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The Comanche / k ə ˈ m æ n tʃ i / or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche: Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people" [4]) is a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. [1] The Comanche language is a Numic language of the Uto ...
Comanche, North American Indian tribe of equestrian nomads whose 18th- and 19th-century territory comprised the southern Great Plains. The name Comanche is derived from a Ute word meaning “anyone who wants to fight me all the time.” The Comanche had previously been part of the Wyoming Shoshone.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Comanche history for the eighteenth century falls into three broad and distinct categories: (1) the Comanche and their relationship with the Spanish, Puebloans, Ute, and Apache peoples of New Mexico; (2) The Comanche and their relationship with the Spanish, Apache, Wichita, and other peoples of Texas; and, (3) The Comanche and their ...
Feb 21, 2021 · The Comanches inflicted severe damage on the Pawnees, the Osages, the Blackfeet, the Kiowas, and the Tonkawas, driving them off their traditional lands and killing thousands of their people. By 1750, the Comanches had total control of the plains, and other Native American Nations respected their borders.
- Jeff Somers
Aug 23, 2023 · The Comanche tribe are a Native American people of the Great Plains fondly called “The Horsemen of the Plains.” They earned their slogan from their historic territory, which covered the Southern Plains of the present-day United States.
Feb 13, 2020 · The Comanche speak a Central Numic language (Numu Tekwapu) that is only somewhat different from the Eastern (Wind River) Shoshone. A sign of Comanche cultural power was the spread of their language throughout the southwest and the Great Plains.
Aug 28, 2023 · Known as the ‘Lords of the Plains,’ the Comanches were a group of highly skilled horsemen and fierce warriors who dominated a vast territory, extending from modern-day Colorado and Kansas to New Mexico and Texas.
