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Definition: Comanche from Philip's Encyclopedia

Shoshonean-speaking Native American nation. They separated from the parent Shoshone in the distant past and migrated from E Wyoming into Kansas. Conflict with US forces resulted in their near extinction by 1874. Today, c.4500 Comanche live on reservations in SW Oklahoma.


Comanche

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Member of a nomadic American Indian people who roamed parts of Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Mexico from the 1700s. They are an offshoot of the Shoshone , with whom they share Uto-Aztecan language origins (a language family of Central America and western North America). Nomadic and warlike, the Comanche hunted buffalo and raided the Spanish, Apache, and, later, white settlers. Largely responsible for introducing horses to the Plains Indians , they became expert horse traders, trainers, and breeders. Today they live on individual land allotments in Oklahoma, as well as on four tracts of tribally owned land. Their population numbers about 10,100 (2002). Originally, the Comanche had been hunter-gatherers living in the Rocky Mountains near the Shoshone, in what is now Wyoming. In the 1600s they moved east toward the Platte River where they became one of the first American Indian peoples to acquire horses and one of the few to breed them. In the 1700s they moved south…
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From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures Full text Article The Americas
A Native North American nation of the southern Great Plains. Their name comes from the UTE and means ‘those who are against us’, although they call themselves Nemene , meaning ‘our people’. Nomadic hunters and gatherers, they spoke an Uto-Aztecan language. Originally part of the SHOSHONE , they…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(kӘmăn'chē), Native North Americans belonging to the Shoshonean group of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). They originated from a Basin-type culture and eventually adopted a Plains culture. They separated from the Shoshone and migrated…
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From Encyclopedia of Warrior Peoples & Fighting Groups Full text Article ENTRIES
The Lords of the Southern Plains. The Comanches were Native American nomadic buffalo hunters who ranged over thousands of square miles of the Southern Plains of North America, an area that came to be known as Comancheria. Originally a small tribe of probably no more than 10,000 people, they migrated…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Member of a nomadic American Indian people who roamed parts of Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Mexico from the 1700s. They are an offshoot of the Shoshone , with whom they share Uto-Aztecan language origins (a language family of Central America and western North America). Nomadic…
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Current Locations: Oklahoma Language Family: Uto-Aztecan The Comanche were one of the largest and most powerful tribes in the southern Plains when Europeans first arrived. Unlike many tribes in the Uto-Aztecan language family, they had long ago abandoned corn as a primary food source and instead…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Nomadic North American Indian group of southwest Oklahoma, Texas, California, and New Mexico, U.S. The name Comanche is derived from a Ute word meaning “anyone who wants to fight me all the time.” Their language is of Uto-Aztecan stock. An offshoot of the Shoshone , they were organized into about 12…
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