Comanche Indians

Original Location

• Lived in the northern shoshone tribe of Wyoming
• Later moved south where the buffalo migrated, so they can hunt them

Current Location

• Southern plains(Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico)mainly Oklahoma

Daily Life

• Men hunted buffalo and went to war when needed
• Elders told legends and fairytales to the children, because they are a major part of their culture
• Children played games and helped their mothers with housing when asked
• Women took car of the house(tipi) , cooked,cleaned,made clothes blankets shoes,etc., and took car of the children

Food

• Comanche Indians ate deer,rabbit,fruit, veggies, wild potatoes,and mainly buffalo meat.

Housing

• Comanches lived in small tipis. They used tipis, because they are easy to take down and put together for when they go to different camp sites to hunt buffalo.

Language

• Comanches have their own native language, but today it is endangered.
• Some mostly elders, speak their native Comanche language

Original Population

• Original population was 10,000
• 1790 the Comanches population had reached 20,000
• In 1851, the population dropped to 12,000
• 1870-8,000

Current Population

• Comanches current population is 5,000

Famous Comanche People

• One of the most famous Comanche is Quanah Parker.
• Quanah Parker is mostly famous for his ethincity. He is half white(on his mother's side) and half Comanche(on his father's side)
• He was the last Comanche band to hold out against reservation.