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Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy: '''birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.
Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy: '''birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.
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Kewatsana, Kotsai, '''Kotsoteka '''(Buffalo Eaters), '''Kwahadi''', Motsai, '''Nokoni '''(Wanderers), Patgusa, '''Penateka '''(Honey Eaters), Pohoi, '''Quahadis '''(Antelopes), Tanima, Wasaih, and '''Yamparika''' (Yap Eaters)
Kewatsana, Kotsai, '''Kotsoteka '''(Buffalo Eaters), '''Kwahadi''', Motsai, '''Nokoni '''(Wanderers), Patgusa, '''Penateka '''(Honey Eaters), Pohoi, '''Quahadis '''(Antelopes), Tanima, Wasaih, and '''Yamparika''' (Yap Eaters)


===== '''Leaders:''' [http://quanahparkerchief.blogspot.com Quanna Parker]  =====
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>


=== Tribal Headquarters  ===
===== '''Leaders:''' [http://quanahparkerchief.blogspot.com Quanna Parker] =====


Comanche Nation of Oklahoma<br>584 N. W. Bingo Rd.<br>P. O. Box 908<br>Lawton, Oklahoma 73505<br>Toll Free Phone Number: 1.877.492.4988<br>Fax: 1.580.492.3796
=== Tribal Headquarters ===


*[http://www.comanchenation.com/index.html Comanche Nation] Official Website
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>
 
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. FHL book 970.1 In2 page 221</ref>


=== History  ===
=== History  ===
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=== Land Records  ===
=== 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. FHL book 970.1 In2 page 220-221 </ref>
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  ===
=== Treaties  ===
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=== Vital Records ===
=== Vital Records ===


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


=== Important Websites  ===
=== Important Websites  ===
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=== For Further Reading  ===
=== For Further Reading  ===


*Carlson, Paul H. ''The Plains Indians''. College Station, Texas: Texas A&amp;M University Press, c1998. FHL Book 970.1 C197p
*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
*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''. FHL book 970.3 C73w  
*Wallace, Ernest and Edward Adamson Hoebel. T''he Comanches, Lords of the South Plains''. FS Library book 970.3 C73w  


==== General \ ====
==== General \ ====
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=== References ===
=== 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.

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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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