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Wanada Parker Page (1882-1970) She was born in 1882 in Indian Territory. Her Indian name was Woon-ardy Parker–History

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Wanada Parker Page (1882-1970) She was born in 1882 in Indian Territory. Her Indian name was Woon-ardy Parker.  "Woon-ardy" in Comanche means "Stand Up and Be Strong," because she was weak in the limbs and had to walk on crutches for a long time. Mrs. Page had also been given her mother's name, Weckeah. She attended Chilocco Indian School, then in 1894 was sent to Carlisle Indian School, Pa. where she remained several years with her half-brother Harold (oldest of Quanah's sons) and her half-sister Neda. At Carlisle, her name was spelled at first "Juanada" until it was objected that she was not Mexican or Spanish. She was baptized under the name of "Annie" in 1895 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Carlisle, but nobody called her that. Wanada attended the Fort Sill Indian School for about a year, about 1903, living in a girl's frame dormitory. In 1908 she married Walter Komah, a Comanche.  They went to Mescalero, N.M., where he...