Quanah Parker
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Quanah Parker was a Native American war leader of the Kwahadi band of the Comanche Nation. He was likely born into the Nokoni band of Tabby-nocca and grew up among the Kwahadis, the son of Kwahadi Com
Cynthia Ann Parker and her daughter, Topʉsana (Prairie Flower), in 1861
Quanah Parker on horseback wearing eagle feather headdress and holding a lance bottom-up. Late 1800s
Quanah Parker photograph at Pioneer West Museum in Shamrock, Texas
Quanah Parker gravesite
Native American Church
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The Native American Church, also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a syncretic Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and elements of Christ
Quanah Parker
…gained wealth as a rancher, settling near Cache, Oklahoma. Though he encouraged Christianization of Comanche people, he also advocated the syncretic Native American Church alternative, and fought for the legal use of peyote in the movement's religious practices. He was elected deputy sheriff of Lawton in 1902. After his…
Peyote road
A peyote set such as this is used by the medicine man during the peyote ritual.
Peyote ceremony tipi