The Western Comanche Trade Center: Rethinking the Plains Indian Trade System

Hämäläinen, Pekka Kalevi

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“…Il pourrait aussi désigner, mais cela est moins vraisemblable, les Otos de langue sioux (Kavanagh 1996 : 104) qui vivaient à l'est des Comanches de l'Ouest, à proximité du confluent de la rivière Missouri avec son affluent la rivière Platte (Schweitzer 2001 : 448 carte). La plupart des chercheurs acceptent le rapprochement fait entre l'identité des Pananas et celle des Pawnees (Brugge 1965 : 185 ;Parks 2001b : 544 (Hämäläinen 1998(Hämäläinen , 2008 (Barr 2007 : 236-241). …”

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San Carlos de los Jupes

Rivaya-Martínez

2014

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En juillet 1787, Paruanarimuco, principal chef des Comanches jupes, sollicita le soutien de Juan Bautista de Anza, gouverneur espagnol du Nouveau-Mexique, en vue de la construction d’un village pour accueillir les siens. Les autorités du nord de la Nouvelle-Espagne s’empressèrent de donner suite à cette requête pour le moins inhabituelle, envisageant de créer ainsi un précédent chez les nomades païens de la frontière dans la sédentarisation et l’hispanisation des Jupes. C’est ainsi que débuta, en été 1787, la construction du village de San Carlos de los Jupes sur les rives de l’Arkansas, dans l’État actuel du Colorado, mobilisant main-d’oeuvre et fonds espagnols. Or, en janvier 1788, les Jupes quittèrent le village et n’y retournèrent jamais plus. Cet essai explore la fondation et la disparition de San Carlos selon une perspective ethnohistorique. L’auteur affirme que ce village comanche éphémère était voué à l’échec, et ce, pour diverses raisons écologiques, culturelles et géostratégiques.

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“…Over the course of the eighteenth century, the Comanche became regular participants in the established cross-cultural exchange networks previously formed between Pueblo and semi-nomadic Apache groups living on the Plains, eventually displacing the Apache as primary economic intermediaries (Eiselt, 2012;Spielmann, 1991;Leonard, 2006;Habicht-Mauche, 1987;Creel, 1991;Wiseman, 1992). Furthermore, Comanche exchange networks were extensive in scale, stretching from the Arkansas River Valley in the north to Mexico City in the south (Hämäläinen, 1998). Finally, Comanche economic imperialism is demonstrated by their hegemonic control over the movement of particularly valuable commodities, particularly horses, mules, and European weaponry (Hämäläinen, 2010).…”

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Nomadic economics: The logic and logistics of Comanche imperialism in New Mexico

Montgomery

2019

Journal of Social Archaeology

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Over the past 20 years, scholars have expanded upon subsistence-driven models of indigenous labor and exchange by tracing out the dynamic social, economic, and political systems created by Native people. While current research has highlighted indigenous agency, especially in response to Western colonialism, these approaches have largely ignored the cultural and linguistic meanings behind key economic concepts. Through a case study of the Comanche, this article develops a culturally grounded approach to nomadic economics. The Comanche offer a compelling case for indigenous empire building, a case which points to the need to develop a revised understanding of imperialism. Drawing on documentary and archaeological evidence, this article traces the logic and logistics of Comanche imperialism in New Mexico. Specifically, I argue that during the 18th and early 19th centuries, Comanche people created a nomadic empire rooted in decentralized political power, kinship, and inter- and intra-ethnic exchange. This case study provides a glimpse into the priorities and practices of Comanche entrepreneurs and points to the important role of internal social dynamics in structuring indigenous forms of imperialism.

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“…I have already alluded to the differences in the transmission of horses and guns across the frontiers of northern New Spain. These processes offer a great deal in terms of explaining why the people we know as Comanches came to dominate the south plains~see Kavanaugh, 1996;Hämäläinen, 1998!. The explanation is found in the crossing of the horse and gun frontiers~Secoy, 1953!.…”

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“…This enabled them to move onto the Plains, prosper at buffalo hunting, and expand their territorial control toward the Southwest at the expense of Apachean and other groups. Later they were able to take advantage of their location to control extensive trade networks and breed horses for exchangẽ Hämäläinen, 1998!. It is interesting that analogous processes occurred along the southern frontier of the Spanish Empire in the lower La Plata region~Jones, 1993a, 1993bSlatta, 1998!.…”

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Using Comparative Frontiers to Explore World-Systems Analysis in International Relations

Hall

2001

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This article presents one way to approach the case study versus theoretically driven approach to teaching comparative courses. The goal is to actively engage students in doing international studies, not simply reading about the work of others. The method derives a broad set of case studies from some theoretical approach. Students then conduct and present their own case studies. Students then use their own case studies and those examined by the class as a whole as vehicles for interrogating, critiquing, and extending that theoretical approach. These final exercises in theory‐building are a significant part of this approach. The specific example presented here uses world‐systems analysis as the vehicle for organizing comparative study of frontiers. However, this method could readily employ other theoretical models to examine other theoretical and/or empirical puzzles via specific case studies.

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The Western Comanche Trade Center: Rethinking the Plains Indian Trade System

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