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


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


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


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


==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe ====
==== Comanche Bands:  ====


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


== Records  ==
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>


== Important Web Sites  ==
===== '''Leaders:''' [http://quanahparkerchief.blogspot.com Quanna Parker] =====


*[http://www.narf.org/nill/Constitutions/comancheconst/comancheconsttoc.htm Constitution and By-laws] of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, approved: February 23, 2002
=== Tribal Headquarters ===


== References  ==
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>


<references />
=== History  ===


==== Bibliography  ====
=== Brief Timeline ===


*[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.
*1600's: Left Wyoming, neighboring tribe, [[Shoshone Indians|Shoshone]] and removed to south to Rocky Mountains.
*Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ Available online].
*1790: The Comanche allied with [[Kiowa Indians|Kiowa]]
*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].
*1791: Living in present day [[Indians of Kansas|Kansas]]
*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].
* 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.


:Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
=== Additional References  ===
: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– . <br>
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].  


:Volume 1 -- Not yet published
=== Records ===
: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


*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].
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:
*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].


[[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:Indian_Tribes_of_North_America]]
*[[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 ===
 
{{reflist}}{{Native American nav}}
 
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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:

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

Tribal Headquarters

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

History

Brief Timeline

  • 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

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

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

Upper Platte Agency 1846-55

Upper Arkansas Agency 1855-64

Kiowa Agency 1864-80

Texas Agency 1847-59

Wichita Agency 1859-78

Superintendencies

St. Louis Superintendency

Central Superintendency

Colorado Superintendency

Southern Superintendency

Western Superintendency

Correspondence and Census

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

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

Treaties

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

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

Important Websites

For Further Reading

  • 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 \

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

References

  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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