Maman-ti

Mama'nte
He Walks-Above / Sky Walker
Mama'nte; He Walks-Above / Sky Walker
Kiowa leader
Personal details
Born	c. 1835
Died	July 28, 1875; Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death	sickness (possibly venom)
Known for	1865–1875 as a medicine man, heavily influenced the Kiowa tribe during the last decade of the "Indian wars";

Mamante or Mamanti ("He Walks-Above", "Sky Walker"), also known as Swan (c. 1835 – July 28, 1875) was a Kiowa medicine man.

His name is also translated in several ways, including Man-on-a-Cloud, Sky Walker, Walking Above, or Walks-in-the-Sky. After the head chief Dohäsan died in 1866, naming Guipago, or Lone Wolf the Elder, as his own designated heir and consequently establishing Satanta as the second-ranking chief, Mamanti assumed the role of a war chief, but he got real power when he gained screech owl medicine and became an owl prophet. His rivalry as a medicine man was versus Napawat (No Mocassins), a powerful and influential man friendly to Tene-angopte.

Mamanti had two wives. He had several children with both of his wives, and also an adopted settler-born son with red hair named Tehan or Tejan.

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