{{Infobox ethnic group The Comanche {{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|m|æ|n|tʃ|iː}} ({{lang-com|Nʉmʉnʉʉ}}) are a Native American nation from the Great Plains whose historic territory, known as Comancheria, consisted of present-day eastern نیومکزیکو ایالتی, southeastern کولورادو ایالتی, southwestern کانزاس ایالتی, western اوکلاهوما ایالتی, and most of northwest تکزاس ایالتی and northern Chihuahua. The Comanche people are federally recognized as the Comanche Nation, headquartered in لتن، اوکلاهوما. After European contact, the Comanches were hunter-gatherers with a horse culture. As many as 45,000 Comanches may have been alive in the late 18th century. They were the dominant tribe on the Southern Plains and often took captives from weaker tribes during warfare, selling them as slaves to the Spanish and later Mexican settlers. They also took thousands of captives from the Spanish, Mexican, and American settlers. Today, the Comanche Nation has 15,191 members, around 7,763 of whom reside in tribal jurisdictional area around the Lawton, Fort Sill, and surrounding areas of southwest Oklahoma. The Comanche Homecoming Annual Dance is held annually in والترز، اوکلاهوما, in mid-July. The Comanche language is a نومی دیللری language of the یوتو آزتک دیللری family, sometimes classified as a Shoshoni dialect. Only about 1% of Comanches speak their language today. The name "Comanche" is from the Ute name for them, kɨmantsi (enemy).