one that makes us allAll...In the hands of the Great Spirit.
Blackbear BosinKiowa-Comanche (1924-1980)
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FU_circle-of-life_Wichita-KS.html
For the Plains Indian, the sacred hoop was the all-encompassing symbol of the entire world, with one half of the circle representing the physical realm, the other the spiritual. Equally significant was the number four. The four quadrants of the ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FT_1854-treaty-oration-excerpt_Wichita-KS.html
When the last red man has vanished from the earth, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, these shores and forests will still hold the spirit of my People, for they love the earth as a newborn loves its mother's he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FN_the-power-of-x-ray-vision_Wichita-KS.html
A pioneer in the field of X-ray technology, Ed C. Jerman (1865-1936), developed the "Jerman static machine," used by doctors as a source of power for various electrical treatments, and the only machine on the market large enough for X-rays. He gav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FL_it-happened-right-under-our-noses_Wichita-KS.html
Albert Alexander Hyde (1848-1935) was a partner in founding The Yucca Company in 1889, which manufactured and marketed laundry and toilet soap and shaving cream. One of their first products was a cough syrup containing menthol and camphor, and aft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12FA_keeper-of-the-plains_Wichita-KS.html
Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin donated his famous work, the "Keeper of the Plains," to the citizens of Wichita in May of 1974. The Keeper of the Plains stands at the confluence of the rivers were his ancestors camped. With his face raised t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12F8_wichita-vietnamese-american-memorial_Wichita-KS.html
We, the Vietnamese American Community of Wichita, Kansas, dedicate this plaque in the memory and honor of American, Vietnamese and Allied soldiers who fought to resist the North Vietnamese Communist aggression against the Republic of Vietnam. We h…