Comanche

The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Reflecting a reembracing of spirituality, perhaps in reaction to the rationalism of Enlightenment thought, the Second Great Awakening describes a period in American history from the late 1700s to just before the Civil War when zeal for Protestant religious participation, church membership, and Bible study increased rapidly (Schwarz, 2005, p. 91). Along with this revival of personal piety grew a strong “evangelistic” desire to go…

the Chief Justice at the time. He saw the rangers as the perfect tool for the issue. He got permission from the Legislature of Texas to get an “army” of 56 rangers, not including volunteers. After this, he weakened the control that the Cherokee and Comanche had over the region, and set the Rangers into their new path. Houston saw the Rangers as the “Cost-effective” version of the police and army. He had several more members join, and made more companies to assist with the upcoming Mexican…

participation in talks, research, and offering advice to the museum community from an advisory board position. In addition, people and tribes in the Indian community are offered guest curatorial positions for special exhibits. Paul Chaat Smith, a noted Comanche author and an associate curator at the NMAI, believes that the mission of the museums and its exhibits is to “generate, questions, discussion, and yes, argument. There is no safe space inside the museum: the museum is always part of the…

Women Indian captivity narratives and films enlightens their audience about the tribulations and horrors women experienced when being held captive. One commonly read Indian captivity narrative was written by Mary Jemison and one commonly watched Indian captivity film named The Searchers was produced by John Ford. In the film The Searchers, little Debbie was taken captive by Indians. Ironically in Mary Jemison’s narrative she is also taken. Two women taken captive by Indians at such an early age…

economic gain. While the British were trying to get a part of American land, the Indians were struggling to keep what was left of their land before the Americans began moving west. "When I was at Washington the Great White Father told me that all the Comanche land was ours... So, why do you ask us to leave..." (Doc. H) The Indians were constantly being pushed back into smaller reserves so that Americans could settle in the west, and document H recounts an Indians reaction to this change. The…

In 1865, there were nearly quarter of a million Indians living in the western half of the country. Cherokee were forced out, and by 1870s other tribes ended up destroyed or beaten into submission: Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Apache, Chinook, and Shasta to name a few. California Indians fell to disease whites brought in during gold rush era 1849. Majority of Indians, including Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow, Arapaho, Pawnee etc. lived in small groups 3-5 hundred on the Great Plains, depended on…

Originally the Texas lands were populated by the Caddo and Comanche tribes who inhabited the region that would eventually become Allen Texas. As early pioneers ventured into the area, the native tribes migrated westward, until finally they were driven into the territory located north of the Red River. In the mid-19th…

Some of the city’s best highlights, like the Riverwalk, Comanche Lookout Park, Market Square, and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, are free to visitors. You can enjoy a comfortable hotel on a small budget in San Antonio as well. The Knights Inn and Suites San Antonio Downtown/Market Square offers…

You are very welcome and while I do enjoy the name of Wally. Your full name of Wahleah is very impressive sounding, what culture is the name derived from it is very familiar sounding? Also, it is very nice to meet you Wahleah (a.k.a Wally) I guess I should say haha. I believe I have a general idea of what you mean by conversations being a "waste of time" allow me to try and clear things up a little more if that 's okay. What would you consider to be an example of an irrelevant/insignificant…

History and Memory, Act of Killing and The Searchers use reflexivity to give voice to groups who have been silenced throughout history. In History and Memory, Rea Tajiri uses popular media clips, along with primary footage, to give voice to the Japanese prisoners. In the Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer uses the death squads as the stars of his documentary to portray the violence perpetrated against the innocent Indonesians. In The Searchers, John Ford demonstrates a haunting reflection of an…