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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Comanche Nation
economy bison hunting
horse trade
raiding
enteredHorseCulture late 17th century
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
forcedOntoReservation late 19th century
headquartersLocation Lawton
surface form: Lawton, Oklahoma
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
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
migratedTo Southern Plains
surface form: Southern Great 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
surface form: Uto-Aztecan peoples
timePeriodOfDominance 18th century
19th century
treaty Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867)

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Referenced by (57)

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

Comanche, Oklahoma namedAfter Comanche
this entity surface form: Comanche people
West Spanish Peak sacredTo Comanche
this entity surface form: Comanche people
Spanish missions in Texas affected Comanche
this entity surface form: Comanche peoples
Pecos Valley historicallyInhabitedBy Comanche
this entity surface form: Comanche groups
Comanche County namedAfter Comanche
this entity surface form: Comanche people