The Comanches: A History, 1706-1875 (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) (2024)

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Main navigation Utility Menu Description About the Author Praise for The Comanches: A History, 1706-1875 (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Other Books in Series A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Great Plains Ethnohistory: New Interdisciplinary Approaches (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Great Plains Ethnohistory: New Interdisciplinary Approaches (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians, Volume 2: Stories of Other Narrators (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians, English Translations, Volume 3: Stories of Alfred Morsette (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians (Interlinear translations) Volume 1: Stories of Alfred Morsette (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) "They Treated Us Just Like Indians": The Worlds of Bennett County, South Dakota (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians, English Translations, Volume 4: Stories of Other Narrators (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Lushootseed Texts: An Introduction to Puget Salish Narrative Aesthetics (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Households and Families of the Longhouse Iroquois at Six Nations Reserve (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) One Hundred Years of Old Man Sage: An Arapaho Life (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia: A Conflict of Cultures (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Yuchi Ceremonial Life: Performance, Meaning, and Tradition in a Contemporary American Indian Community (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) The Canadian Sioux (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) Reserve Memories: The Power of the Past in a Chilcotin Community (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) People of The Dalles: The Indians of Wascopam Mission (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) The Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony and Healing (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) You May Also Like References
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This is the first in-depth historical study of Comanche social and political groups. Using the ethnohistorical method, Thomas W. Kavanagh traces the changes and continuities in Comanche politics from their earliest interactions with Europeans to their settlement on a reservation in present-day Oklahoma.

About the Author

Thomas W. Kavanagh is curator of collections at the William Hammond Mathers Museum at Indiana University.

Praise for The Comanches: A History, 1706-1875 (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)

“A historical encyclopedia of Comanche diplomacy. . . . No student of Southwest Native American history should overlook this book.”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly

“Soundly researched and solidly documented, this book includes painstaking analysis and comparisons of the sources. . . . Of interest to students of southwestern as well as Comanche history.”—Choice

“A stunning scholarly achievement. . . . This is a book that belongs on any Western historian’s or writer’s shelf.”—Southwestern American Literature

“This is a persuasive and comprehensive work, impressive in its detail and scope. . . . [It is] not likely to be superseded any time soon.”—Journal of the West

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