Comanche

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The Comanche are a Native American people renowned for their skilled horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Comanche canonical 32
Comanche people 18
Comanche Nation 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Comanche leader
Indigenous people of the Great Plains
Native American people
federally recognized tribe
acquiredHorsesFrom Spanish colonies
alsoKnownAs Lords of the Plains
culturalPractice nomadic buffalo hunting
tipi dwelling
culturalRegion Southern Plains
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Comanche Nation
linked to: Comanche
economy bison hunting
horse trade
raiding
enteredHorseCulture late 17th century
ethnicGroupOf United States
forcedOntoReservation late 19th century
headquartersLocation Lawton, Oklahoma
linked to: Lawton
historicalEnemy Apache
Mexican settlers
Pueblo peoples
Spanish colonists
Texans
United States Army
knownFor mounted warfare
raiding on the Southern Plains
skilled horsemanship
warrior culture
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
migratedTo Southern Great Plains
linked to: Southern Plains
nativeLanguage Comanche language
notableLeader Quanah Parker
originalHomeland Great Basin
politicalStructure loosely organized bands
population several thousand enrolled members
recognizedBy United States government
region Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
religion traditional Native American spirituality
reservationLocation Oklahoma
role last principal Comanche chief
socialOrganization bands
subgroupOf Numic peoples
Uto-Aztecan peoples
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
timePeriodOfDominance 18th century
19th century
treaty Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Native Americans hasSubgroup Comanche
Uto-Aztecan includesLanguage Comanche
Indian Territory ethnicGroup Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Comanche currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Comanche Nation
linked to: Comanche
Colorado War belligerent Comanche
Central Numic includesLanguage Comanche
subject linked to: Numic
Numic hasLanguage Comanche
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan associatedWithPeople Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Plains Indians includes Comanche
Numic languages spokenBy Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Shoshone relatedEthnicGroup Comanche
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation ethnicGroup Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation presentDayTribalSuccessor Comanche Nation
linked to: Comanche
Kiowa people alliedWith Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Numic peoples hasEthnicGroup Comanche
Southern Plains traditionalHomelandOf Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Comanche County, Oklahoma namedAfter Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Bent’s Fort, Colorado associatedWith Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory associatedWith Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Comanche language ethnicGroup Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Lords of the Plains refersTo Comanche
Lords of the Plains appliedTo Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Lords of the Plains describes Comanche
Quanah Parker ethnicGroup Comanche
Quanah Parker memberOf Comanche Nation
linked to: Comanche
Quanah Parker fatherEthnicity Comanche
Quanah Parker clanOrBand Quahadi (Kwahadi) band of the Comanche
linked to: Comanche
Quanah Parker languageSpoken Comanche
Hide painting hasCulturalOrigin Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Lipan Apache conflictWith Comanche
Llano Estacado historicallyInhabitedBy Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Kiowa Apache culturalRelation Comanche
Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center affiliatedWith Comanche Nation
linked to: Comanche
Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center ethnicFocus Comanche people
linked to: Comanche
Central Numic spokenBy Comanche people
linked to: Comanche