Kiowa Tribe mourns loss of three to flooding

Tuesday, August 21, 2007  

Funeral services will be held on Thursday for three members of the Kiowa Tribe who died in a flash flood in Oklahoma.

Chairman Billy Evans Horse lost his wife, Dorita, and his daugther, Helen, his daughter, in the flood. Also killed was Rose Saddleblanket, a niece. They were coming back from a powwow when their vehicle was swept away by the waters.

Saddleblanket, 17, was a student at Riverside Indian School, which was closed on Monday for two weeks. Flooding caused the pipes at the school to burst.

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Flooding deaths bring Kiowa's together (KSWO 8/20)
At Least 20 Are Dead in Separate Rainstorms (The New York Times 8/21)
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Kiowa chairman loses wife, daughter in flooding (8/20)