QUANAH PARKER

Quanah Parker was the son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and Anglo-American, Cynthia Ann Parker. He was abducted and assimilated into the Nokoni tribe. In 1871, he became a war leader in the Red River War, a military campaign launched by the US Army to displace Native American tribes from the Southern Plains to the Indian Territory.

He was appointed the chief of the entire Comanche Nation by the federal government. Aside from being the chief, he was also a rancher. In 1911, Parker died and was buried at Fort Sill. He was credited with the “Last Chief of the Comanche.”