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About one thousand tornadoes touch down in the United States every year and they can be deadly. One person was killed and 25 others injured in April when a tornado struck a culture festival at Caddo Mounds Historical Site in Texas. The Kiowa tell of a being resembling a horse that whips around its lizard tail to create tornadoes. The Kiowa’s Silver Horn Calendar, which dates back to the early 19th Century, includes a drawing of the Storm-Maker Red Horse during a particularly bad tornado season in 1905 the calendar calls Great Cyclone Summer. We’ll focus on tribes’ connections to tornadoes as well as the latest in preparing for them.
Guests:
Steven Cobb – meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Philip Manes (citizen of the Cherokee Nation) – operations manager for Cherokee Nation emergency management, search and rescue team lead
Jereaux Nevaquaya Sanders (Comanche and descendent of Choctaw and Chickasaw) – supervisor and manager at the Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center gift shop, storyteller and cultural liaison
Break 1 Music: Fancy Dance Song (song) Yellow Hammer (artist) Yellow Hammer (album)
Break 2 Music: You Don’t Know (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz Rural Recordings Atauciq (album)
