Ankopaaingyadete

Ankopaaingyadete (d. early 1900s), commonly called Anko or In The Middle Of Many Tracks, was a Kiowa artist and historian known for his pictographic winter count calendars.

[1][2] A seasonal calendar, originally created on brown wrapping paper, covered the time from winter 1863 to spring 1885.

[3] Anko made several copies of his calendars on buckskin, including one with colored inks for ethnologist James Mooney.

Many of the events Anko recorded at this time chronicle the illness of his young wife, who was home with tuberculosis.

[1] A 1965 copy of Anko's calendar, made by Kiowa artist Charles Rowell, is held at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.