Im a Comanche and a member of the Comanche nation tribe out of Lawton Oklahoma. Trying to learn our language so I can teach my kids. I hope all native nations can keep their ways alive!
The Comanches sold the rest of the tribes out. They allowed the US to be what it is now. All our Tribes together they would not had a chance. The Tribes of Sentinel Island had and still have the right idea. Not being racist but keeping the white people of our land would have been the best thing for us all.
I’m glad that many people are trying hard to understand and keep their wonderful Indian ancestry history alive, Proud Cherokee blood here! ,Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina,,
Lois Johnson... Another Proud Cherokee here! My grandmother was from the TN reservation. My mother is 💯 Percent, My father is 48 percent Cherokee, and 2 percent Apache. PROUD to be Native American. I got a beautiful Tattoo that says Cherokee Pride across my shoulders. My 2 daughters each have Dream Catchers tattoos on their backs with my parents names, and my name in the middle. Went with my mom before she passed away to the Trail of Tears. I cried.
@Shelia Farmer same here on both sides..out of eastern KY..( breathitt)....I urge anyone with validation of your ancestry..to learn what you can of the ways..the traditions.and pass that down
@I M Lovely Fine. When this occurs, should the Comanche receive the entirety of the Comancheria or should they need to divide it among the tribes they stole from?
I live right by Wichita mountains and the comanche tribe is the biggest tribe here. I am fascinated with the stoicism and the history of all native American people. The comanche nation fair is absolutely massive and fun as hell. Come check it out sometime
My next door neighbor is part Cherokee & is so psychic that she spooks me. She is incredibly artistic, totally self-sufficient when necessary, will do anything for a person in need, yet she is strange in several ways. Love her .
You know that the native Indian were great warriors, when the Army called their helicopters after these great people. Lots of respect to these warriors.
Right. I still don't get the offense of Washington Redskins. It was not an insult. Why would a team want to be called that if it was a term of disdain? I think it was mean t to conjure up an image of brave warriors who the other team would not want to mess with.
@Bright Light I have friends that are Indian, they seem more down to earth and smarter than you by 10x’s. They are a proud group of citizens. I get along better with them, than idiots like you. You probably heard of Daniel Boone, his special skills was learned from the Indians. I respect those Indian warriors for defending their rights. Too bad, there weren’t enough of them to kill all the evil settlers of the past that have attitudes like you.
I was married to Comanche, her grandfather lived through 13 bullet wounds. She had degree in Education, 5 master's degrees an could speak 13+ languages, while teaching romance languages like French, German, but could also speak Japanese, Chinese, Russian! Needless to say, she's pretty smart!
@@timbarnett3898 Tim I’m sure you are an older gentleman. I would like to inform you, that all cap would be similar to saying all crap. However, the premise of my comment was to strike a rise out of you and get you to react in an upset manner. Seeing as I have achieved this result, I am now satisfied. This is what is called Trolling, Tim. People do this on the internet for no reason because we lack substance in our lives 😂
my grandma was 100% cherokee and did what she wanted and considered herself an american and never a second class citizen. they do not have live on reservations, can do whatever they want to do.
I'm Mescalero Apache and Comanche, very proud of who I am. I have a spanish last name and offended when people talk to me in spanish, I come across as being racist. We as Native Americans should embrace who we are and incorporate good trades of others. We are survivors and should evolve as a people but keep our identity!
Why would you get offended.. not everyone can speak there native language. Spanish is all we know or English. You are typing in English now. So that’s already ironic.
Disease did more to weaken them than anything. That and bad luck The Iroquois confederation would probably have remained a British dependency had the British defeated the American rebels with continued ties down the Ohio Valley. If The British provided better support to Tecumseh during the War of 1812. . the Ohio country would have become part of Canada. But if Napoleon had not made his ill-fated venture into Russia , and British war with France would have last for years longer, the United States would have been punished worse, and maybe New England would have decided to rejoin British North America.
Like almost all other tribes the Comanche were peaceful by nature and warriors by necessity. This video is a perfect example of whitewashed history! The Comanche were peaceful hunter-gatherers. It is laughable to say that they became warriors simply because they got horses. This happened 100 years after the colonizers came. The colonizers spread disease, misinformation, war, and famine so tribes were confused and in chaos. That is at which point this guy is talking about. Not before the settlers came, not even during their first few years, but after 2 - 3 generations of enslavement, disease, famine, and war. Families were murdered and raped. Elders, babies, and women were slaughtered. Atrocities like this can change a people. If someone raped and murdered your entire family you just might do some awful things to them in return. Like almost all other tribes the Comanche were peaceful by nature and warriors by necessity.
There are several items very incorrect in this video. I am Comanche. Born and raised. There are several good resources if you truly want to learn more. Including tribal directed websites and books. Always double check sources Including asking the tribe itself.
@@chaselost They will never tell the truth because to much is at steak (Land). When you make a people think they from Africa they will never think to look at the land they are originally from. The first Africans to hit the Americas from a slave boat was only 20 Africans in the 1500. Go look at census back then they changed the identities to Black (Freemen) we are the ones who didn’t go to the reservations.
@@CHARLIEHORSE25 I heard about that also, it just wasn't the Navajo's, there were other tribes who were also part of the code talkers, including the commanche in WW2
My great grandfather, as a 10 year old, encountered a band of Comanche while he was hunting small game on the Leona river in southwest Texas. He hid in some brush as they stopped to water the horses. They had a dead deer strapped across a pony and pulled the deer off and gutted it. They took the raw liver and split it among themselves. After resting for about an hour, loaded up the deer and remounted and rode on across the river. My grandpa hightailed it back to the ranch house.....
I don't know exactly because he died long before I came along in '49. And my dad has been dead since 1995 but by what I DO know, it would have been pre civil war, probably in the late 1850's. On my mother's side, had two great,great uncles, Asa and Jabob walker killed at the Alamo battle manning the cannon in front of the chapel doors, according to Suzannah Dickenson, a survivor of the battle. Both sides of my family have been here a LONG time. Just a little trivia for you......
@@devanjaques7143 Thank you, for enjoying it. My family has been in Texas since 1803 on my daddy's side,( my ggggrandfather was a Redcoat in the revolution) and on my Mama's side, my gggrandfather's two brothers, were killed manning the cannon in front of the chapel doors, in the Alamo battle and I have heard countless stories about our family and Texas ancestry while I was growing up. Fighting comanches, Confederate battles, etc. Everything you can think of. Anyway, thank you for your response and stay safe....
I have been told by the Peruvians that, the Caribs were so deadly that the spaniards had to stop navigating their galleons loaded with gold into the Caribbean sea. Every time they did, the Caribs would go out at night in their canoes, board the galleons and sink them ...so this is why it is called the Caribbean sea.
I was told by the Southies that the Beans sailed down from Boston and didn't let the Yankees find gold in the Carribean. Thats why its called Carri-bean sea.
@@leeleeturn "The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) laugh when people speak to them of obedience to kings; for they cannot reconciles the idea of submission with the dignity of man. Each individual is a sovereign in his own mind; and as he conceives he derives his freedom from the Creator alone he cannot be induced to acknowledge any other power. But that freedom does not allow for anyone to abuse the freedom of others. The Six Nations of the Iroquois put aside their differences and put an end to war. They included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga (my people), Seneca, and Tuscarora. Perpetual Peace.
glad to meet you thunderwolf you speak wisely i have on both sides of my parents some cherokee have visited new echota this and other factors gave me a deep love and respect for the native peoples blessings to you my friend
This is a far too brief and over-simplified story of the Comanche to be useful or accurate. The book: "Empire Of The Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne is an excellent history of the Comanche. It is referenced in these comments and worth reinforcing. It is accurate, and tough to put down.
Being from Texas, l highly recommend the reading of this book. The author gives in-depth history of the tribe and the going-ons throughout the years of dominance of the South Plains. He also made the point of any interlopers caught out in the Comancharia being attacked to save a bullet for each man,woman and child. For ya didn't want to be taken alive. One in the ol' brainpan was always better than being skinned alive and tortured beyond a hideous description. And this narrator mispronounced the area The Comanche controlled. Co-mach-a-ria is how the syllables are broken down for properly pronouncing their domain.
It is also the only private treaty recognized by the U.S. government. The Comanches saw it as applying to the German settlers of the Fisher-Miller grant, and not to other Texans. UT Arlington was given a contemporary copy of the treaty.
@@Peet1206 Yes, those guys are hard workers and they know their computer science. I am glad they corrected that as well, but if you are speaking of the native people of the North American Continent, then their has been no reset on the perception of Native Americans in the US.
I live in Texas. I love history, and grew up hearing stories of Comanches, Texas Rangers, slavery in Texas and when Texas was under the control of Mexico. I love Texas. I love the history of Texas. I am a Tejana.
My husband is Comanche, direct descendent of Qwana Parker, I teach them about their heritage and culture and let them know who they are. Children of God and Comanche Warriors.♥️
I grew up with the stories of Quanah Parker and his mother and father and pictures of him hanging everywhere... Unfortunately I don't share blood with them but the man who raised me was their descendant and he was so very proud of his heritage...
The odds of being a direct descendant of someone that was alive in the 1900s arent very good. Go further back a few generations and the odds are better. Chances are you share a common ancestor with his mother within 10 generations back so him too. Youd be surprised.
I never get tired of looking at old photos of native Americans. To me they are the most beautiful of all ethnic groups, but that's just personal preference. I wonder what they would be doing now if Europeans had never found America. The wild west is iconic, the horses, war paint, headdresses, papooses, language, guns, cowboy hats and boots, everything about it is an amazing design and sensory sensation. But I find it curious that modern native Americans don't acknowledge that the Commanche actually did more harm to them, killing all men, than did the Europeans who at least created reservations.
@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 Quanah Parker died in 1911 and the man that raised me was born in 1937... he can trace the lineage... I grew up in Weatherford Texas which is in Parker County... that area was settled by Cynthia Anne's family... I don't carry their blood but have been raised by a man that was oh so proud of his heritage... I was born with Parker as my last name and I passed it on to my children.. just to honor my daddy...
Ja od dziecka kochałem indian i teraz też ich kocham i szanuję.Tak naprawdę to oni byli w kilku krajach świata i mieli historię wyjątkowe . Pozdrawiam serdecznie wszystkich indian z całego świata. Błogosławionego życia życzę wszystkim.
Don’t give up learning about your people and tribe, even if your European and or African in heritage, seek and learn. Learn who all of you are and don’t be ashamed to embrace who you are and seek out those people, learn!
Native Americans tortured and killed their prisoners of war. They raped their female captives. They almost completely exterminated several races of Native Americans...yet when White colonist gave them a taste of their own medicine; they bitch and complain about how they were victims.
The Comanche didn't control the entire plains. There's other tribes on the plains that were just as powerful, and brutal in times of war. There's the Lakota, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Pawnee, and more.
@@iiatargetanalyst3046 I guess the guy who made the video, thinks that all Native Americans are the same. It's been over four hundred years, and some of them still haven't figured out. That Native Americans are divided into several different tribes, each with their unique culture and languages.
For me I find that I learn so much and love to tune into the FNX tv channel(short for first nation's experience) It is better for me than most any other channel offered these days on tvs. We like to learn from this channel about many other cultures, histories, and backgrounds When we watch it, it settles our minds and brings a peaceful feeling. Our household always takes time to tune in to this channel FNX(first nation's experience). I'm so glad we discovered it on TV. We have recorded whole series recently.
@@shawnk8802 if that’s true, it’s also true we should never have let you in, in the first place! It's well documented that the firstEuropeans who settled in the New World could not have made it through the first few winters without the assistance and knowledge of American Indians! I could go on and on but, I’ll stop here
Never a truer word said....the white man only capitalized on your feudalistic system ....if you have a pretty wife, and you beat her, and mistreat ,her someone else is going to take her away from you ....if you cannot see the value in what you have it shall be taken away ....even if it's your way of life !!!!
Thanks for sharing this background on the Comanche Nation. As a Texan I can tell you that a good amount of Texas history deals with the Comanche and Comancheria. Quanah Parker's mother Cynthia Ann was kidnapped by Comanches when she was about age 10. She resisted Anglo rescue and died in Birdville about 5 miles from where I live. The demise of the Comanche took place under the leadership of Ranald S MacKenzie during the Red River Wars US forces overran Comanche holdouts at Palo Duro Canyon.
Actually, the US Army did not 'overrun' the Comanches at Palo Dura Canyon. Rather they drove the out into the plains and then seized Comanche's horses , eventually killing over 1,000 of their horses, leaving them on foot. Survival in Palo Duro Canyon area on foot with very limited supplies, spelled doom for the Comanches and so they surrendered. Only three or four First Americans were killed at Palo Duro, and by some accounts these were Kiowa lookouts, killed by First Americans - Tonkawas , who were employed by the US Army. The US Army likely never fired a shot, other than at the horses. The history is available at the Palo Duro Canyon Visitor's Center Palo Duro Canyon State Park - State Hwy Park Rd 5, Canyon, TX 79015
While I understand the logistics of why Mckenzie had the horses slaughtered, it still gives me serious chills. The fear, panic and agony of the animals! A part of me hopes he suffered over this decision for many years.
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I agree. I feel like history told from its people is the purest form. I'm not a native at all but I know damn well history shows like to tell a tall tale story rather than the truth.
As an indigenous person I find it unsettling that people actually telling the history of a group of people from a seemingly factual standpoint would not have actual testimonial evidence backing up the subject matter. My opinion of course. Believe what you want. If I find myself curious about another tribe or culture I will go straight to the source and learn with respectful intensions.
The Comanches gained considerable power from their raids into Mexico. Northern Mexico became a virtual extension of Comancheria. Roaming nearly as far as Mexico City they gathered thousands of head of livestock, numerous horses, mules, and Mexican captives. They traded their bounty, including the captives to other tribes. The horses could be used by the tribes to resist the westward expansion of the US. White traders traded guns to Comanches.
Readable, accurate. However, Comanches ran other tribes off of “their” land. Tribes didn’t own “their mother”. Nor was the occupying of land commonly used by another “tribe” (either White or Indian) limited to only one. I have issues with ‘whites stole our land’ arguments. Tribes didn’t own land.
Except I don’t recall reading “Whites stole the land…” in that book. Whites didn’t steal anything, it was a fight to the death & we won. Plus, other nations, tribes, peoples or any other label to humans you can think of, all did it. So yeah, post your own comment & keep me out of your lectures. Thanks.
This photography is just...fantastic, amazing, truly treasures of history. Hats off to the bravery and foresight of the photographers back then. I'd love to see a video about their history, how they lived and survived in the fields while gathering them.... I am Canadian Mètis on my mother's side. She married a Norwegian while many of my aunties and uncles ( 13 of them ) married other Mètis and native tribal peoples. I wish I knew more but...life and death obscure many details, don't they? Thanks for the great vid!
I recommend this book "Comanches put the prisoner to work digging a hole, telling him they needed it for a religious ceremony. When the captive, using a knife and his hands, had completed digging a pit about five feet deep, they bound him with rope, placed him in it, filled the hole with dirt, packing it around his body and exposed head. They then scalped him and cut off his ears, nose, lips, and eyelids. Leaving him bleeding, they rode away, counting on the sun and insects to finish their work" for them. Later, back at their encampment, they told the story as an excellent joke, one which gained them a certain celebrity throughout the tribe.
I’m reading the book abt the Comanche nation. I have the utmost respect for Native Americans. I’m ashamed of what our government did to them. And yes the history books are skewed to favor the govt. disgusting
I love my country, but the American govt. back then giving smallpox infected blankets to innocent Native American men, women, n children is not something we should be proud of!!! It was n is disgusting if True!!! From what I read at first they were defending themselves!!! I read Trail of Tears n other books, how SAD the way things went for them!!!
@@janedoe5456 There's a grain of truth but it's not what people have been led to believe. During Pontiac's War, several tribes launched a surprise attack and laid siege to Fort Pitt with Chief Pontiac vowing to massacre its inhabitants. Fort Pitt lacked the resources to hold out with little hope of outside help. So they met with Pontiac's ambassadors and offered them a couple of infected blankets as a gift. They thought a smallpox outbreak might break the siege. As it turns out, smallpox is primarily airborne and unlikely to be spread by contact with a blanket. The two ambassadors were encountered again years later and lacked the scarring common with smallpox. So the only known incident of giving smallpox blankets didn't even lead to an infection. But that hasn't stopped people with an agenda from claiming otherwise.
I’m aware, I’ve read the book. There’s a difference. We are born in a civilized society historically. We learn what is right and wrong and how to obey the laws that are made in order to ensure peace and civility. They were not. I do agree they were very violent - but that tribe also had no central authority nor did they live as the other tribes did. They didn’t farm, had no agriculture. They roamed all over having no ties to anywhere or anyone. I’m not making excuses but there are circumstances....
eastern worshipper well....basically they did a pretty good job of that; almost totally wiped out - and that includes the other tribes, some were totally wiped out .
How cool would it be if there was a Game of Thrones spin-off of America to show these amazing tribes of our country??? I’d LOVE to see these incredible people brought to our eyes. They’ve become spiritual icons, enigmas to modern citizens. Their culture deserves to be high lighted.
They cant. Then all those guilty white people would know that these tribes had war and murder and rape and slavery and all the other horrors we pretend only the white man did.
@@Jake-nk4wg yes, Quhana Parker on my my mother's side, Gen. Alexander Stephens /Sentor on my father's side. Alot of pride on both sides. I identify as Native American heritage.
Quanah's mother was a member of my family. She never recovered from being "rescued". We have Cherokee ancestry but even tho Comanche were not bloodline relation I'm still proud of the connection.
Which tribe? I know there were many tribes in Northern Mexico but a lot of their history was lost, and almost all tribes that were here in the Southwest United States are still here, just less in numbers and territories are smaller. Is your ancestry from a Northern “Mexico” tribe or a Southwestern “United States” tribe? It makes me sad that so many tribes have been forgotten in Mexico. So much history and family roots lost. Would you happen to know your tribes name? I would love to hear of Native American tribes who were here before there was a border between colonized countries. Before New Spain, Mexico and the United States...
Lords of the plains. They were the reason the Texas rangers were invented. They were killing and making examples out of land surveyors. Empire of the summer moon is an amazing book. You won’t regret buying it.
@@stevesherlock5334 I read it , and have nothing but respect for the warrior culture of Comanche. My point was they had very little success against the U.S military....
@@thletter-iz8fu Oh I know. I wasn’t implying that you meant any disrespect. When the six shooter or the five shot revolver was invented was the beginning of their downfall. They were no match for how fast those shots were coming.
Native Americans have been in every major conflict from 1900 on. They are a very important part of our military. Native Americans should be at the forefront of every conservation. While I do not discount other people Natives were here first. Support Native Americans whenever and wherever you can.
You do realize that both the American and Canadian government's surrendered to the blackfoot nation but that part is always left out in the history books, we were known as the vikings of the plans.
That's way there were treaties that heavily favors indian side, but later terms were changed to favors government side.(I say governmentrather then white man because regular white man would more or less co exist with indians).. indian agents got rich off and there friends they had no interest in helping indians , which tribes were lefted with next to nonthing and residential schools came in to play by Andrew Jackson... but today all these treaties are being fought in court which will heavily favor indian side again and the fight for self goverance
The Chichimeca/Zacateco we're the first steal horses from the Spanish to my understanding. The first to use them against them in war as well. The Chichimeca we're fierce warriors and the Zacatecos made up a large part of the group but the Zacatecos we're not as aggressive as the Chichimeca. Makes me wonder how the two tribes reacted to the Comanche 🧐
As I've suggested to others in other clips about people of color; don't let this clip be the only source you use as fact and or just ignore it altogether or rebut it in every way possible. All are written, and white actors portraying, from a slanted point of view to make themselves look better no matter what dirt/damage/ethnic cleansing, etc. they've committed on people of color. Keep telling the truth sir not out of hate but correction.
All that happened then is only documented by the *"white man's"* point of view.. *History shows that America hides it's true history..* *Most* indigenous people didn't have a *written language* as well..
@@arlenemuhammad9853 Correct!!! We have created our own narrative, so, instead of using clips like the above as "gospel" maintain and publish our own. Keep the truth ever forward.. never wavering. Not all hate people of color and is easy to differentiate between those who hate and jealous of us and those who are not. Those who hate us are easily triggered with the truth.
@@noconaroubideaux9423 Comanche, the tribe signed a treaty with the Confederacy, and when the war ended they were forced to swear loyalty to the United States government at Fort Smith.
I'm a Lenape part of the Munsee-Deleware nation and although my tribe were known as the "grandfather's" of all the tribes, as we were extremely peaceful, loving and excellent negotiators some of the other tribes weren't as peaceful which breaks my heart. This isn't what the Chiefs would have wanted the Indian reservations today are so gross and there is lots of crime and drunks everywhere. Tribesmen deviating from their heritage is truly sad.
As well as the Sioux/Lakota/Dakota and Cheyenne. It's rather an absurd lie to say the Comanches "ruled the entire plains", especially when you then show a map covering about 25% of the area of them.
I agree. Apaches needed protection from nobody. It’s true that the Lipan Apache asked the Spanish to build a mission for them., but as the Lipan knew, the mission was on Comanche land and would start a war between the Spanish and the Comanche. The mission was built. The Comanche burned the mission and war between the two factions ensued. The only reason Geronimo was captured was because the Army used Apache scouts against him and Geronimo had few warriors.
chiricahua apache here, yeah this channel should study the apaches a bit more before making absurd claims, also id like to empathize the fact that the comanches were in fact the people who asked the Spanish for assistance lmao
Im from New Zealand. I have Irish/Scottish/English and Maori Ancestry. Look up the Maori people of Aotearoa. So deadly and powerful and clever at Guerilla tactics during the new zealand land wars they forced the British colonisation to sign a treaty. I have love and appreciation for all Indigenous people though because they take care of the land and lived with it instead of just on it. I just got the book blood meridian so im going to read that over the Christmas break
He said 1874 my dad was born in 1929 55 yrs difference I'm fricking older than that right NOW so if I was alive back then holy crap i would of lived through some changes. I didn't realize how in such a short time life is totally different. What my great grandparents accomplished. I'm from Nebraska the plains .
@@ThePhantom712 I’m not sure what time frame your talking about. I grew up in AZ and the Indians were able to go where they wanted. I know and maybe back when my dad was a kid that was still happening so glad that kind of mentality is no longer acceptable..
An excellent book is Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. (The rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history.)
Well considering there are a limited number of Comanche natives left, and that those who do remain have basically been assimilated into Western culture, much of their oral history and untold stories are gone. Meaning there's very little difference between a Native scholar and a White scholar presenting Comanche history.
Video says: They” had no art.”. Proceeds to show highly decorated teepees, clothing, jewelry, horses and ...art on paper... Do not believe everything this video says, mmmkay? Narrator cannot even pronounce Kiowa...calls em Keeowah...LOL...Always something wrong when colonizers tell the story. Nice try tho.
I can't comment on anything about comanche tribes but I can tell you that the Sioux Indian Nation was a strong and proud nation. To see the horrific conditions that uncle sam forced them into is truly atrocious.
How so? Most went there to get free land because the land in the US was expensive and too political. Almost like today's democrats, want everything for free. Only difference was it was owned by Spain and then Mexico. And they didn't like living under a monarchy. I mean, how dumb can you be? Your father, grandfather etc... fought two Wars, American Revolution and 1812 yet they wanted free land and went back to a dictatorship.
@@keithwilliams3935 It wasn't free if you had to settle it and work the land and often at the cost of your life. If you watched the above video you can see that the Comanche's were a special and ruthless fighting machine and menace. There were much easier places to settle in and get "free" land than in Texas when the Comanche's ruled the plains. BTW, Spain and Mexico didn't want any part of the Comanche's either.
@@Sabrina-u3o8b Hey there, did your family stay in Oklahoma on the Comanche reservation? My family moved back into the southeast part of Comancheria to follow the cattle drives into Ft Worth way back in 1900. We moved out of Ft Worth after that in the 30s but we still live in Comancheria to this day.
@@Bigtmac2200 yes .My ppl made that journey and traveled down all the way the south texas where we all to this day .I have a few elders that live up north of us too
The Comanche were powerful, for a short time. They were the greatest light cavalry in history. I would submit, however, the the Creeks were the most powerful in America, after the fall of the Mississippians. The Creek arose in the late 17th, early 18th centuries and pretty much held their own against Spanish, French, and British colonists and the Americans for over two centuries. While settlers were moving into Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois, the Creeks were holding the Georgia boundary at the Ogeechee River, the boundary established in 1763. When the British demanded a large land cession from the Creek in 1773, they gave Georgia a large parcel of Cherokee land. So feared were the Creek that the Cherokee offered little objection. When most people think of Alabama in1840, a mere 20 years before the Civil War, visions of "Gone With the Wind" fill their minds. In reality, the Creek nation still controlled nearly 60% of the state. Full disclosure, my great-grandmother was full blood Siha Sipa Lakota. I also wrote "The Indians may be led, but will not be drove" The Creek Indians struggle for control of its own destiny, 1783-1794.
Who were "the greatest light cavalry in history" is disputable - at best. Did you ever see mongols riding (even today!) What Huns and Magyars were able to do during their nomadic age for many centuries - unlike the short time of indian horseriding would surprise you if checked too.
@@jeannerossow5210 I remember reading an articile some years ago about a clash between the two. I cannot remember where and have been trying to find it - unsuccessfully. However I am time restricted but will continue searching. Until then will concede I am wrong and retract the comment. Both are great nations.
My grandfather as an infant was hidden from the Comanche raiding his father's horse ranch. They let them take the horses rather than resist and lived to tell the story. The Comanche war history is recent in historical terms.
Seminoles were Creek Natives who did not want to take part (forcibly moved even after winning the French and Indian Wars for Jackson years earlier) in the Trail of Tears as my ancestors were forced. Many fled to the swamps of South Georgia and then into Florida - The US did send in troops a couple of time to round them up and that did not go so well......
That distinction should probably go to the Miccosukee. The Seminoles fought several wars, with major groups of them sent off into exile in Oklahoma each time. The remainder would go deeper into the Florida swamps each time. Most, but not all, of the Florida Seminole accepted a treaty of sorts in the mid-1930s. The Miccosukee held off on that for another 30 years. It is also possible that a few Creek holdouts stayed in what is now Eglin Air Force Base until the First World War.
You missed one big factor in their defeat, the introduction of the Colt revolver, and a change in tactics from single shot rifle fire on the ground, to mounted warfare using the short range revolver.
Have you seen the beautiful beadwork and regalia they wore plus their painted ponies? Now that's art!! Pre-contact Comanches broke off from the Shoshoni in Wyoming and the northern areas and became the Comanche of the southern plains. The Shoshoni created elaborate beadwork for their regalia, they were highly trained horse men who painted their groomed horses for show and they would charge at other tribes and stop right in front of them on a dime even to the calvary which was a way of welcome and not to mess with them message. The ancients were brave noble people.
There's old stories orally told of Yup'ik Warriors of Old, I know a few and they were very territorial. I think its awesome to have North American background and heritage 😁
Im a Comanche and a member of the Comanche nation tribe out of Lawton Oklahoma. Trying to learn our language so I can teach my kids. I hope all native nations can keep their ways alive!
Yes don't let that evil take that away
Ima tarasco indian out of michoacan Mexico 🇲🇽 and native life is beautiful
The Comanches sold the rest of the tribes out. They allowed the US to be what it is now. All our Tribes together they would not had a chance. The Tribes of Sentinel Island had and still have the right idea. Not being racist but keeping the white people of our land would have been the best thing for us all.
Always believe it is very important to know where you came from & absolutely everybody should have this right.
I’m also in Oklahoma, east of you about 2 hours. I am Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian
My grandfather was the last medicine man for the Comanche Nation, Thomas Blackstar Sr. I"m proud of my heritage.
As you. Should. Be
My Respekt an Honer to your Familie iam Serbian 68year Lady in nursing Home Love You all
You should be proud of your heritage
Amazing. I'm just now starting to research about the native Americans. Looking for accurate sources is a challenge though.
I am indian
I wish the Comanche would attack the people who interrupt videos with all these annoying commercials.
Ha ha ha LOL
Totally agree.
use Opera browser. built in commercial blocker.
Fast forward through whole video then hit replay....no commercials👍
Y'all know every phone app available on god's earth but you don't know about AdBlock???
I love hearing about the cultures and history of Native Americans. The photography and art visuals here are absolutely beautiful.
Same here
Hi Ann.
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@@annbolyn4910 How are you doing and where are you chatting from?
Hello Ann
Hello Ann
My Dad side is Comanche descendants from Oklahoma Area, and my Mom side Lakota descendants. Learning what your ancestors were like is pretty cool.
My ancestors were soldiers real Warriors not animals in hide now this is our land
@@mikesaunders6558 moron 🤦
@@dary0097 USA .#1
@@mikesaunders6558 I could almost hear The Banjo Music in the background when I read Your Dumb Remarks 🙄
@@mikesaunders6558 tell us about your ancestors.
I’m glad that many people are trying hard to understand and keep their wonderful Indian ancestry history alive, Proud Cherokee blood here! ,Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina,,
Lois Johnson... Another Proud Cherokee here! My grandmother was from the TN reservation. My mother is 💯 Percent, My father is 48 percent Cherokee, and 2 percent Apache. PROUD to be Native American. I got a beautiful Tattoo that says Cherokee Pride across my shoulders. My 2 daughters each have Dream Catchers tattoos on their backs with my parents names, and my name in the middle. Went with my mom before she passed away to the Trail of Tears. I cried.
Hey, homie! Me, too on mother's side! I visited The Cherokee Museum this Feb. I got some nice earrings.
@Shelia Farmer same here on both sides..out of eastern KY..( breathitt)....I urge anyone with validation of your ancestry..to learn what you can of the ways..the traditions.and pass that down
Another pretindian bless your heart
@I M Lovely Fine. When this occurs, should the Comanche receive the entirety of the Comancheria or should they need to divide it among the tribes they stole from?
I live right by Wichita mountains and the comanche tribe is the biggest tribe here. I am fascinated with the stoicism and the history of all native American people. The comanche nation fair is absolutely massive and fun as hell. Come check it out sometime
Hi neighbor
Let’s go together !
I grew up in the Lawton area. I knew a lot of Comanches.
Any babes?
@@EditnamehereWhy you ask? You wanna kill em 'n make medicine. Bad name you have.
My next door neighbor is part Cherokee & is so psychic that she spooks me. She is incredibly artistic, totally self-sufficient when necessary, will do anything for a person in need, yet she is strange in several ways. Love her .
Very connected! Can easily see the direction of most energy. Predict results.
You know that the native Indian were great warriors, when the Army called their helicopters after these great people. Lots of respect to these warriors.
Right. I still don't get the offense of Washington Redskins. It was not an insult. Why would a team want to be called that if it was a term of disdain? I think it was mean t to conjure up an image of brave warriors who the other team would not want to mess with.
@@johnratican3824 lol you sound dumb
@@yedzovi The only joke is you.
@Bright Light I have friends that are Indian, they seem more down to earth and smarter than you by 10x’s. They are a proud group of citizens. I get along better with them, than idiots like you. You probably heard of Daniel Boone, his special skills was learned from the Indians. I respect those Indian warriors for defending their rights. Too bad, there weren’t enough of them to kill all the evil settlers of the past that have attitudes like you.
@@Ullr-el3pu The same Daniel Boone whose teenaged son was tortured to death by native americans? LMAO, man you're stupid.
I was married to Comanche, her grandfather lived through 13 bullet wounds. She had degree in Education, 5 master's degrees an could speak 13+ languages, while teaching romance languages like French, German, but could also speak Japanese, Chinese, Russian! Needless to say, she's pretty smart!
Yeah
All cap
@@Chinaonetakeout99 are you saying, all crap! Then I'll raise you $500 to $1000 because this story is all true!
@@timbarnett3898 Tim I’m sure you are an older gentleman. I would like to inform you, that all cap would be similar to saying all crap. However, the premise of my comment was to strike a rise out of you and get you to react in an upset manner.
Seeing as I have achieved this result, I am now satisfied.
This is what is called Trolling, Tim. People do this on the internet for no reason because we lack substance in our lives 😂
Nobody speaks 13 languages, ffs. And German is *not* a Romance language, wtf 😑
Its criminal that to this day the descendants of these people are still treated as second class citizens in their own country.
my grandma was 100% cherokee and did what she wanted and considered herself an american and never a second class citizen. they do not have live on reservations, can do whatever they want to do.
More insight please?
@CHIEF TAHCHAWWICKAH Sad !! Very best wishes to you and yours chief (beautiful people) too !!
There's literally memes about White ppl claiming their grandma was Cherokee. 😂
@@paulinejeann4058 and there are factually thousands like me who did have a grandma who was tribal.
I'm Mescalero Apache and Comanche, very proud of who I am. I have a spanish last name and offended when people talk to me in spanish, I come across as being racist. We as Native Americans should embrace who we are and incorporate good trades of others. We are survivors and should evolve as a people but keep our identity!
Why would you get offended.. not everyone can speak there native language. Spanish is all we know or English. You are typing in English now. So that’s already ironic.
Sounds kinda bogus since you have a Spanish last name too.
The Native Americans have always had a proud history of standing up to their enemies
They certainly deserve to be remembered.
And a sad history of losing eventually
Disease did more to weaken them than anything. That and bad luck The Iroquois confederation would probably have remained a British dependency had the British defeated the American rebels with continued ties down the Ohio Valley. If The British provided better support to Tecumseh during the War of 1812. . the Ohio country would have become part of Canada. But if Napoleon had not made his ill-fated venture into Russia , and British war with France would have last for years longer, the United States would have been punished worse, and maybe New England would have decided to rejoin British North America.
And their "enemies" were usually other "native Americans."
Like almost all other tribes the Comanche were peaceful by nature and warriors by necessity. This video is a perfect example of whitewashed history! The Comanche were peaceful hunter-gatherers. It is laughable to say that they became warriors simply because they got horses. This happened 100 years after the colonizers came. The colonizers spread disease, misinformation, war, and famine so tribes were confused and in chaos. That is at which point this guy is talking about. Not before the settlers came, not even during their first few years, but after 2 - 3 generations of enslavement, disease, famine, and war. Families were murdered and raped. Elders, babies, and women were slaughtered. Atrocities like this can change a people. If someone raped and murdered your entire family you just might do some awful things to them in return. Like almost all other tribes the Comanche were peaceful by nature and warriors by necessity.
Native pride for life
OUR A.I.M. IS TRUE !
Forever
Indeed bruv
Worldwide bro 😎
Have pride. But don't have selective memory.
There are several items very incorrect in this video. I am Comanche. Born and raised. There are several good resources if you truly want to learn more. Including tribal directed websites and books. Always double check sources Including asking the tribe itself.
Well said
Already because most people are cultural vultures
I don’t know much about your tribe but I definitely felt like he wasn’t telling the right information on parts.
@@chaselost They will never tell the truth because to much is at steak (Land). When you make a people think they from Africa they will never think to look at the land they are originally from. The first Africans to hit the Americas from a slave boat was only 20 Africans in the 1500. Go look at census back then they changed the identities to Black (Freemen) we are the ones who didn’t go to the reservations.
If you could give me a starting point, id really enjoy reading the truth.
Awesome my native brothers and sisters much love from New Zealand Native Nation
Hello Jack Moki,how are you doing?
Remember, the Navajo Code talkers helped win us the war.
Absolutely right. Heroes for sure.
They saved a lot of lives
@@CHARLIEHORSE25 I heard about that also, it just wasn't the Navajo's, there were other tribes who were also part of the code talkers, including the commanche in WW2
@@garylefevers mml hi hi
The Navajo developed the code
I am proud of my Cherokee heritage. I was raised traditional and I raised my children traditional as well. AHO!
Wonderful! Were you raised in Oklahoma?
U should be proud. All of us Native Americans should be proud.
I am descended from members of the Eastern band of the Cherokee.
@@albertsutherland277 Please be :)
@@pyromorph6540 yes I'm very proud of my heritage. I'm Oglala Sioux and Lakota Sioux
My great grandfather, as a 10 year old, encountered a band of Comanche while he was hunting small game on the Leona river in southwest Texas. He hid in some brush as they stopped to water the horses. They had a dead deer strapped across a pony and pulled the deer off and gutted it. They took the raw liver and split it among themselves. After resting for about an hour, loaded up the deer and remounted and rode on across the river. My grandpa hightailed it back to the ranch house.....
Wow that's actually a pretty cool story! What year approximately was this if you don't mind me asking?
I don't know exactly because he died long before I came along in '49. And my dad has been dead since 1995 but by what I DO know, it would have been pre civil war, probably in the late 1850's.
On my mother's side, had two great,great uncles, Asa and Jabob walker killed at the Alamo battle manning the cannon in front of the chapel doors, according to Suzannah Dickenson, a survivor of the battle. Both sides of my family have been here a LONG time. Just a little trivia for you......
@@rustysawyers5109 thank you for sharing. a little walk through history right there
@@devanjaques7143
Thank you, for enjoying it. My family has been in Texas since 1803 on my daddy's side,( my ggggrandfather was a Redcoat in the revolution) and on my Mama's side, my gggrandfather's two brothers, were killed manning the cannon in front of the chapel doors, in the Alamo battle and I have heard countless stories about our family and Texas ancestry while I was growing up. Fighting comanches, Confederate battles, etc. Everything you can think of. Anyway, thank you for your response and stay safe....
@@rustysawyers5109 you too my friend, be well
It's great to see content about my people online, we certainly never got mentioned in public school books.
and despite it all native americans serve honorably in America's military and respect the flag. God Bless you.
Crazy Horse said we fight to the death and we never surrender!
"Most Powerful Native American Tribe" is like saying "the best medical school in central America".
Well, we made his horse surrender. Then made him pull a plow in Kansas!
Crazy Horse wasn't Commanche, he was Lakota
@@ZeeZahSmile Comanche or Lakota , the point ius he said we do not surrender. But he did surrender.
@@charlesmartel342 no they didn't you jackass.
I have been told by the Peruvians that, the Caribs were so deadly that the spaniards had to stop navigating their galleons loaded with gold into the Caribbean sea. Every time they did, the Caribs would go out at night in their canoes, board the galleons and sink them ...so this is why it is called the Caribbean sea.
Oh shiiiit
Wow, didn't know that! Thanks for the knowledge!
How is that possible if one of the largest ports that Spain had was Cartagena, in the Caribbean?
I was told by the Southies that the Beans sailed down from Boston and didn't let the Yankees find gold in the Carribean. Thats why its called Carri-bean sea.
@@rubencuadros7174 YEA !!?????!!
It matters not what nations Native Americans are from, they're brothers and sisters
to me. May they all live long
and prosper.
Now you are, and I understand and respect that, but back in the day y'all guys fought each other like crazy!
@@leeleeturn
"The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) laugh when people speak to them of obedience to kings; for they cannot reconciles the idea of submission with the dignity of man.
Each individual is a sovereign in his own mind; and as he conceives he derives his freedom from the Creator alone he cannot be induced to acknowledge any other power.
But that freedom does not allow for anyone to abuse the freedom of others.
The Six Nations of the Iroquois put aside their differences and put an end to war. They included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga (my people), Seneca, and Tuscarora.
Perpetual Peace.
Wrong about that
glad to meet you thunderwolf you speak wisely i have on both sides of my parents some cherokee have visited new echota this and other factors gave me a deep love and respect for the native peoples blessings to you my friend
@@leeleeturn ... Says someone whose entire knowledge of American Indian history came from Hollywood & television westerns
I am a member of the Cherokee Nation. I appreciate your videos
Harriet Peabody you've spoken very well... How are you doing hope you're fine and staying safe?
Cherokee nation lives .
My family on my mother’s side is Cherokee. Proud to be a native
Marry your own Cherokee people.....
@@charlesbullghost5491 ew
@@charlesbullghost5491 You got some nerve boy.
You should!!!!
This is a far too brief and over-simplified story of the Comanche to be useful or accurate. The book: "Empire Of The Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne is an excellent history of the Comanche. It is referenced in these comments and worth reinforcing.
It is accurate, and tough to put down.
It’s terrible propaganda and inaccurate
@@Dallasjamma pls explain how
Of course it is. RUclips is not a lexicon.
Being from Texas, l highly recommend the reading of this book. The author gives in-depth history of the tribe and the going-ons throughout the years of dominance of the South Plains.
He also made the point of any interlopers caught out in the Comancharia being attacked to save a bullet for each man,woman and child. For ya didn't want to be taken alive.
One in the ol' brainpan was always better than being skinned alive and tortured beyond a hideous description.
And this narrator mispronounced the area The Comanche controlled. Co-mach-a-ria is how the syllables are broken down for properly pronouncing their domain.
It is a well written but inaccurate and very culturally biased propaganda.
The only unbroken treaty a Native American tribe is the 1847 Meusebach-Comanche Treaty signed by German Texans and the Penataka Comanche Tribe.
Do you mean broken by america ?
It is also the only private treaty recognized by the U.S. government. The Comanches saw it as applying to the German settlers of the Fisher-Miller grant, and not to other Texans. UT Arlington was given a contemporary copy of the treaty.
@@Peet1206 Yes, those guys are hard workers and they know their computer science. I am glad they corrected that as well, but if you are speaking of the native people of the North American Continent, then their has been no reset on the perception of Native Americans in the US.
The Germans like doing things the right way ...
The Royal Proclamation has yet to be amended...
I live in Texas. I love history, and grew up hearing stories of Comanches, Texas Rangers, slavery in Texas and when Texas was under the control of Mexico. I love Texas. I love the history of Texas. I am a Tejana.
Sharon Kay Snowton I like your comment here... Hope you're fine and staying safe?
My husband is Comanche, direct descendent of Qwana Parker, I teach them about their heritage and culture and let them know who they are. Children of God and Comanche Warriors.♥️
Yet you can’t spell his name?? Greatest warrior and chief QUANAH PARKER!!
Chill, Dharrel. The phonetic spelling arrives at the same destination, no?
Hello from a white Parker descendant.
@@mississippisnowplow 5 dollars indians
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I grew up with the stories of Quanah Parker and his mother and father and pictures of him hanging everywhere... Unfortunately I don't share blood with them but the man who raised me was their descendant and he was so very proud of his heritage...
The odds of being a direct descendant of someone that was alive in the 1900s arent very good. Go further back a few generations and the odds are better. Chances are you share a common ancestor with his mother within 10 generations back so him too. Youd be surprised.
I never get tired of looking at old photos of native Americans. To me they are the most beautiful of all ethnic groups, but that's just personal preference. I wonder what they would be doing now if Europeans had never found America. The wild west is iconic, the horses, war paint, headdresses, papooses, language, guns, cowboy hats and boots, everything about it is an amazing design and sensory sensation. But I find it curious that modern native Americans don't acknowledge that the Commanche actually did more harm to them, killing all men, than did the Europeans who at least created reservations.
@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 Quanah Parker died in 1911 and the man that raised me was born in 1937... he can trace the lineage... I grew up in Weatherford Texas which is in Parker County... that area was settled by Cynthia Anne's family... I don't carry their blood but have been raised by a man that was oh so proud of his heritage... I was born with Parker as my last name and I passed it on to my children.. just to honor my daddy...
Herman Lehman adopted by Quanah. My grandparents loved this story
@@Hecklefishfearthecrabcat .m MO
Ja od dziecka kochałem indian i teraz też ich kocham i szanuję.Tak naprawdę to oni byli w kilku krajach świata i mieli historię wyjątkowe . Pozdrawiam serdecznie wszystkich indian z całego świata. Błogosławionego życia życzę wszystkim.
Same to you 😄
Lol let's go
Don’t give up learning about your people and tribe, even if your European and or African in heritage, seek and learn. Learn who all of you are and don’t be ashamed to embrace who you are and seek out those people, learn!
My respect to the Native American people all my best personal regards happy weekend,
Native Americans tortured and killed their prisoners of war. They raped their female captives. They almost completely exterminated several races of Native Americans...yet when White colonist gave them a taste of their own medicine; they bitch and complain about how they were victims.
@Bright Light The native Americans got what hey deserved.
Hello Kim! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe??
Malgorzata Miroslawa Kim how are you doing? Hope you're fine and staying safe?
Great respect and best wishes for brave Comanche nation .... from Serbia.
Same from UK
@@hellohandsome9875 :) all the best to you too, my friend!
As a native American iam proud to be a real American
You should be! I have such a Love and respect for our Native Americans.
The Comanche didn't control the entire plains. There's other tribes on the plains that were just as powerful, and brutal in times of war. There's the Lakota, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Pawnee, and more.
Well put
@@iiatargetanalyst3046 I guess the guy who made the video, thinks that all Native Americans are the same. It's been over four hundred years, and some of them still haven't figured out. That Native Americans are divided into several different tribes, each with their unique culture and languages.
i'm wondering how this history doesn't include the trail of tears and the 1830 Indian Removal Act.
@@ChrisSanten because they weren’t an eastern tribe.
@@JB-uv4hm Georgia isn't eastern?
Always Happy and proud to be part Cherokee , Sha kon O Hey.
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For me I find that I learn so much and love to tune into the FNX tv channel(short for first nation's experience) It is better for me than
most any other channel offered these days on tvs. We like to learn from this channel about many other cultures, histories, and backgrounds
When we watch it, it settles our minds and brings a peaceful feeling. Our household always takes time to tune in to this channel FNX(first nation's experience). I'm so glad we discovered it on TV. We have recorded whole series recently.
Let's all find JESUS, and. LIVE
A REAL MEANINGFUL LIFE.
If we would have United, us American Indians, would never have been conquered!
It was part of the curses that they would have company in our lands! Times up for Esau!
You don't know what they have before you got hear!
Doubtful .... as history shows disease did more to thin the Indian population than any of the wars did.
@@shawnk8802 if that’s true, it’s also true we should never have let you in, in the first place!
It's well documented that the firstEuropeans who settled in the New World could not have made it through the first few winters without the assistance and knowledge of American Indians! I could go on and on but, I’ll stop here
Never a truer word said....the white man only capitalized on your feudalistic system ....if you have a pretty wife, and you beat her, and mistreat ,her someone else is going to take her away from you ....if you cannot see the value in what you have it shall be taken away ....even if it's your way of life !!!!
AHOOO!!✊🏽 as a Comanche this is the history we needed to know more about growing up!!
Thanks for sharing this background on the Comanche Nation. As a Texan I can tell you that a good amount of Texas history deals with the Comanche and Comancheria. Quanah Parker's mother Cynthia Ann was kidnapped by Comanches when she was about age 10. She resisted Anglo rescue and died in Birdville about 5 miles from where I live. The demise of the Comanche took place under the leadership of Ranald S MacKenzie during the Red River Wars US forces overran Comanche holdouts at Palo Duro Canyon.
Actually, the US Army did not 'overrun' the Comanches at Palo Dura Canyon. Rather they drove the out into the plains and then seized Comanche's horses , eventually killing over 1,000 of their horses, leaving them on foot. Survival in Palo Duro Canyon area on foot with very limited supplies, spelled doom for the Comanches and so they surrendered.
Only three or four First Americans were killed at Palo Duro, and by some accounts these were Kiowa lookouts, killed by First Americans - Tonkawas , who were
employed by the US Army. The US Army likely never fired a shot, other than at the horses. The history is available at the Palo Duro Canyon Visitor's Center Palo Duro Canyon State Park
- State Hwy Park Rd 5, Canyon, TX 79015
While I understand the logistics of why Mckenzie had the horses slaughtered, it still gives me serious chills. The fear, panic and agony of the animals! A part of me hopes he suffered over this decision for many years.
@@jeannerossow5210 When a Comanche died all that Comanche's horses and slaves were also killed
@@James-su1qw Well said.
Beautiful story, they didn't give up their land easily. They were brave warriors 👍🏻
Hello Pamela, how are you doing today
Hope your having a good day?
I'm Andrew from Orlando Florida and I would really love to know more about you if you do not mind
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Hello Pamela 👋
Pamela Ban you've spoken very well... Hope you're fine and staying safe?
Hello Pamela Ben,how are you doing?
I'd rather hear this story from someone who's and actual descendent of the comanche nation. Indigenous people are not wiped out, like school books say
I agree. I feel like history told from its people is the purest form. I'm not a native at all but I know damn well history shows like to tell a tall tale story rather than the truth.
Meditation for visual
Well said
As an indigenous person I find it unsettling that people actually telling the history of a group of people from a seemingly factual standpoint would not have actual testimonial evidence backing up the subject matter. My opinion of course. Believe what you want. If I find myself curious about another tribe or culture I will go straight to the source and learn with respectful intensions.
right instead we get a white Euro aggrandization of being warlike smh
The Comanches gained considerable power from their raids into Mexico. Northern Mexico became a virtual extension of Comancheria. Roaming nearly as far as Mexico City they gathered thousands of head of livestock, numerous horses, mules, and Mexican captives. They traded their bounty, including the captives to other tribes. The horses could be used by the tribes to resist the westward expansion of the US. White traders traded guns to Comanches.
Hola from Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽 my Northern & southern border cousin's
Okiee piskunni
ayeee much love from North Dakota
Que Paso from Tejas from a real Native Tejano.
"We didn't cross the Border,
the Border crossed us!"
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I read a great book about Quanah Parker and the Comanche Nation titled "Empire of the Summer Moon," published in 2016. Well worth the read!
The Comanche Empire
Book by Pekka Hämäläinen Another good read and in more detail than "Empire of the Summer Moon,"
Readable, accurate. However, Comanches ran other tribes off of “their” land. Tribes didn’t own “their mother”. Nor was the occupying of land commonly used by another “tribe” (either White or Indian) limited to only one. I have issues with ‘whites stole our land’ arguments. Tribes didn’t own land.
You should’ve posted your own comment, rather than in reply to mine, because the points you make have nothing whatsoever to do with what I posted.
@@infantryricky6807 Had to do with the content of Empire of the Summer Sun. Makes it germane.
Except I don’t recall reading “Whites stole the land…” in that book. Whites didn’t steal anything, it was a fight to the death & we won. Plus, other nations, tribes, peoples or any other label to humans you can think of, all did it.
So yeah, post your own comment & keep me out of your lectures. Thanks.
This photography is just...fantastic, amazing, truly treasures of history.
Hats off to the bravery and foresight of the photographers back then.
I'd love to see a video about their history, how they lived and survived in the fields while gathering them....
I am Canadian Mètis on my mother's side. She married a Norwegian while many of my aunties and uncles ( 13 of them ) married other Mètis and native tribal peoples.
I wish I knew more but...life and death obscure many details, don't they?
Thanks for the great vid!
Same here
Hi
Hello Michelle 👋
For those wanting to learn more about the Comanche, I highly recommend the book ‘Empire of the Summer Moon’.
It was ok but not great.
I second that - very engrossing and informative.
Another excellent one is ‘Captured’ by Scott Zesch.
The best book i have ever read one of the main reasons the Texas rangers prevailed was the invention of the six shooter
I recommend this book "Comanches put the prisoner to work digging a hole, telling him they needed it for a religious ceremony. When the captive, using a knife and his hands, had completed digging a pit about five feet deep, they bound him with rope, placed him in it, filled the hole with dirt, packing it around his body and exposed head. They then scalped him and cut off his ears, nose, lips, and eyelids. Leaving him bleeding, they rode away, counting on the sun and insects to finish their work" for them. Later, back at their encampment, they told the story as an excellent joke, one which gained them a certain celebrity throughout the tribe.
I’m reading the book abt the Comanche nation. I have the utmost respect for Native Americans. I’m ashamed of what our government did to them. And yes the history books are skewed to favor the govt. disgusting
I love my country, but the American govt. back then giving smallpox infected blankets to innocent Native American men, women, n children is not something we should be proud of!!! It was n is disgusting if True!!! From what I read at first they were defending themselves!!! I read Trail of Tears n other books, how SAD the way things went for them!!!
@@janedoe5456 There's a grain of truth but it's not what people have been led to believe. During Pontiac's War, several tribes launched a surprise attack and laid siege to Fort Pitt with Chief Pontiac vowing to massacre its inhabitants. Fort Pitt lacked the resources to hold out with little hope of outside help. So they met with Pontiac's ambassadors and offered them a couple of infected blankets as a gift. They thought a smallpox outbreak might break the siege. As it turns out, smallpox is primarily airborne and unlikely to be spread by contact with a blanket. The two ambassadors were encountered again years later and lacked the scarring common with smallpox. So the only known incident of giving smallpox blankets didn't even lead to an infection. But that hasn't stopped people with an agenda from claiming otherwise.
You should read what the Comanche did to their captives.
I’m aware, I’ve read the book. There’s a difference. We are born in a civilized society historically. We learn what is right and wrong and how to obey the laws that are made in order to ensure peace and civility. They were not. I do agree they were very violent - but that tribe also had no central authority nor did they live as the other tribes did. They didn’t farm, had no agriculture. They roamed all over having no ties to anywhere or anyone. I’m not making excuses but there are circumstances....
eastern worshipper well....basically they did a pretty good job of that; almost totally wiped out - and that includes the other tribes, some were totally wiped out .
This is great, I was definitely born in the wrong time. Probably why we have so much passion to make history videos too.
"Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy!!!"
How cool would it be if there was a Game of Thrones spin-off of America to show these amazing tribes of our country??? I’d LOVE to see these incredible people brought to our eyes. They’ve become spiritual icons, enigmas to modern citizens. Their culture deserves to be high lighted.
They cant. Then all those guilty white people would know that these tribes had war and murder and rape and slavery and all the other horrors we pretend only the white man did.
I think there is actually a show called "frontier" that actually is based on the beaver wars.
A bit less romantic and considered the definitive source on Comanche (Numunu) is Comanches: The history of a people by T R Fehrenbach
I am a direct great great grandson of Chief Quhana Parker, my grandmother was Lucille Parker born in Garvin, Oklahoma
Such pride you must have!! :)
@@Jake-nk4wg yes, Quhana Parker on my my mother's side, Gen. Alexander Stephens /Sentor on my father's side. Alot of pride on both sides.
I identify as Native American heritage.
As a 23yr Veteran of the Military my life goals has and will always be, living up the standards of my forefathers
So?
Kumeyaay and Yaqui native here, from San Pasqual reservation, respect to all fellow natives I wish the best for you all and your families❤️
I am Comanche and have always been proud of the fact that our tribe was the last true Indian warriors.
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Nice comment Jessie Foster... Hope you're fine and staying safe?
Quanah's mother was a member of my family. She never recovered from being "rescued". We have Cherokee ancestry but even tho Comanche were not bloodline relation I'm still proud of the connection.
Hello Mary! How are you doing? I hope you are fine and staying safe??
Hello Mary! How are you doing today?
These are the people I always think about as being the Americans, long may they live.
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My ppl still live on the border . We are many .We never left .
You pawns and your still false story telling
Which tribe? I know there were many tribes in Northern Mexico but a lot of their history was lost, and almost all tribes that were here in the Southwest United States are still here, just less in numbers and territories are smaller. Is your ancestry from a Northern “Mexico” tribe or a Southwestern “United States” tribe?
It makes me sad that so many tribes have been forgotten in Mexico.
So much history and family roots lost.
Would you happen to know your tribes name?
I would love to hear of Native American tribes who were here before there was a border between colonized countries. Before New Spain, Mexico and the United States...
Hello LonestarMamma LalaBoom,how are you doing today??
The Comanche were fierce warriors and master horseman, but other tribes had more success fighting the. U.S military. Sioux,Apache,Seminole.
Ima sioux
And I love sitting bull. He was a legend
Lords of the plains. They were the reason the Texas rangers were invented. They were killing and making examples out of land surveyors. Empire of the summer moon is an amazing book. You won’t regret buying it.
I'm Apache and I love geronimo! Hes a legend . That put it down for us .
@@stevesherlock5334 I read it , and have nothing but respect for the warrior culture of Comanche. My point was they had very little success against the U.S military....
@@thletter-iz8fu Oh I know. I wasn’t implying that you meant any disrespect. When the six shooter or the five shot revolver was invented was the beginning of their downfall. They were no match for how fast those shots were coming.
Native Americans have been in every major conflict from 1900 on. They are a very important part of our military. Native Americans should be at the forefront of every conservation. While I do not discount other people Natives were here first. Support Native Americans whenever and wherever you can.
The history that is typically overlooked. Great post.
I love learning about my ancestors!
Same here
Hi Rachael
Hi Good morning
Hello Rachel 👋
Rachael Hohmann truth be told it's very good to learn about ancestors... Hope you're fine and staying saf
You do realize that both the American and Canadian government's surrendered to the blackfoot nation but that part is always left out in the history books, we were known as the vikings of the plans.
we might have lost a battle , but we won the war .
That's way there were treaties that heavily favors indian side, but later terms were changed to favors government side.(I say governmentrather then white man because regular white man would more or less co exist with indians).. indian agents got rich off and there friends they had no interest in helping indians , which tribes were lefted with next to nonthing and residential schools came in to play by Andrew Jackson... but today all these treaties are being fought in court which will heavily favor indian side again and the fight for self goverance
Where can i read about this? Im blackfoot and never heard of this!
@@Gevixel viking rode boats they rode horses?
Frank Castle no history no story. :p Winners write history and you are all losers! Drink more fire water Tonto! FIRE WATER!
The Chichimeca/Zacateco we're the first steal horses from the Spanish to my understanding. The first to use them against them in war as well. The Chichimeca we're fierce warriors and the Zacatecos made up a large part of the group but the Zacatecos we're not as aggressive as the Chichimeca. Makes me wonder how the two tribes reacted to the Comanche 🧐
This video has a lot of half truths and fiction.
As I've suggested to others in other clips about people of color; don't let this clip be the only source you use as fact and or just ignore it altogether or rebut it in every way possible. All are written, and white actors portraying, from a slanted point of view to make themselves look better no matter what dirt/damage/ethnic cleansing, etc. they've committed on people of color.
Keep telling the truth sir not out of hate but correction.
All that happened then is only documented by the *"white man's"* point of view..
*History shows that America hides it's true history..*
*Most* indigenous people didn't have a *written language* as well..
That's the way it usually is if you don't get to tell your own story.
Sounds like the BLM members--all-BS.
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Correct!!! We have created our own narrative, so, instead of using clips like the above as "gospel" maintain and publish our own. Keep the truth ever forward.. never wavering. Not all hate people of color and is easy to differentiate between those who hate and jealous of us and those who are not. Those who hate us are easily triggered with the truth.
Such a formidable tribe, look at them now.
I love learning about this history!
Native Americans fought well in the civil war too! The last Confederate General was Cherokee Chief Stand Watie
Comanches never fought in the Civil War. In fact, the south did everything it could to keep us out of the civil war.
@@noconaroubideaux9423 Comanche, the tribe signed a treaty with the Confederacy, and when the war ended they were forced to swear loyalty to the United States government at Fort Smith.
@@noconaroubideaux9423 That's not accurate. And do a little research on the Pin Indians, civil war within a civil war.
@@2anthro Comanches ain't got nothing to do with pin indians so thats kind of an irrelevant argument.
I have heard the Comanche described as the finest light calvary that ever existed. From what
I've read and seen I believe it.
Dont forget the buffalo soldiers
Or the ira 😂
I’ll take the Nez Perce. All the skill, none of the brutality.
Mongols were greatest light cavalry!! Not even close!!!
@@markbantz9699 he was talking about natives. And comanches have a common ancestor with mongols
Horsepower corrupts, absolutely.
This was a funny comment. :)
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Depends on how u use them.
We Polish certainly "corrupted" the Turkish with horsepower in 1683.
I’m born in Arizona but I have a big interest in Native American cultures . So cool
God Bless Native North Americans. Thank You Native North Americans for helping me
Im proud to be 3/4 Native American
I'm proud to be 1/16th Sioux. Greetings.
I'm 1.8% Native American. Greetings, brother.
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What is with everyone tossing around their quantums. Just say you're Native or have Native ancestory. lol
Congratulations. I am proud to be 100% Viking.
I met a Comache native a few years ago. He was so handsome. ❤️
@@ronniebishop2496 you are a racist pos
Put it back in your pants jane
You ever meet Dakota-lakota who what i,am also Irish descent but more Native american , crazyhorse
Look-brood nose. I don't drink alcahal.....
I live in minneapolis also work for mystic lake casino, from the crow creek and lower brule sioux
Indian reservations in south dakota.
I'm a Lenape part of the Munsee-Deleware nation and although my tribe were known as the "grandfather's" of all the tribes, as we were extremely peaceful, loving and excellent negotiators some of the other tribes weren't as peaceful which breaks my heart. This isn't what the Chiefs would have wanted the Indian reservations today are so gross and there is lots of crime and drunks everywhere. Tribesmen deviating from their heritage is truly sad.
Were those tribes also among the tribes of the are which today is Washington-area (NoVa,Md,EasternShore)?
Very sad and disheartening
I think my Apache friends would disagree about what you said about them.
As well as the Sioux/Lakota/Dakota and Cheyenne.
It's rather an absurd lie to say the Comanches "ruled the entire plains", especially when you then show a map covering about 25% of the area of them.
Friends, the victors usually write HIS-stories the way they want whether it is right or wrong. Not real history but HIS - stories.
@@Jake-nk4wg The winners always write THE history, The World over.
Comanches defeated Apaches and drove them off the land. Apache ran to Arizona
Yes u tell them the Apache and Navajos and Ute’s and some Pueblo’s spank them and kept in the east side of NM
Native American Indians God bless them.
The irony of that statement,lol.
Geronimo with a motley band of warriors seriously mocked the U S army for years .
Begged the Spanish for protection ?...
I find that hard to believe.
Yeah he hated and Fought them.For what they did to his family.
I agree. Apaches needed protection from nobody. It’s true that the Lipan Apache asked the Spanish to build a mission for them., but as the Lipan knew, the mission was on Comanche land and would start a war between the Spanish and the Comanche. The mission was built. The Comanche burned the mission and war between the two factions ensued.
The only reason Geronimo was captured was because the Army used Apache scouts against him and Geronimo had few warriors.
The way us white skins conquered the native Americans is because of smallpox...
@@paulrizo5469 He surrendered actually
chiricahua apache here, yeah this channel should study the apaches a bit more before making absurd claims, also id like to empathize the fact that the comanches were in fact the people who asked the Spanish for assistance lmao
Im from New Zealand. I have Irish/Scottish/English and Maori Ancestry. Look up the Maori people of Aotearoa. So deadly and powerful and clever at Guerilla tactics during the new zealand land wars they forced the British colonisation to sign a treaty. I have love and appreciation for all Indigenous people though because they take care of the land and lived with it instead of just on it. I just got the book blood meridian so im going to read that over the Christmas break
Hello Pat Good morning
Hello Pat good morning
Pat Sullivan you've spoken very well and brilliant... How are you doing hope you're fine and staying safe?
I love the old photos!
I didn't know they were that handsome...
Same here
Hi Nancy
Nancy McGee it's always good to speak out what you know is right from your own prospective..how are you doing? Hope you're fine and staying safe??
He said 1874 my dad was born in 1929 55 yrs difference I'm fricking older than that right NOW so if I was alive back then holy crap i would of lived through some changes. I didn't realize how in such a short time life is totally different. What my great grandparents accomplished. I'm from Nebraska the plains .
Back in the day to we were restricted from traveling to far away from the reservation we werent allowed to travel freely in the country.
@@ThePhantom712 I’m not sure what time frame your talking about. I grew up in AZ and the Indians were able to go where they wanted. I know and maybe back when my dad was a kid that was still happening so glad that kind of mentality is no longer acceptable..
An excellent book is Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. (The rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history.)
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You've spoken very well Marty Frasca.... hope you're fine and staying safe?
Strong brave heroes who fought for their land against a well advanced US army. Native ❤💪🏾
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Well said Pamela Ban.. how are you doing hope you're fine and staying safe?
Can we please let the native Tell there Own story
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They did the tribes they attacked told the stories
Well considering there are a limited number of Comanche natives left, and that those who do remain have basically been assimilated into Western culture, much of their oral history and untold stories are gone. Meaning there's very little difference between a Native scholar and a White scholar presenting Comanche history.
na, you can stfu tho
No. They're too busy protesting against the Europeans for taking the land that they took from other natives.
Video says: They” had no art.”. Proceeds to show highly decorated teepees, clothing, jewelry, horses and ...art on paper...
Do not believe everything this video says, mmmkay? Narrator cannot even pronounce Kiowa...calls em Keeowah...LOL...Always something wrong when colonizers tell the story. Nice try tho.
That ass got colonized!!
Imagine being colonized and focusing on it for the next 500 years. Your whole existence is being a victim stop living in your own mental prison
I can't comment on anything about comanche tribes but I can tell you that the Sioux Indian Nation was a strong and proud nation. To see the horrific conditions that uncle sam forced them into is truly atrocious.
It took a special kind of person to settle in Texas in the 1800's. It makes it easier to understand the uniqueness of Texas history.
How so? Most went there to get free land because the land in the US was expensive and too political. Almost like today's democrats, want everything for free. Only difference was it was owned by Spain and then Mexico.
And they didn't like living under a monarchy. I mean, how dumb can you be? Your father, grandfather etc... fought two Wars, American Revolution and 1812 yet they wanted free land and went back to a dictatorship.
@@keithwilliams3935 It wasn't free if you had to settle it and work the land and often at the cost of your life. If you watched the above video you can see that the Comanche's were a special and ruthless fighting machine and menace. There were much easier places to settle in and get "free" land than in Texas when the Comanche's ruled the plains. BTW, Spain and Mexico didn't want any part of the Comanche's either.
These are my people! Comanche pride runs deep.
Hello my ppl .
@@Sabrina-u3o8b Hey there, did your family stay in Oklahoma on the Comanche reservation? My family moved back into the southeast part of Comancheria to follow the cattle drives into Ft Worth way back in 1900. We moved out of Ft Worth after that in the 30s but we still live in Comancheria to this day.
@@Bigtmac2200 yes .My ppl made that journey and traveled down all the way the south texas where we all to this day .I have a few elders that live up north of us too
@@Bigtmac2200I ❤ you my PPL
The Comanche were powerful, for a short time. They were the greatest light cavalry in history. I would submit, however, the the Creeks were the most powerful in America, after the fall of the Mississippians. The Creek arose in the late 17th, early 18th centuries and pretty much held their own against Spanish, French, and British colonists and the Americans for over two centuries. While settlers were moving into Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois, the Creeks were holding the Georgia boundary at the Ogeechee River, the boundary established in 1763. When the British demanded a large land cession from the Creek in 1773, they gave Georgia a large parcel of Cherokee land. So feared were the Creek that the Cherokee offered little objection. When most people think of Alabama in1840, a mere 20 years before the Civil War, visions of "Gone With the Wind" fill their minds. In reality, the Creek nation still controlled nearly 60% of the state. Full disclosure, my great-grandmother was full blood Siha Sipa Lakota. I also wrote "The Indians may be led, but will not be drove" The Creek Indians struggle for control of its own destiny, 1783-1794.
'They were the greatest light cavalry in history.' Oh really ? I suspect the Mongols would have given them a good run.
Who were "the greatest light cavalry in history" is disputable - at best. Did you ever see mongols riding (even today!) What Huns and Magyars were able to do during their nomadic age for many centuries - unlike the short time of indian horseriding would surprise you if checked too.
The Sioux were rampant and mighty, but yet beaten by the most formidable Apache!
@@davethorstry6700 when and where did sioux come in contact with apache???
@@jeannerossow5210 I remember reading an articile some years ago about a clash between the two. I cannot remember where and have been trying to find it - unsuccessfully. However I am time restricted but will continue searching. Until then will concede I am wrong and retract the comment. Both are great nations.
My grandfather as an infant was hidden from the Comanche raiding his father's horse ranch. They let them take the horses rather than resist and lived to tell the story.
The Comanche war history is recent in historical terms.
fascinate ! great vidéo thank you !! incredible the conquest of the comanche tribe
"There's nothing sadder than seeing an Indian in a Cowboy hat." - George Carlin
Maybe... "an Indian in a Cowboy hat", in church. Love George Carlin.
@Philjj61 while saying "God bless America"
I wanna be an Indian outlaw.
Navajos wear the cowboy hat
@Smoke "Navajos, wear the Cowboy hat." (FTFY)
The only Native American Nation that was never defeated, however, was the Seminoles.
The Seminoles did run kick the hell out of Mex, Spain and the US for a 100+ years. I mean it took the Tx Rangers like 75 years to get a foothold.
Ah yes, horse and wagon vs canoes in the swamp. Always loved that history; modernity loses to nature. But now I'm just reminiscing...
The only Native America's to never be defeated and still rules their home land are the Tejano.
Seminoles were Creek Natives who did not want to take part (forcibly moved even after winning the French and Indian Wars for Jackson years earlier) in the Trail of Tears as my ancestors were forced. Many fled to the swamps of South Georgia and then into Florida - The US did send in troops a couple of time to round them up and that did not go so well......
That distinction should probably go to the Miccosukee. The Seminoles fought several wars, with major groups of them sent off into exile in Oklahoma each time. The remainder would go deeper into the Florida swamps each time. Most, but not all, of the Florida Seminole accepted a treaty of sorts in the mid-1930s. The Miccosukee held off on that for another 30 years. It is also possible that a few Creek holdouts stayed in what is now Eglin Air Force Base until the First World War.
You missed one big factor in their defeat, the introduction of the Colt revolver, and a change in tactics from single shot rifle fire on the ground, to mounted warfare using the short range revolver.
Looks like someone "consumed" the book "Empire of the Summer Moon". A very nice presentation - thank you.
I find it very difficult to believe that the Comanche, pre-Contact, had no art...
Have you seen the beautiful beadwork and regalia they wore plus their painted ponies? Now that's art!! Pre-contact Comanches broke off from the Shoshoni in Wyoming and the northern areas and became the Comanche of the southern plains. The Shoshoni created elaborate beadwork for their regalia, they were highly trained horse men who painted their groomed horses for show and they would charge at other tribes and stop right in front of them on a dime even to the calvary which was a way of welcome and not to mess with them message. The ancients were brave noble people.
@@breakthroughnow7841 And they were very creative. I have seen several wonderful displays of beadwork, both older and modern.
Hello Ruth, how are you doing today
@@hefruth How are you doing?😊😊😊
Hello Ruth
Proud of my Comanche heritage
Olivia Arteaga Hi there...how are you doing? Hope you're fine and staying safe??
There's old stories orally told of Yup'ik Warriors of Old, I know a few and they were very territorial. I think its awesome to have North American background and heritage 😁
And the code was never broken in windtalkers I love history like this
Now I wish Connor interacted with these people in AC3. Would be so cool.