Quanah Parker was never elected chief by his people but was appointed by the federal government as principal chief of the entire Comanche Nation, and became a primary emissary of southwest indigenous Americans to the United States legislature.
Quanah Parker nunca foi elixido como xefe polo seu pobo, pero foi nomeado polo goberno federal como principal xefe de toda a nación comanche, converténdose no principal emisaio dos indíxenas americanos do suroeste.