Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē 
1
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people
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Those settlers named their new home White Settlement to differentiate from tribal lands, including Comanche and Cherokee spaces.
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Gregory Castillo, Axios, 17 July 2024
Howard believes the shooting began after drivers started doing donuts in the intersection of Castleman and Comanche streets.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
Artists representing Plains communities such as Apsáalooke, Comanche, Kiowa, Osage and Pikuni were asked to create whatever inspired them, the curator says.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
The advisory is for Montague, Young, Jack, Wise, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Lampasas and Coryell counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2024
This is a riveting account of the almost 50 years of battles between the Comanche Tribe and the United States.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
The Searchers, a film that Scorsese and Schrader cited as an influence on Taxi Driver with its narrative of a white man saving a white woman from the clutches of the Comanche.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Nestled deep within the Picket Wire Canyonlands (part of the Comanche National Grasslands near La Junta and Trinidad), hikers need to trek more than 11 miles round trip on foot to visit Dinosaur Lake in the remote Purgatoire River valley.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 2 June 2024
The watch is for Comanche, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2024
Gregory Castillo, Axios, 17 July 2024
Howard believes the shooting began after drivers started doing donuts in the intersection of Castleman and Comanche streets.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
Artists representing Plains communities such as Apsáalooke, Comanche, Kiowa, Osage and Pikuni were asked to create whatever inspired them, the curator says.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
The advisory is for Montague, Young, Jack, Wise, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Lampasas and Coryell counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2024
This is a riveting account of the almost 50 years of battles between the Comanche Tribe and the United States.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
The Searchers, a film that Scorsese and Schrader cited as an influence on Taxi Driver with its narrative of a white man saving a white woman from the clutches of the Comanche.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Nestled deep within the Picket Wire Canyonlands (part of the Comanche National Grasslands near La Junta and Trinidad), hikers need to trek more than 11 miles round trip on foot to visit Dinosaur Lake in the remote Purgatoire River valley.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 2 June 2024
The watch is for Comanche, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2024
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Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of an Indigenous people of the southern High Plains of the U.S.
also
: their language
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