Tenawa

The Tenawa were a Comanche band whose name means “downstream.” They ranged across northern Texas, particularly between the upper Brazos and Red rivers, sharing this country with the Nokoni and Tanima. At times they camped with the Penateka farther south, between the Brazos and Colorado rivers. The Tenawa are recorded under this name in the first half of the nineteenth century, when Comanche bands moved across the southern Plains in search of bison and other resources.