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"What did Chiefs like John Ross, Osceola, Joseph, and Quanah Parker have in common? They were all children of parents both white and Indian. John Ross was only one-sixteenth Cherokee, Osceola, whose English name was Billy Powell was part Seminole because of his father, and Chief Joseph, who fought off four divisions of United States Army with a handful of warriors, women and children. Quanah Parker, the great Comanche leader had a white woman for his mother.What does your blood say you are?

Dawn Wolf, Keeper of the Drum at Frog Pond Oct. 20, 2012 by Gail Dickert

I am an African/Absaroka & Muskogee man. The first born of Herbert and Constance Woods, and the second grandchild of my maternal grandparents. I am a Keeper of Stories and of the clan of the Lion by way of the African, and the adopted grandson of an Ethiopian Rabbi, Ojuku. My gifts to the world are... 

This is the old way I was taught to meet and greet a stranger on the road.

a Comanche family

Comanche family
1900

Comanche family, early 1900's

Here is a family from the Comanche Nation located in southwestern Oklahoma. 

The elder man in Comanche traditional clothing is Ta-Ten-e-quer. His wife, Ta-Tat-ty, also wears Comanche clothing. Their niece (center) is Wife-per, also known as Frances E. Wright.

Her father was a Buffalo Soldier (an African American cavalryman) who deserted and married into the Comanches. Henry (center left) and Lorenzano (center right) are the sons of Frances, who married an African American man.


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African-Native American Comanche family, early 1900's ♥

 The elder man in Comanche traditional clothing is Ta-Ten-e-quer. His wife, Ta-Tat-ty, also wears Comanche clothing. Their niece (center) is Wife-per, also known as Frances E. Wright. Her father was a Buffalo Soldier (an African American cavalryman) who deserted and married into the Comanches. Henry (center left) and Lorenzano (center right) are the sons of Frances, who married an African American man.