Comanche
Southern Plains tribe
Comanche refers to a Native American people of the southern Great Plains, historically renowned as skilled horsemen and warriors who dominated a vast territory from Kansas to Texas.
The term also denotes their Uto-Aztecan language.
As a common noun, comanche sometimes appears in Spanish-influenced contexts meaning raider or marauder, reflecting the group's fearsome reputation among neighboring peoples: comanche raids terrorized the frontier.
Social group sharing ancestry
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- eldersSenior community members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
customs · heritage · oral history · kinship · band · spirituality · regalia · dance
Sudden attack for plunder
- warriorOne skilled in combat
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- bowRespectful forward inclination
arrow · shield · warpath · battle · chieftain · bravery · ambush · scout
Open grassy flatland
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
reservation · territory · steppe · plateau · rangeland · flatlands · open country · badlands
Original inhabitants of America
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
Free-roaming feral horse
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- equestrianRelating to horsemanship
- herdGrazing animals together
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
mare · mounted · gallop · breeding · saddle · bridle · pinto · horsemanship
Great Basin indigenous people
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- dialectsRegional language variations
- linguisticConcerning language study
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- eldersSenior community members
ancestors · customs · heritage · oral history · kinship · band · spirituality · regalia · dance · peyote
raiding
Sudden attack for plunder
bow · arrow · shield · warpath · battle · chieftain · bravery · ambush · scout · raid
prairie
Open grassy flatland
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- TexasSecond-largest American state
Oklahoma · reservation · territory · steppe · plateau · rangeland · flatlands · open country · badlands · Red River
Native American
Original inhabitants of America
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
sovereignty · Indian Wars · forced relocation · assimilation · resistance
mustang
Free-roaming feral horse
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- equestrianRelating to horsemanship
- herdGrazing animals together
stallion · mare · mounted · gallop · breeding · saddle · bridle · pinto · horsemanship · cavalry
Shoshone
Great Basin indigenous people
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- dialectsRegional language variations
linguistic · native speakers · revitalization · language preservation
- Native TribesApache, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Navajo, Sioux
- Texas TribesCaddo, Wichita, Kiowa, Kickapoo
- Uto-Aztecan PeoplesAztec, Hopi, Shoshone, Paiute, Ute
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- Famous HorsesSecretariat, Seattle Slew, Seabiscuit, Affirmed, Bucephalus
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- Comanche NationIndigenous nation of Southern Plains