Quanah Parker, also known as Kwana, was a prominent war leader of the Kwahadi band of the Comanche Nation. Born to Anglo-American Cynthia Ann Parker, who was abducted as a child and assimilated into the Nokoni tribe, and Comanche chief Peta Nocona, Quanah emerged as a dominant figure in the Red River War, clashing with Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie. With the near-extinction of American bison, the Comanches' primary sustenance, he peacefully led the Kwahadi to the reservation at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Although never elected chief by his people, he was appointed principal chief of the entire Comanche Nation by the federal government and became a key emissary of southwest indigenous Americans to the United States legislature. In civilian life, Quanah Parker gained wealth as a rancher, advocating for the syncretic Native American Church and the legal use of peyote in religious practices. He was also elected deputy sheriff of Lawton in 1902. After his death in 1911, the leadership title of Chief was replaced with chairman, and Quanah Parker is remembered as the "Last Chief of the Comanche." He is buried at Chief's Knoll on Fort Sill, and numerous cities and highways in southwest Oklahoma and north Texas bear reference to his name.