MARGARET PEARCE
Before contact with settlers, the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes were composed of multiple, autonomous bands that shared a similar culture and language, collectively known as Kitikiti’sh or kirikir?i:s. Each band had its own name, but many of these names have been lost over time due to colonization. The remaining bands are the Waco, Tawakoni, Wichita, Taovaya, and Kichai. They built townsites and cities scattered across what is currently Oklahoma and Texas. They were skilled farmers with extensive fields of corn, beans, squash, melon, and tobacco. The tribe traded with other tribes like the Caddo and Comanche.
