Comanches singing at Parker Monument, at the unveiling
Date
[1926?]
Summary
Native American Comanche men, women and children sing at the unveiling of the Parker monument, Post Oak Mission Cemetery, near Cache, Oklahoma. The woman on the left is Nemaruihitsi and the man in braids is Nahwooksy. Men in uniforms sit in the foreground. Quanah Parker, a Comanche Chief, led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system.
Description
1 photoprint (postcard) ; 9 x 14 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Subject
Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930; Cache (Okla.)--1920-1930; Post Oak Mission Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)--1920-1930; Dedications--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930; Singing--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930; Nahwooksy; Nemaruihitsi; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--Commemoration.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710032214
Notes
Condition: Image has red ink staining.; Postcard stamp printed on back: "AZO"; Title hand-lettered on original and penciled on border of this copy; penciled on back: "woman on left: Nemaruihitsi, man in braids: Nahwooksy, T Kavaugh 3/91"; R7100322144
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