Comancheria
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Comancheria was the vast 18th–19th century territory controlled by the Comanche people across parts of present-day Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comanche Territory | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Comanche territory
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ territory ⓘ |
| associatedColonialPower |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Red River War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Quanah Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Apacheria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ territories of the Kiowa ⓘ territories of the Pawnee ⓘ territories of the Ute ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Comanche people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegionType | Plains Indian territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declineCause |
U.S. military campaigns
ⓘ
bison extermination ⓘ disease epidemics ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
bison hunting
ⓘ
horse raiding ⓘ trade in captives ⓘ trade in horses ⓘ |
| ethnicallyAssociatedWith | Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
buffer zone between Spanish colonies and other Native peoples
ⓘ
center of Comanche power in the Southern Plains ⓘ |
| knownFor |
horse culture
ⓘ
mounted warfare ⓘ raiding networks ⓘ trade networks ⓘ |
| languageOfRulers | Comanche language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North America
ⓘ
present-day Colorado ⓘ present-day Kansas ⓘ present-day New Mexico ⓘ present-day Oklahoma ⓘ present-day Texas ⓘ present-day United States ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | land of the Comanche ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Southern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | loosely organized bands ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Comanche Territory