QUANAH PARKER

Bronze · Created May 2023

Quanah Parker was famous as the last Native American to surrender to the US Government and for his leadership as the last chief of the Comanche Nation. He was a skilled warrior who initially resisted reservation life, but later became a prominent advocate for his people's well-being and assimilation into American society. He played a key role in transitioning his tribe from a nomadic lifestyle to reservation life, fostering education, and establishing economic opportunities. Quanah Parkers mother Cynthia Ann Parker was white and his dad was Peta Nocona a Comanche Chief. Quanah had blue eyes and at 6 feet tall towered over his people.