The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the Comanche Nation presents “Numunu Voices in the Wind,” a four-day festival featuring the culture and heritage of this Plains tribe. The ...

In 1836, a 9-year-old pioneer girl named Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped during a Comanche raid in North Texas. She was strapped onto the back of a horse and taken north, back into the Plains where ...

Descendants of Comanche Indian soldiers gathered to pray on Utah Beach on Monday in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France. Fourteen Comanche code talkers landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944 with the 4th US ...

Fort Huachuca, AZ. - In June 1944, when Comanche Indian Cpl. Charles Chibitty landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, his first radio message was to another Comanche on an incoming boat. He transmitted it ...

Johnny Depp isn't just playing a Comanche in his update of "The Lone Ranger." He's now one in real life, too. The New Mexico-based tribe formally adopted the actor after learning that he would be ...

The common perception of Comanche Indians was shaped by Hollywood films such as “The Searchers” or by books like “Empire of the Summer Moon.” In these stories, the Comanches are portrayed as ...

“I don’t know who I am,” says Gene Miller. “I feel like that saying: red on the outside, white on the inside.” Right now, it’s 100 degrees on the outside. We have just come from visiting the Sherman ...

A Native American activist who lives in Albuquerque has a new son, who just happens to be one of the biggest superstars on the planet.LaDonna Harris, a well-known native activist, learned Johnny Depp ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This drawing of a Comanche warrior ...

Quanah Parker, considered the greatest Comanche chief, was the son of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white pioneer woman kidnapped by a raiding party when... Comanche Nation: The Rise And Fall Of An 'Empire' ...