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Comanche Indians

A large break off of from the Soshone with the arrival of the horse. They moved south and populated areas of the southwest.

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How did the spanish affect how the comanches lived?

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The Spanish had a significant impact on the Comanches' way of life. The introduction of horses by the Spanish revolutionized Comanche warfare and transportation, making them one of the most formidable and mobile tribes on the Great Plains. The trade relationships established with the Spanish also brought new goods and technologies to the Comanches, transforming their material culture and lifestyle. However, intense conflicts with the Spanish, as well as the diseases brought by the Europeans, also brought tremendous challenges and upheaval for the Comanches.

Do comanches have special ceremonies?

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Yes, the Comanches, a Native American tribe, have special ceremonies that are an important part of their culture. Some of these ceremonies include the sun dance, the sweat lodge ceremony, and the peyote ceremony. These ceremonies often involve singing, dancing, prayers, and the use of traditional medicines and rituals to connect with the spiritual world.

What is the Comanche Indian translation for the word freedom?

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There is actually no such language as "Indian". There are more than 450 different languages spoken in India. If you are talking about Native American languages, there are more than 700.

If you would like a translation, you would need to specify which Indian language you are talking about.

Where does the Comanches tribe live now?

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There is no Comanche reservation.

It was dissolved in 1901 in accordance with the Jerome Agreement.

It was in SW Oklahoma.

The Comanche Nation tribal complex is located in Elgin, Oklahoma. The tribal jurisdictional area is within Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens, and Tillman Counties.

How did the comanches govern themselves?

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The Comanche governed themselves by there being a leader.There was followers, ofcourse, and they votedtoo.

They had a similar way of governing like us.

Leader: President

Followers: People

Voted: We have the right to vote too

What was in the Comanche habitat?

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The evidence for what was in the Comanche surroundings comes from their language; for example, they had a word for rattlesnake because they were familiar with that species.

Animals included: deer, armadillo, bullfrogs, red foxes, ground squirrels, ground hogs, bats, porcupines, horned toads, pack rats, coyotes, wildcats, buffalo, horses, otters, wolves, skunks, rabbits, mountain lions.

Birds included: bluejays, roadrunners, buzzards, meadowlarks, falcons, guinea fowl, turkeys, eagles, geese, horned owls, cranes, woodpeckers, screech owls, hawks, crows, ravens, quail, partridges, sandpipers, hummingbirds.

Reptiles included: racer snakes, snapping turtles, rattlesnakes, clinging lizards, timber lizards, water lizards, water moccasins, rock lizards, striped lizards.

Fish included: eels, flounders, catfish, crawfish.

Insects included: grasshoppers, ants, flies, ticks, scorpions, mosquitoes, termites, bees, dragonflies, horseflies, lice, locusts, crickets.

Plants included: Osage orange, hickory, hackberry, silver maple, walnut, mesquite, persimmon, pecan, black willow, dogwood, oak, white elm, ash, mulberry, cottonwood, plum, crab apple, cedar, pine, gourd, snakeroot, thistle, cactus, yaupon holly, mescal, smartweed, loco weed, sunflower, sweet potato, milkweed, lotus, lily, wild onion, yucca, wild potato, sumac, wormwood, buttonbush, cattail, feverplant, poison ivy, fleabane daisy, nightshade, horseweed, thornapple, breadroot, sage, prickly pear.

Where is a good website you can go to learn how to draw a Comanche Indian?

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Photographs of genuine Comanche (Nemene) lodges show that the majority were completely undecorated, except for being blackened at the top by smoke from the central fire. This is true of most Plains tribes - decorated tipis were extremely rare (perhaps accounting for less than 5 in every 100) and signified the lodge of a powerful chief or medicine man, or the holder of a sacred pipe or medicine bundle.

For that reason there is almost no detailed information on the Internet about Comanche tipi decoration, and very little published in books. The artist and explorer George Catlin painted a single picture showing a painted Comanche tipi - this was certainly the home of the keeper of a sacred pipe, since one is featured in the painted design (see link below).

If you want to draw an accurate picture of a genuine and typical Comanche tipi, then make it perfectly plain and undecorated apart from blackening around the top of the cover to represent smoke staining.

What is the Comanche word for lonely wind?

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tauni-mara its is a phrase in the movie CHISUM, starring JOHN WAYNE, it's the north wind

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Answer: Every aspect of the John Wayne film Chisum is false, including all details of the native Americans shown in the movie. The phrase "tahnee mara" was invented by the writer of the original story, who had no absolutely understanding of any native language or culture. Anyone who thinks they can learn history from American movies is extremely foolish.

The Comanche word for "alone" is sʉmʉsa(sʉmʉ' = one), and the word for "lonely" will be close to this. The Comanche word for wind is nʉena or nʉetʉ.

Tahnee mara does not mean anything in either Comanche or "Apache" (unspecified tribe) - the two native groups mentioned in the movie.

What roles did the men and women play in the Comanche Indian tribe?

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Women were in charge of work related to home and family such as raising children, cooking, skinning and preserving Buffalo for food and textiles, agriculture, and raising teepees. Men hunted various types of game, raided white and other tribe's settlements, and were in charge of making the decisions for the tribe.

What did Comanche Indians drink?

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They drank the milk from the slashed udders of buffalo, deer, and elk. Among their delicacies was the curdled milk from the stomachs of suckling buffalo calves. They also enjoyed buffalo tripe, or stomachs.

How do say love in Comanche Indian?

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technically there is no way to say "love" in the yaqui language. we yaqui say "inepo enchi ne waa'ta" which translates to "i want you" or "inepo enchi nake" which translates to "i want u a lot". but there is no real word for love in our haiki languange

What weapons did the Comanche Indians use?

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They used Bangboozlers ans shinalions these were used in war to kill the enemy just by touching them in the chest. The way it is made nobody knows. They used Bangboozlers ans shinalions these were used in war to kill the enemy just by touching them in the chest. The way it is made nobody knows. KCRB kind careful reading building

How many wives did Comanche Chief Quanah Parker have?

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8 Did you know:

Comanche Chief Quanah Parker was the father of 27 children.

Were the Comanche tribe hunters or gathers?

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Before European contact (and therefore the horse,) the Comanche hunted small game such as deer and rabbits and gathered roots and berries, making them hunter-gatherers. However, with the horse the Comanche were able to effectively hunt buffalo, and the hunt became a much larger part of their lives.

How do you say grandma-grandmother in the Choctaw Indian language?

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I've heard it two ways. My family and I have said it "pokni" since i was a child, while I've read it as "sapokni" in other places. I am a MS Choctaw Indian and "pokni" DOES mean grandmother, on the other hand "sapokni" quite literally means "old"! Well, I am a Louisiana Choctaw Indian, and we say grandmother as "pokni" also. As far as "sa pokni," 'sa' in itself means "my" in English, so maybe where you heard it the people were trying to say "my grandmother." Hope that helps!
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Was the Comanches tribe peaceful?

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As a general statement, Yes. The Cherokee (Tsalagi) assimilated to European ways of life faster than most other tribes, as they were an agriculturally based non-migratory tribe. That is not to say however that they were all peaceful or did not raid white settlements because they did, just not as often or as much as some of the other more famous raiding tribes.

Did Comanche Indians wear tattoos?

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There were no precious stones, gold or jewels in the modern sense.

"Jewellery" for men consisted of grizzly bear claws attached to otter fur necklaces, chokers of dentalia shells traded from the west coast, shell gorgets, strings of beads, elk teeth, cowrie shells and long heavy earrings. Silver disks obtained from traders were attached to a long leather strip hanging from the back of the hair, or made into belts.

Women were fond of elaborate hair pipe necklaces hanging down to the waist and also used shells for earrings. Women also liked the traded silver disks attached to leather belts.

So the main items of jewellery were shells, bone, horn, beads and traded silver disks.

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What kind of transportation did the Comanches use?

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The Comanche Indians were known as the Lords of the Southern Plains due to their expert horsemanship. Horses were a vital part of the Comanche lifestyle, used for hunting, raiding, and transportation.

How did the Comanche Indians modify their environment?

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Indeed great question. The ancient Indians consumed their natural rescources efficiently such as building henges. (horizon calender of the positioning of the sun)

What clothing did male Comanche Indians wear?

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Comanche men wore breechclouts with knee-length flaps front and back, originally of soft-tanned deer hide (buckskin), later of trade cloth. Leggings were long and close-fitting, gartered below the knees and with triangular flaps at the side; long, twisted fringes and bottom tabs decorated these leggings, which sometimes also had a bunch of eagle feathers at the outer sides. Shirts were apparently not worn before the time that white traders came; then tanned buckskin shirts were worn until the end of the 19th century, adorned with long, twisted fringes except along the lower edge where a short fringe was cut. Shirts were often painted yellow or green, or a combination of both, while leggings were sometimes painted blue.

The women originally wore a knee-length skirt sewn up the side, with fringe along the seams and hem. A poncho-like top was worn over this. Later they adopted the typical ankle-length three-deerskin dress of other Plains tribes. Dresses were painted a buff colour or a muted lemon yellow. Short leggings were held up with garters and painted to match the moccasins.

Hard-soled moccasins were worn with ankle flaps attached and painted soft uppers. Very long fringes were attached at the heel, or even skunk tails (perhaps as a means of erasing tracks in the dust). Women often combined their leggings and moccasins to create boots with tops that could be folded down. Decoration consisted of a small amount of beadwork, paint and silver disks obtained from the traders.

Buffalo hides with the fur left on provided warm winter robes.

Women wore their hair long and loose, painting the central parting red. Men's hair was worn in two braids with a long scalplock at the back - braids were wrapped with otter fur or strips of red cloth.

The Comanche never seem to have used much quill-work or beaded areas on their clothes, preferring to use paint and edges cut in distinctive long, twisted fringes.

How did the Comanche Indians use spears?

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The many different tribes of the Sioux sometimes used spears (more usually called lances) for hunting on foot, particularly in winter when the buffalo would be slowed by deep snow. Some brave hunters used lances for hunting buffalo on horseback but this was a far greater risk than using a bow.

In general, however, lances were the mark of a particular warrior society and served as a kind of badge for someone who pledged not to retreat in battle - these lances would be decorated in various ways, sometimes with red cloth and feathers along the entire length of the shaft - many had no point fitted and were more like flags than lances.

Wood for shafts came from ash, white elm, ironwood, oak or hickory. Second growth timber of the right length and diameter was selected and cut when the sap was down in late winter, then the staves would be stored near the lodge fire to season and also to kill any insects in the wood; when dry the staves would be straightened and the bark removed with a knife.

These timbers were difficult to find on the Plains, but the Sioux tribes had access to the many trees of the Black Hills and to wooded areas further east.

Lance heads were originally of stone and relatively fragile, especially if they hit a bone or a hard surface. As soon as traders arrived the Sioux tribes obtained ready-made lance points as well as sheet metal and files to make their own; sometimes trade knife blades served instead. Some lance points made by the Mexicans for trade to natives were 14 inches long and had an integral socket; some of these would have changed hands many times and would find their way into the hands of the Sioux.

A particular and unusual style of warrior society insignia was the "bow-lance", effectively shaped like an oversize recurved bow of wood with a lance point fitted to one end. The bow was wrapped in long strips of fur and long streamers of feathers were attached near the metal point. These were certainly carried by members of the Kit Fox society and perhaps by others; despite their warlike appearance they served only as a rallying point and would seldom have been used as a weapon.

At all times lances were rarely used weapons, with the bow, knife and war club (and guns when they could be obtained) representing much more commonly used weapons.