About the Comanche Nation Tʉitua Foundation

Accountable to the Nation We Serve

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In 2025, the Comanche Nation established the Tʉitua Foundation as the Nation’s official 501(c)(3) public charity, creating an organization that will become a source of steady, accountable support for the people and programs serving the Comanche community.

Tʉitua will provide funding for education, youth, veterans, elders, and the keepers of Comanche language, culture, and tradition. Every gift will be documented and directed to support the organizations outlined in its Articles of Incorporation. The Foundation is guided by the same standards of transparency, stewardship, and responsibility upheld by the Comanche Nation.

When you give to Tʉitua, you become part of that work—helping strengthen the people, programs, and traditions that carry Comanche culture forward.

Learn About the Foundation
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Comanche Nation Tʉitua Foundation
584 NW Bingo Rd.
Lawton, OK 73507

admin@tuitua.org
(580) 678-0506

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Foundation Core Values

What Guides Every Gift

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Giving is never transactional at the Foundation. It’s a relationship between the Nation and the people who choose to stand with it.

The Comanche Nation has carried the responsibility of preserving its culture for generations. Tʉitua exists to help carry that weight forward, together.

A gift given is a gift returned. Donors don’t just support the Comanche Nation. They become part of its story.

Every gift matters, regardless of size. What matters is the willingness to carry the fire forward.

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Our Board Members

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Laura Harris
President
(Comanche)

Baliente Herrera
Vice President
(Comanche)

Asa Attocknie
Secretary
(Comanche)

Brian Henry
Treasurer

Joe Dorman

Gary Harrington
(Comanche)

Albert Johnson Jr.

Jennifer Meason

Jhane Myers
(Comanche)

Ryland Rivas
(Comanche)

Forrest Tahdooahnippah
Chairman of the Comanche Nation
(Comanche)

Executive Director

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Adam Calaway, Executive Director

(580) 678-0506

Programs That Carry Our Culture Forward

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Education

Opening doors for Comanche students through scholarships and learning opportunities.

Youth

Preparing the next generation to lead through sports, activities, and cultural programs.

Veterans

Honoring a warrior tradition that runs from the Code Talkers to today.

Elders

Supporting the knowledge keepers who connect the Nation to its roots.

Cultural Preservation & Advancement

Funding the language, dances, and gatherings at the heart of Comanche life.

The Comanche Nation

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The Comanche Nation is a federally recognized sovereign tribal nation of 18,000 citizens headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. Comanche history stretches across the Great Plains of the United States and into Mexico, a homeland shaped by generations of resilience and adaptation. The Comanche were renowned horsemen and warriors, and the Nation became known as the Lords of the Plains. Today, that same spirit lives on through powwows, language revitalization, and the ceremonies and gatherings that carry Comanche identity into the future.

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Tʉitua Means Help. Your Help Matters.

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Your gift funds scholarships, honors veterans and elders, and keeps the Comanche culture alive for the next generation. Give today.

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