Comanche oral history tapes [videorecording] : 1999.

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Comanche oral history tapes [videorecording] : 1999.

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Six (VHS) videotapes relating chiefly to Comanche Indian culture in Oklahoma. Tape 1 (tape 1-4) shows James Cox, former tribal chairman and grandson of Quanah Parker, and his wife Marie Cox, founder of the North American Indian Women's Association; Tape 2 and 3 (tapes 5-8 and 9-12) contains Edgar Monetathchi, tribal elder, singing Comanche songs, and talks about his life; Tape 4 (tapes: 13-16) showcases educator Ron Red Elk, and his leading effort to preserve Comanche language and culture; Tape 5 (Tapes 21-24) documents tribal historian and leader Elton Yellowfish, as he talks about his experiences as a Comanche; and Tape 6 (tapes 29-32) relates to Comanche homecoming pow-wow in Walters, Okla., Thomas Wahnee, senior peyotist, talks about the Native American Church, and Leonard and Eva Riddles talk about their experiences as Comanches.

6 (VHS) videotapes.

Museum of the Great Plains

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SNAC Resource ID: 6956838

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Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911

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Prominant Comanche chief; lived in Fort Sill, Okla., area. From the description of Papers, 1852-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971447 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 ...

Wahnee, Thomas

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Cox, James M., 1914-1996

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Cox, Marie Cerday, 1920-2005

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Yellowfish, Elton

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Riddles, Leonard, 1918-2003

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Elk, Ron Red

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Monetathchi, Edgar, 1918-2002

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Riddles, Eva

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North American Indian Women's Association

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Native American Church of North America

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In the 1890s, James Mooney, an anthropologist from the Smithsonian Institution, researcher of Peyotism among the Kiowa in Oklahoma, advised peyotists of various Oklahoma tribes to obtain a legal charter to protect their religious freedom. The Native American Church was officially incorporated in 1918. From the description of Native American Church certificate of incorporation and letter, 1918-1937. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 65186043 ...