Quanah

Quanah, or Quanah Parker (1845–1911), North American Comanche chief and leader of a brief uprising against settlers in an effort to end their slaughter of the buffalo in Texas. Quanah was the son of Chief Peta Nokoni and Cynthia Ann Parker, who was captured as a child by the Comanches. Quanah became an advocate of education and agricultural training for members of his tribe, who moved to a reservation (1875) near Fort Sill, Oklahoma.