Quanah Parker: A Great Indian Spokesman

Abstract

Quanah Parker, son of a Comanche chief and a white mother, was an eloquent and persuasive Indian spokesman. For more than thirty-five years, from 1875 until his death in 1911 , he served as advocate and representative for the Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa peoples of Oklahoma. This brief essay chronicles some of the high points of Chief Quanah's speaking career.