People maintained cultural practices in defiance of official policy.

The Comanche continued to practice the Ghost Dance.

The Kiowa maintained the Sun Dance until government officials forcibly suppressed it in 1890.

Languages were preserved, often in secret, in the face of boarding school policies that punished children for speaking their native languages.

The material destruction at Palo Duro Canyon ended off-reservation resistance.

It did not end the people.

The Nations Today

The Comanche Nation is headquartered at Lawton, Oklahoma, and maintains governmental services, cultural programs, and tribal enrollment for the descendants of the Southern Plains Comanche.