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Comanche

Published on Dec 05, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COMANCHE

MEANS "ENEMY" IN THE UTE LANGUAGE

They lived in the plains and had horses they hunted buffalo on. They were nomadic because they depended on following buffalo and lived in tee pees. They lived in tee pees because they were easy to take down.

THE COMANCHE LIVED IN TEXAS

FROM 1750-1859 (APPROXIMATELY)
Photo by Thiophene_Guy

HANNAH AND ABBY

THEY ATE MOSTLY BUFFALO

AND SOME FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

THEY LIVED IN TEE-PEES

THE FOLLOWED BUFFALO AND WERE VERY MOBILE (NOMADIC)

WOMEN WORE LONG DEERSKIN DRESSES

MEN WORE BREECHCLOTHS AND LEGGINGS

THEY HUNTED ON HORSES

THEY HUNTED BUFFALO (AND SOMETIMES OTHER TRIBES)

THEY WERE HUNTER-GATHERERS

THEY WERE NOMADS

FOR RECREATION THEY MADE

COPPER AND SILVER JEWELRY

Though they're religion was meager to them ,they believed in good and bad spirits and held occasional sun dances like many other plains tribes.

THE COMANCHE HABITAT

THEY HAD COLD WINTERS AND MILD SUMMERS- IT WAS DRY

COMANCHE WERE FORBIDDEN TO EAT DOG

BECAUSE THEY CONSIDERED IT AN ABHORRENT PRACTICE.

THEY COMANCHE WERE

RELATIVELY SHORT

BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WORE THEIR

HAIR IN TWO BRAIDS

LIKE OTHER PLAINS TRIBES,THE COMANCHE PERFORMED DANCES TO THE ___.

  • A. Ghosts
  • B. Sun
  • C. Buffalos
  • D. Moon