The Comanche of the Great Plains:
a. were egalitarian and organized into composite bands.
b. hunted bison under the leadership of a hereditary chief.
c. were a horticultural tribe that cooperated because of warfare.
d. were chiefdoms with a formalized and centralized political system.
A
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