WEBVTT 00:07.733 --> 00:11.300 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 00:18.533 --> 00:20.766 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% (horse whinnying) 00:20.800 --> 00:22.466 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% (man singing) 00:22.500 --> 00:27.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% NARRATOR: Today, the image of Indians on horseback is iconic. 00:27.366 --> 00:30.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% But Native Americans never set eyes on a horse 00:30.300 --> 00:32.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% before the 15th century, 00:32.266 --> 00:34.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% when Europeans bring them to America 00:34.700 --> 00:38.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% as a weapon of conquest. 00:38.200 --> 00:41.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% The Comanche and other native peoples adapt the horse 00:41.366 --> 00:44.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as a powerful ally in the fight to protect their land 00:44.933 --> 00:47.266 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% and way of life. 00:47.300 --> 00:51.200 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% WOMAN (speaking native language): 01:02.700 --> 01:06.533 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% (horse whinnying) 01:06.566 --> 01:08.433 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% FOWLES: This rock art tells a story. 01:08.466 --> 01:11.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% This is commemorating an event, a very successful horse raid. 01:11.733 --> 01:14.266 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 01:14.300 --> 01:16.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% MYERS: We're looking at possibly the beginning of our empire 01:16.966 --> 01:20.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% as Comanche people on horseback. 01:20.033 --> 01:22.600 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% It's just amazing. 01:24.600 --> 01:28.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% NARRATOR: The panel is just one of hundreds found in this gorge 01:28.800 --> 01:33.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% created by Jhane's ancestors. 01:33.500 --> 01:36.333 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% These images in Comanche oral history 01:36.366 --> 01:38.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are rewriting the story of Native America 01:38.933 --> 01:43.200 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% in the wake of European colonialism. 01:54.700 --> 01:57.100 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 01:57.133 --> 01:58.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% LINDSAY MONTGOMERY: We're seeing the first encounter 01:58.800 --> 02:03.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% between the Spanish here, the Comanche, and the horse. 02:03.900 --> 02:06.300 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% NARRATOR: The rock art may memorialize 02:06.333 --> 02:08.300 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% a pivotal moment in history, 02:08.333 --> 02:14.200 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% a battle in which the Comanches seize the horse. 02:14.233 --> 02:17.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (men singing in native language) 02:25.833 --> 02:29.466 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% WOMAN (speaking native language): 03:01.766 --> 03:03.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% NARRATOR: To the Comanche, 03:03.033 --> 03:06.400 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% the horse is a gift from the creator. 03:20.433 --> 03:26.000 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 03:26.033 --> 03:31.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (woman speaking native language) 03:37.966 --> 03:40.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% (guns firing, horses neighing) 03:50.000 --> 03:52.666 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% (gun fires, horse whinnies) 03:59.766 --> 04:03.733 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 04:07.200 --> 04:10.666 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% NARRATOR: After U.S. troops slaughter the Comanche herd, 04:10.700 --> 04:15.666 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% Quanah Parker, the last free Comanche chief, surrenders. 04:24.600 --> 04:29.433 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 04:29.466 --> 04:31.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% WOMAN: I want people to see us and just think, 04:31.833 --> 04:33.166 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% "Oh, my gosh, that person is Comanche. 04:33.200 --> 04:35.366 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% "Those people-- they're not historical, 04:35.400 --> 04:36.966 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% "they're still alive today. 04:37.000 --> 04:38.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Look, they're thriving." 04:39.866 --> 04:41.600 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% NARRATOR: And the spirit of the horse 04:41.633 --> 04:46.233 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% remains at the heart of the Comanche nation. 04:46.266 --> 04:48.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% When the moon is full, the Comanche believe 04:48.700 --> 04:53.366 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% those mustangs massacred in the Texas panhandle 04:53.400 --> 04:55.866 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% still run free. 04:55.900 --> 04:59.133 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% WOMAN (speaking native language):