Wotapio

The Wotapio were a Cheyenne band whose history joined the peoples of the southern Plains. Their name reflects connections with Lakota communities, and they became closely associated with the Kiowa as well as other Cheyenne. By 1820 the Wotapio had moved south toward the Arkansas River in Colorado, where they camped and hunted alongside Kiowa allies. Kinship and shared journeys linked their camps across the grasslands between the Platte and Arkansas.