Comanche names are used by the Comanche people of the southern United States. The women decorated their shirts, leggings and moccasins with fringes made of deer-skin, animal fur, and human hair. When they lived with the Shoshone, the Comanche mainly used dog-drawn travois for transportation. The Comanche Little Ponies host two annual dances—one over New Year's and one in May.[13]. Encouraged to be skillful hunters, boys learned the signs of the prairie as they learned to patiently and quietly stalk game. Blue Jacket: c. 1743 – c. 1810 1770s–1800s Shawnee: Billy Bowlegs: c. 1810–1859 1830s–1860s Seminole: Joseph Brant In later years the Comanche raided Texas ranches and stole longhorn cattle. 107, No. 1890) – warrior and medicine man of the Quahadi band, who brought the Sun Dance to the Comanche, Mo’o-wai (“Pushing aside” or “Pushing-in-the-middle”), aka “Shaking Hand” – chief of the Kotsoteka, Peta Nocona (Lone Wanderer) (c. 1820-c. 1864) – chief of the Quahadi band in Texas; father of Quanah Parker, Old Owl – (Mupitsukupʉ) (late 1780s–1849) – Penateka chief, Cynthia Ann Parker – A white captive who was captured as a young girl and became the wife of a Comanche chief. [49], As the boy grew older, he joined the other boys to hunt birds. As many as 22 hides could be used, but 14 was the average. In May 1875, the last free band of Comanches, led by the Quahada warrior Quanah Parker, surrendered and moved to the Fort Sill reservation in Oklahoma. The Comanche tribe were renown as excellent horsemen. Add the first one. Comanche women might also tattoo their face or arms. They made nearly 200 different articles from the horns, hide, and bones of the buffalo. They wore their hair in two long braids tied with leather thongs or colored cloth, and sometimes wrapped with beaver fur. Quanah Parker (Comanche kwana “smell, odor”) (ca. [16] In the Comanche advance, the Apaches were driven off the Plains. [63][64], Fowles, Severin, Arterberry, Lindsay Montgomery, Atherton, Heather (2017), "Comanche New Mexico: The Eighteenth Century," in, Governor Cuervo y Valdez Report, 18 Aug 1706, Plummer, R., Narrative of the Capture and Subsequent Sufferings of Mrs. Rachel Plummer, 1839, in Parker's Narrative and History of Texas, Louisville: Morning Courier, 1844, pp. The two languages remain closely related, but a few low-level sound changes inhibit mutual intelligibility. Browse below for Native American Baby Names, which includes gender, meaning and origin. in Names. After they came into contact with the Spanish, the Comanche traded for copper pots and iron kettles, which made cooking easier. Armor - Buffalo Hide Shield & Bone Armor (Hairpipe Breastplate) [56], Comanche men usually had pierced ears with hanging earrings made from pieces of shell or loops of brass or silver wire. After his village was destroyed during the Sand Creek massacre, he participated in the Colorado War with the Comanche and Kiowa negotiating several treaties with the United States before his death at Battle of Washita River. Their tribal jurisdictional area is located in Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens, and Tillman Counties. Girls were usually named after one of their father's relatives, but the name was selected by the mother. The "Northern Comanche" label encompassed the Yaparʉhka (Yamparika) between the Arkansas River and Canadian River and the prominent and powerful Kʉhtsʉtʉhka (Kotsoteka) who roamed the high plains of Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles between Red and Canadian River, the famous Palo Duro Canyon offered them and their horse herds of protection from strong winter storms as well as from enemies, because the two bands dominated and ranged in the northern Comancheria. Traditionally they used paints made from berry juice and the colored clays of the Comancheria. This is when the Texas Rangers vs. the Comanche wars began. Additionally, they operate the Comanche Nation College in Lawton. The latter was made from rawhide straps, or a leather sheath that laced up the front. Comanche men also wore bands of leather and strips of metal on their arms. The following are the names of Comanche bands so far as these are known: It is not ranked within the top 1000. She was the mother of Quanah Parker. [45], The Comanche looked on their children as their most precious gift. A popular pattern among the women was to paint the insides of their ears a bright red and paint great orange and red circles on their cheeks. Native American Indian Tribes: Site Index Before calling a public event, the chief took a morsel of food, held it to the sky, and then buried it as a peace offering to the Great Spirit.