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COMANCHE
COMANCHE
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a tribe of
North
American
Indians
, formerly ranging over the western plains from Wyoming to
Texas
, now
living
in
Oklahoma
. The Comanches and other Plains
Indians
used sign
language
to overcome
language
barriers
. Each tribe had a sign that identified a
member
of that tribe. For
example
, to show that an
Indian
was a Comanche, one would imitate the motions of a
snake
.
—Games
Congress
Gls (Approved 13.8.92)