Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911
Name Entries
person
Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911
Parker, Quanah
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Parker, Quanah
Parker, Quanah ca. ca.1845-1911
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Parker, Quanah ca. ca.1845-1911
Parker, Quanah, 1846?-1911
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Parker, Quanah, 1846?-1911
Quanah Parker
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Quanah Parker
パーカー, クアナ
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
パーカー, クアナ
Quanah ca. ca.1845-1911
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Quanah ca. ca.1845-1911
Parker, Quana, 1845?-1911
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Parker, Quana, 1845?-1911
Quanah 1845?-1911
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Quanah 1845?-1911
Parker, Quana ca. ca.1845-1911
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Parker, Quana ca. ca.1845-1911
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Prominant Comanche chief; lived in Fort Sill, Okla., area.
Quanah Parker (ca. 1845-1911), son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and famous Indian captive Cynthia Ann Parker, was the last chief of the Quahada Comanche Indians.
He played a prominent role in the Comanche tribe's resistance to white settlement and ultimately to their adjustment to reservation life. Parker led the Quahada assault on Adobe Walls, 1874, conducting raids into Texas to avenge the murders of Indian relatives. Despite this fact, and that he practiced nomadic hunting, he also became a cattle rancher, supported the construction of schools on reservation lands, and encouraged Indian youths to learn about the white people. Furthermore, Parker developed agreements with white ranchers, leasing out to them grazing lands on the Comanche reservation. He invested wisely, including in the Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, and became quite wealthy. Committed to learning white ways, Parker was friendly with prominent Texas Panhandle ranchers and American Presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt.
Though Parker advocated assimilation into the white way of life, he did not completely renounce his heritage.
He remained faithful to many of his native traditions, including polygamy and the rejection of Christianity. He also kept his long braids. By 1901 the federal government had broken up reservation lands belonging to the Comanches for individual sale. Parker continued to ranch and work with whites. He became deputy sheriff of Lawton, Oklahoma, in 1902. He fell ill and died in 1911.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/69729198
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1343075
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80060348
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n80060348
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Comanche Indians
Comanche Indians
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Oklahoma
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Fort Sill (Okla.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Texas
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Fort Worth (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>