COMANCHE COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — While it’s common to see Native Americans portrayed in entertainment and media, they are often depicted without their permission and rooted in inaccurate stereotypes.

Quanah Parker was the last chief of the Comanches — and the son of Cynthia Ann Parker, who was captured as a child by the Comanches. This story was originally broadcast on June 23, 2010. Empire of the ...

FORT SILL, Okla., Nov. 10, 2016 -- History can be ironic. Native American children in the early to mid-20th century were taken from their homes and taught in boarding schools which tried to erase all ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche tribe. Depp is in New Mexico, shooting the film adaptation of "The Lone Ranger." He plays "Ranger" sidekick Tonto ...

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 ...

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