Photo Essay: Portrait of a Comanche dancer

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Jared Wahkinney, a Comanche dancer from Oklahoma, is shown in his dancer regalia during the Fort McCoy observance of National American Indian Month/Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 15, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Dozens of people attended the event. Wahkinney said the garments he was wearing were not a costume because he wasn’t trying to pretend to be someone else. He said the outfit is referred to as regalia because it represents the history of the Comanche people. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

11.21.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Jared Wahkinney, a Comanche dancer from Oklahoma, is shown in his dancer regalia during the Fort McCoy observance of National American Indian Month/Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 15, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Dozens of people attended the event.

Wahkinney said the garments he was wearing were not a costume because he wasn’t trying to pretend to be someone else.

He said the outfit is referred to as regalia because it represents the history of the Comanche people.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.

• Date Taken: 11.21.2018
• Date Posted: 11.21.2018 15:32
• Story ID: 300990
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US