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Being Comanche: The Social History of an American Indian Community

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I would recommend this book for those who are interested and would like know more about Indian tribes - especially Comanche. This book is divided into different time periods, for instance in 18th Century, the Comanches were nomadic people and after that, they stayed in reservations, etc. The author also explained the relationship between Comanches and the Euro-Americans and how the federal government implement various policies.

It's also interesting to see over time, what Comanches cultures persisted and what changes they are. One notable change was their economic activity which changed due to the economic and political situations. But one element that persisted over time was their kinship and friendship among themselves and how they can always rely on that even though everything else change.

This book explained the stereotypes that Euro-Americans have over the Native Americans and also what the Comanches thought of the Anglos (Euro-Americans)

I have just begun reading this book, I ordered 5 various books on Comanches.
So far it has a lot of documented information, which is good.
My Great Grandmother was full blooded Comanche and I was very happy to have found these books on Comanches. Interesting reading and history... True history as I mentioned this book has documented information.....