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Quanah Parker (Comanche: Kwana, lit. 'smell, odor'; c. 1845 – February 23, 1911) was a war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation.
17 mar 2023 · The Comanches were a formidable Plains tribe famed for their superb riding, hunting abilities, and warrior culture. During their history, the Comanche people were led by a number of chiefs who played significant roles in developing the tribe’s culture and interactions with other groups.
11 paź 2024 · Quanah Parker (born 1848?, near Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.—died February 23, 1911, Cache, near Fort Sill, Oklahoma) was a Comanche leader who, as the last chief of the Kwahadi (Quahadi) band, mounted an unsuccessful war against white expansion in northwestern Texas (1874–75).
29 sie 2024 · The most famous of the Comanches was Quanah Parker, who led them in their last days as an independent power and into life on reservations. He became one of the chief representatives for all Native American people, along with others like Geronimo.
7 sty 2021 · While most Quahadas, indeed most Indians, found adjustment to the reservation life difficult or impossible, Quanah made the transition with such seeming ease that federal agents, seeking a way to unite the various Comanche bands, named him chief.
20 wrz 2018 · Half-white but raised a Comanche, Quanah Parker led the "Lords of the Plains" in times of war and peace and knew enough about the white man’s world to become a successful cattleman. Last of the Comanche war chiefs, Quanah Parker was the son of Chief Peta Nocona and white captive Cynthia Ann Parker.
14 sty 2020 · Quanah Parker was a man of two societies and two centuries: traditional Comanche and white America, 19th century and 20th. He was a respected leader in all of those realms. Born around 1848 in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma, Quanah was the son of Comanche war chief Peta Nocona and his wife Nautda (“Someone Found”), a white woman ...
