In 1836, a 9-year-old pioneer girl named Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped during a Comanche raid in North Texas. She was strapped onto the back of a horse and taken north, back into the Plains where ...

Fort Huachuca, AZ. - In June 1944, when Comanche Indian Cpl. Charles Chibitty landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, his first radio message was to another Comanche on an incoming boat. He transmitted it ...

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan has optioned the book Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Power Indian Tribe in American History, by S.C.

The image of the Comanche as a fierce and warlike people has long been dominated by stories of their warriors – relentless raiders on horseback who struck fear into settlers and rival tribes alike.

This story was originally broadcast on June 23, 2010. Empire of the Summer Moon is now available in paperback. In 1836, a 9-year-old pioneer girl named Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped during a ...