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


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


== Important Web Sites  ==
'''Ancestral Homeland: '''Mexico to [[Indians of Wyoming|Wyoming]]


== References  ==
'''Various Spellings:''' Comanche, Camanche


*[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.
==== Comanche Bands: ====
*Hodge, Frederick Webb. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''].
*Swanton, John. ''[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/indianlocation.htm The Indian Tribes of North America].''


[[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_North_America]]
Kewatsana, Kotsai, '''Kotsoteka '''(Buffalo Eaters), '''Kwahadi''', Motsai, '''Nokoni '''(Wanderers), Patgusa, '''Penateka '''(Honey Eaters), Pohoi, '''Quahadis '''(Antelopes), Tanima, Wasaih, and '''Yamparika''' (Yap Eaters)
 
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>
 
===== '''Leaders:''' [http://quanahparkerchief.blogspot.com Quanna Parker] =====
 
=== Tribal Headquarters ===
 
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>
 
=== History  ===
 
=== Brief Timeline ===
 
*1600's: Left Wyoming, neighboring tribe, [[Shoshone Indians|Shoshone]] and removed to south to Rocky Mountains.
*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="1" 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 ===
 
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Guide to Comanche Nation ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.

Comanche Indian -Six tribal leaders.png
Comanche Nation Flag.png

Ancestral Homeland: Mexico to Wyoming

Various Spellings: Comanche, Camanche

Comanche Bands:[edit | edit source]

Kewatsana, Kotsai, Kotsoteka (Buffalo Eaters), Kwahadi, Motsai, Nokoni (Wanderers), Patgusa, Penateka (Honey Eaters), Pohoi, Quahadis (Antelopes), Tanima, Wasaih, and Yamparika (Yap Eaters)

Population: 1984 Total enrollment 8,131. [1]

Leaders: Quanna Parker[edit | edit source]

Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]

Comanche Nation of Oklahoma
584 NW Bingo Rd.
Lawton, Oklahoma 73507
Toll Free Phone: 877-492-4988
Website

History[edit | edit source]

Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]

  • 1600's: Left Wyoming, neighboring tribe, Shoshone and removed to south to Rocky Mountains.
  • 1790: The Comanche allied with Kiowa
  • 1791: Living in present day Kansas
  • 1795 allies with Kiowa, and Apache
  • 1700-1800: raided and roamed Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and northern Mexico
  • 1816-1839: Smallpox epidemics
  • 1835: Texas Revolution
  • 1838: Council House Affair
  • 1840: United with southern Cheyenne and 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, Arapaho, Kiowa and 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 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[edit | edit source]

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his 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 The Indian Tribes of North America.

Records[edit | edit source]

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:

Agencies[edit | edit source]

Upper Platte Agency 1846-55

Upper Arkansas Agency 1855-64

Kiowa Agency 1864-80

Texas Agency 1847-59

Wichita Agency 1859-78

Superintendencies[edit | edit source]

St. Louis Superintendency

Central Superintendency

Colorado Superintendency

Southern Superintendency

Western Superintendency

Correspondence and Census[edit | edit source]

Tribe Agency Location of Original Records Pre-180 Correspondence M234 Roll Number FS Library Film Number Post-1885 Census M595 Roll Number FS Library Film Number - Comanche Anadarko Area Office, 1881 -1962 Fort Worth - - Rolls 211-23 - - Comanche Upper Platte Agency,1846-55 Washington D.C. Rolls 889-96 - Rolls 211-23 - - Comanche Upper Arkansas Agency, 1855-64 Washington D.C. Rolls 878-82 - Rolls 211-23 - - Comanche Kiowa Agency,1864-80 Fort Worth Rolls 375-86 - Rolls 211-23 Films:576899 - 576912

Land Records[edit | edit source]

Tribally owned land 7,045.80 acres. Allotted land: 201,350.17 acres. [2]

Treaties[edit | edit source]

The year link (year of the treaty) will connect to an online copy of the treaty.

  • 1835 August 24, at Camp Holmes
  • 1846 May 15, at Council Springs
  • 1853 July 27, at Fort Atkinson
  • 1865 October 17, referred to in an Apache
  • 1865 October 18, at Little Arkansas River

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

  • Kiowa Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FS Library Film: 576909 and births and deaths 1930-1936, FS Library Film: 576911

Important Websites[edit | edit source]

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

  • Carlson, Paul H. The Plains Indians. College Station, Texas: Texas A&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. The Comanches, Lords of the South Plains. FS Library book 970.3 C73w

General \[edit | edit source]

For background information to help find American Indian ancestors see For Further Reading.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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
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