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[[Image:Flag of the Comanche Nation.svg|thumb|170px|Flag of Comanche Nation]] |
[[Image:Flag of the Comanche Nation.svg|thumb|170px|Flag of Comanche Nation]] |
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[[Image:Comanche in winter.jpg|thumb|A Comache warrior.]] |
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The '''Comanche''' are [[Native American]]s who live in an area called ''the Comancheria'', which was |
The '''Comanche''' are [[Native American]]s who live in an area called ''the Comancheria'', which was were Eastern [[New Mexico]], Southern [[Colorado]], Southern [[Kansas]], all of [[Oklahoma]], and most of Northern and Southern [[Texas]] are today. There once were as many as 20,000 Comanches. Today, the Comanche Nation has 10,000 members, about of them live in Oklahoma (centered at [[Lawton, Oklahoma|Lawton]]), and the rest in Texas, [[California]], and New Mexico. The Comanche speak a language of their own, the [[Comanche language]] that is related to other Native American ones, called ''[[Uto-Aztecan]] language family''. |
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The name "Comanche" was given by the [[Mexico| |
The name "Comanche" was given by the [[Mexico|Mexicans]], and it was the word the Comanche used to call them, ''komantsia'' (enemy, foreigner). But the Comanches' call themselves ''N<s>u</s>m<s>u</s>n<s>uu</s>'', meaning "human being" or "the People". They were very good warriors and fought the White settlers and Army for many years, until they gave up in [[1875]]. |
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==Other websites== |
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*[http://www.comanchenation.com Comanche Nation] |
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*[http://www.comanchelanguage.org The Comanche Language and Cultural Perservation Committee] |
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*[http://www.comanchelodge.com/ Comanche Lodge] Learn about the Lords of the Southern Plains! |
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~itkiowa Kiowa Comanche Apache Indian Territory Project] |
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*[http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/bmc72.html ''The Handbook of Texas Online:'' Comanche Indians] |
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*[http://texashistory.unt.edu/search.tkl?type=subject&q=Comanches&q2=KWD Photographs of Comanche Indians] hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History] |
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Revision as of 18:27, 6 July 2007
The Comanche are Native Americans who live in an area called the Comancheria, which was were Eastern New Mexico, Southern Colorado, Southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of Northern and Southern Texas are today. There once were as many as 20,000 Comanches. Today, the Comanche Nation has 10,000 members, about of them live in Oklahoma (centered at Lawton), and the rest in Texas, California, and New Mexico. The Comanche speak a language of their own, the Comanche language that is related to other Native American ones, called Uto-Aztecan language family.
The name "Comanche" was given by the Mexicans, and it was the word the Comanche used to call them, komantsia (enemy, foreigner). But the Comanches' call themselves Numunuu, meaning "human being" or "the People". They were very good warriors and fought the White settlers and Army for many years, until they gave up in 1875.
Other websites
- Comanche Nation
- The Comanche Language and Cultural Perservation Committee
- Comanche Lodge Learn about the Lords of the Southern Plains!
- Kiowa Comanche Apache Indian Territory Project
- The Handbook of Texas Online: Comanche Indians
- Photographs of Comanche Indians hosted by the Portal to Texas History
