Description: This is the first in-depth historical study of Comanche social and political groups. Using the ethnohistorical method, Thomas W. Kavanagh traces the changes and continuities in Comanche politics from their earliest interactions with Europeans to their settlement on a reservation in present-day Oklahoma.
Review Quotes: "A historical encyclopedia of Comanche diplomacy. . . . No student of Southwest Native American history should overlook this book."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly