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How were the Comanches and Apaches similar?
The comanche are nomadic and live tepes like the apache. The Comanches had good hunting skills to help them get food. One of the main animals they hunted was the buffalo, the apache did the same.
What are the characteristics of the Comanche tribe?
They are often characterized as “Lords of the Plains”, and they presided over a large area called Comancheria by Spanish colonists and later independent Mexico. Comanche power depended on horses, trading, and raiding. They subsisted on the great bison herds of the Plains.
What did the Comanche believe in?
The Comanche believed in a creator spirit and its counterpart, an evil spirit, and accepted the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon as deities. The religion was animistic with natural objects and animal spirits (except for dogs and horses) having various powers.
What was Comanche life like?
Daily Life Historically, the Comanche lived in teepees, a pointed, tent-like structure made from sturdy poles and hides. Teepees could be easily put together and taken apart, which was helpful since the Comanche were nomadic, meaning they were travelers and did not stay in one place for too long.
Where did the Comanches come from before they came to Texas?
Before the Comanches arrived, the Jumano Indians and some Pueblo Indians and some Apache Indians had lived in the Southern Plains. To move into this area the Comanches first had to drive these other tribes out.
What kind of language did the Comanche Indians speak?
The Comanche tribe spoke in the Shoshonean or a Uto-Aztecan language. The Plains tribes spoke in many different languages and used sign language to communicate with each other. The name for the Pawnee consisted of a representation of the crawling motion of the snake.
What was the economy of the Comanche Indians?
Like most other tribes of Plains Indians, the Comanche were organized into autonomous bands, local groups formed on the basis of kinship and other social relationships. Buffalo products formed the core of the Comanche economy and included robes, tepee covers, sinew thread, water carriers made of the animal’s stomach,…
What kind of ceremonies did the Comanche Indians do?
The rituals and ceremonies of the Comanche tribe and many other Great Plains Native Indians, included the Sweat Lodge ceremony, the Vision Quest and the Sun Dance Ceremony. The sacred, ceremonial pipe (called a Calumet), was ritually filled with tobacco was passed among participants at all sacred ceremonies of the Comanche.