Who’s Tai-me?
Tai-me was an important part of the sundance. The Kiowa’s held the Sun Dance for him. Tai-me was born out of suffering and despair. According to Kiowa legend, when the Kiowas were hungry and had no food a man went out to find food. A voice asked what he was doing and he answered that his tribe was hungry. The man saw a creature with the feet of a deer and a body covered with feathers. The creature told the man to take him, and he would give the man whatever he wanted. From that day forward, Tai-me belonged to the Kiowas. The Tai-me was represented by a doll. It is a small image, representing a human figure in a robe of white feathers with a headdress of a single feather and pendants of ermine skin. It has multiple blue beaded
Tai-me was an important part of the sundance. The Kiowa’s held the Sun Dance for him. Tai-me was born out of suffering and despair. According to Kiowa legend, when the Kiowas were hungry and had no food a man went out to find food. A voice asked what he was doing and he answered that his tribe was hungry. The man saw a creature with the feet of a deer and a body covered with feathers. The creature told the man to take him, and he would give the man whatever he wanted. From that day forward, Tai-me belonged to the Kiowas. The Tai-me was represented by a doll. It is a small image, representing a human figure in a robe of white feathers with a headdress of a single feather and pendants of ermine skin. It has multiple blue beaded