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Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy: '''birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.
== History  ==


[[Image:Comanche Indian -Six tribal leaders.png|thumb|right|300px]] [[Image:Comanche Nation Flag.png|right|300px|Comanche Nation Flag.png]]
== Tribal Headquarters  ==


'''Ancestral Homeland: '''Mexico to [[Indians of Wyoming|Wyoming]]
== Records  ==


'''Various Spellings:''' Comanche, Camanche
== Important Web Sites  ==


==== Comanche Bands: ====
== References ==


Kewatsana, Kotsai, '''Kotsoteka '''(Buffalo Eaters), '''Kwahadi''', Motsai, '''Nokoni '''(Wanderers), Patgusa, '''Penateka '''(Honey Eaters), Pohoi, '''Quahadis '''(Antelopes), Tanima, Wasaih, and '''Yamparika''' (Yap Eaters)
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Population: 1984 Total enrollment 8,131. <ref>Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FS Library book 970.1 In2 page 221</ref>
==== Bibliography  ====


===== '''Leaders:''' [http://quanahparkerchief.blogspot.com Quanna Parker] =====
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75], Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
*Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ Available online].
*Klein, Barry T., ed. ''Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian''. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317923332?referer=list_view WorldCat 317923332]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1122745&disp=Reference+encyclopedia+of+the+American+I%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 R259e].
*Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no:037475188 WorldCat 37475188]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=831087&disp=The+Gale+encyclopedia+of+Native+American%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 G131g].


=== Tribal Headquarters ===
:Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
:Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
:Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
:Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands


Comanche Nation of Oklahoma<br>584 NW Bingo Rd.<br>Lawton, Oklahoma 73507<br>Toll Free Phone: 877-492-4988<br>[http://www.comanchenation.com/index.html Website]<br>
*Sturtevant, William C. ''Handbook of North American Indians''. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– . <br>


=== History  ===
:Volume 1 -- Not yet published
:Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234303751&referer=brief_results WorldCat 234303751]<br>
:Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/255572371&referer=brief_results WorldCat 255572371]<br>
:Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19331914&referer=brief_results WorldCat 19331914]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4].<br>
:Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299653808&referer=brief_results WorldCat 299653808]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5].<br>
:Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247493742&referer=brief_results WorldCat 247493742]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6].<br>
:Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247493311&referer=brief_results WorldCat 247493311]<br>
:Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13240086&referer=brief_results WorldCat 13240086]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8].<br>
:Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26140053&referer=brief_results WorldCat 26140053]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9].<br>
:Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301504096&referer=brief_results WorldCat 301504096]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10].
:Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256516416&referer=brief_results WorldCat 256516416]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11].<br>
:Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39401371&referer=brief_results WorldCat 39401371]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12].<br>
:Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48209643&referer=brief_results WorldCat 48209643]<br>
:Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/254277176&referer=brief_results WorldCat 254277176]
:Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256517503&referer=brief_results WorldCat 356517503]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15].<br>
:Volume 16 -- Not yet published
:Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43957746&referer=brief_results WorldCat 43957746]<br>
:Volume 18 -- Not yet published
:Volume 19 -- Not yet published
:Volume 20 -- Not yet published


=== Brief Timeline ===
*Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/indianlocation.htm Available online].
*Waldman, Carl. ''Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes''. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14718193?referer=list_view WorldCat 14718193]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1465222&disp=Encyclopedia+of+Native+American+tribes%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006].


*1600's: Left Wyoming, neighboring tribe, [[Shoshone Indians|Shoshone]] and removed to south to Rocky Mountains.
[[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_North_America]]
*1790: The Comanche allied with [[Kiowa Indians|Kiowa]]
*1791: Living in present day [[Indians of Kansas|Kansas]]
* 1795 allies with Kiowa, and Apache
*1700-1800: raided and roamed [[Indians of Texas|Texas]], [[Indians of New Mexico|New Mexico]], Oklahoma, [[Indians of Kansas|Kansas]], [[Indians of Colorado|Colorado]] and northern Mexico
*1816-1839: Smallpox epidemics
*1835: Texas Revolution
*1838: Council House Affair
*1840: United with southern [[Cheyenne Indians|Cheyenne]] and [[Arapaho Indians|Arapaho]]
*1845: Annexation of Texas, Texas Rangers protect settlers from hostile Indians, particular the Comanche
*1849-50: Cholera epidemic
*1853: Fort Atkinson Treaty - protect the Santa Fe Trail
*1854: Comanche and Kiowa placed on reservation on the Brazos River.
*1859: Barzos River Reservations abandoned - moved to new reservation on the Washita River near present-day Fort Cobb, Oklahoma
*1864: Fought against Kit Carson's men; Battle of Adobe Walls on the Staked Plain for the Texas Panhandle
*1866/7: Treaty of Medicine Lodge 4,000 Indians in attendance; Comanche, [[Cheyenne Indians|Cheyenne]], [[Arapaho Indians|Arapaho]], Kiowa and [[Kiowa Apache Indians|Kiowa Apache]] tribes. William Tecumseh Sherman, Commissioner of Indian Affairs
*1868: December 25: General Philip Henry Sheridan fought Comanche and Kiowa - Battle of Soldier Springs
*1871-1874: Comanche and [[Kiowa Indians|Kiowa]] wars
*1874-75: Red River War or Buffalo War
*Peyote Road - Native American Church - sacramental use of peyote - by 1930 half of the Indian population in the United States belonged to the church.
*1899''':''' Oklahoma Territory ban the use of peyote.
 
=== Additional References  ===
 
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/comanche/comanchehist.htm Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico], gave a more complete history of the Comanche tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/comanche/comanchehist.htm The Indian Tribes of North America].
 
=== Records ===
 
The '''majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies'''. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:
 
*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
*[[American Indian Annuity Rolls|Annuity rolls]]
*[[American Indian Census Rolls|Census records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Correspondence]]
*[[American Indian Health Records|Health records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Reports]]
*[[American Indian School Records|School census and records]]
*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]
 
=== Agencies ===
 
[[Upper_Platte_Indian_Agency|Upper Platte Agency]] 1846-55
 
[[Upper_Arkansas_Indian_Agency|Upper Arkansas Agency]] 1855-64
 
[[Kiowa_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Kiowa Agency]] 1864-80
 
[[Texas_Indian_Agency_(Texas)|Texas Agency ]]1847-59
 
[[Wichita_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Wichita Agency]] 1859-78
 
=== Superintendencies ===
 
[[St._Louis_Superintendency_of_Indian_Affairs|St. Louis Superintendency]]
 
[[Central_Superintendency_of_Indian_Affairs|Central Superintendency]]
 
[[Colorado_Superintendency_of_Indian_Affairs|Colorado Superintendency]]
 
[[Southern_Superintendency_of_Indian_Affairs|Southern Superintendency]]
 
[[Western_Superintendency_of_Indian_Affairs|Western Superintendency]]
 
==== Correspondence and Census  ====
 
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Tribe
! scope="col" | Agency
! scope="col" | Location of Original Records
! scope="col" | Pre-180 Correspondence M234 Roll Number
! scope="col" | FS Library Film Number
! scope="col" | Post-1885 Census M595 Roll Number
! scope="col" | FS Library Film Number
|-
| Comanche
| Anadarko Area Office, 1881 -1962
| Fort Worth
|
|
| Rolls 211-23
|
|-
| Comanche
| [[Upper Platte Indian Agency|Upper Platte Agency]],1846-55
| Washington D.C.
| Rolls 889-96
|
| Rolls 211-23
|
|-
| Comanche
| [[Upper Arkansas Indian Agency|Upper Arkansas Agency]], 1855-64
| Washington D.C.
| Rolls 878-82
|
| Rolls 211-23
|
|-
| Comanche
| [[Kiowa Indian Agency (Oklahoma)|Kiowa Agency]],1864-80
| Fort Worth
| Rolls 375-86
|
| Rolls 211-23
| Films:576899 - 576912
|}
 
=== Land Records  ===
 
Tribally owned land 7,045.80 acres. Allotted land: 201,350.17 acres. <ref>Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FS Library book 970.1 In2 page 220-221 </ref>
 
=== Treaties  ===
 
The year link (year of the treaty) will connect to an online copy of the treaty.
 
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0435.htm 1835] August 24, at Camp Holmes
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0554.htm 1846] May 15, at Council Springs
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0600.htm 1853] July 27, at Fort Atkinson
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0600.htm 1865] October 17, referred to in an Apache
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kio0977.htm 1865] October 18, at Little Arkansas River
 
=== Vital Records ===
 
*Kiowa Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FS Library Film: 576909 and births and deaths 1930-1936, FS Library Film: 576911
 
=== Important Websites  ===
 
*[http://www.narf.org/nill/Constitutions/comancheconst/comancheconsttoc.htm Constitution and By-laws] of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, approved: February 23, 2002
*[http://www.comanchenation.com/index.html Comanche Nation] Official Website
*Comanche Nation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche Wikipedia]
 
=== For Further Reading  ===
 
*Carlson, Paul H. ''The Plains Indians''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&amp;M University Press, c1998. FS Library Book 970.1 C197p
*Richardson, Rupert Norval, ''The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement: A Century and a Half of Savage Resistance to the Advancing White Frontier''. Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co., c. 1933
*Wallace, Ernest and Edward Adamson Hoebel. T''he Comanches, Lords of the South Plains''. FS Library book 970.3 C73w
 
==== General \ ====
 
For background information to help find American Indian ancestors see [[American Indian For Further Reading|'''For Further Reading''']].
 
=== References ===
 
{{reflist}}{{Native American nav}}
 
[[Category:Indigenous Tribes of the United States]]

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  • Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
  • Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
  • Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.
Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands
  • Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
Volume 1 -- Not yet published
Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751
Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.
Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.
Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.
Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.
Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.
Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.
Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.
Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.
Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176
Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.
Volume 16 -- Not yet published
Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
Volume 18 -- Not yet published
Volume 19 -- Not yet published
Volume 20 -- Not yet published
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