Archival Captivity Narratives: Who's Capturing Whom in Comanche Archives?
Event
Join Dustin Tahmahkera, professor of Native American studies at the University of Oklahoma, for a lecture on stories of Comanches in film and media.
Lectures
Through the Comanche aesthetics and method of marʉawe, or reporting back to the people, this presentation engages audiences with a colorful history of the production, performance, and perception of real and reel Comanches in media archives.
This is the Billington Lecture of the American West, and is part of The Huntington Research 2025-2026 "Active in the Archive" lecture series.
Know before you go
- A post-lecture reception will take place in front of the lecture hall at the Rose Hills Foundation Garden Court at 7 p.m.
- Doors to the lecture hall will open at 5:30 p.m.
- If you are visiting the gardens during the day and plan to stay for the lecture, please note that all guests must clear the grounds when The Huntington closes at 5 p.m.
Image credit: Comanche Indian group at temporary camp. At left, Cheevers and his two wives, Tabenanaka (seated, far right) and his wife, and unidentified men standing behind. Hillers, John K., 1843-1925. George W. Ingalls Photograph Collection, approximately 1869-approximately 1915. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens