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| Koomsa-Hall-Zotigh Family Reunion July 1st, 2010 Descendants of Chief Sitting Bear (Set-aghn-gia / Satank) Martha Koomsa has worked very hard to arrange this reunion, and has received permission from Ft. Sill to have Chief Sitting Bear's war shield (which is kept at their museaum) at our reunion for a pipe ceremony and cedaring. This has never been done before and it is a very rare and special event.
Harry Hall Zotigh lived in the Saddle Mountain or 'Sugar Creek' area in southwest Oklahoma, and was married to Belle Koomsa who was the grand-daughter of chief Satank (Sitting Bear, "Set-aghn-gia"). Harry Hall Zotigh was one of the men responsible for the revival of the Kiowa Gourd dance in 1956, and he belonged to both the Kiowa Gourd Clan and the Kiowa Tiah Piah. Harry's Kiowa name was, "Zote-ah" or "Zo-ti", meaning "Driftwood" or "Floating wood". By many accounts Harry was a good medicine man, highly regarded by folks in the area for his good humor and care of others. Harry was also a 'camp caller' or 'camp crier', and I've been told a few stories about his loud good natured calls around camp for folks to, "Get up! Morning is here! Bay-ha!".
This site is under construction, but is dedicated to all members of the Zotigh family (the descendants of Harry Hall Zotigh). ah-zout is the Kiowa word for "driftwood". (lit. ah 'wood' zout 'current flows') **Note: This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 04:20 PM
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