Tonkawa - Wikipedia
WEBThe Tonkawa are a Native American tribe who now live in Oklahoma. Their Tonkawa language, now extinct, is a linguistic isolate. Tonkawa people are enrolled in the federally recognized Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
Tonkawa, Oklahoma - Wikipedia
WEBTonkawa is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 3,015 as of the 2020 United States census. [4] History. Named after the Tonkawa tribe, the city of Tonkawa was founded in March 1894 by Eli V. Blake and Wiley William Gregory.
Recognizing the History of the Tonkawa Tribe, the Original Texans
WEBNov 21, 2023 · Texana. | December 2023. The Original Texans. Advocates push for recognition of the Tonkawa tribe’s rich local history. By Kathryn Jones. November 21, 2023. Tonkawa Tribe members photographed in 1898. Photo courtesy Tonkawa Tribe of …
History | Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
WEBThe Tonkawa belong to the Tonkawan linguistic family, that was once composed of a number of small sub-tribes that lived in a region that extended west from south central Texas and western Oklahoma to eastern New Mexico. The Tonkawa had a distinct language, and their name, as that of the leading tribe, was applied to their linguistic family.
Tonkawa (tribe) | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
WEBJan 15, 2010 · The Tonkawa are an American Indian tribe of the southern Great Plains. Once believed to be indigenous to Texas, recent scholarship places the Tonkawa in present northwestern Oklahoma in 1601. The Tonkawa were on the Red River by 1700, having been pushed south by the Apache.
Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma | Official Website
WEB49th Annual Tonkawa Tribal PowWow. See Events Calendar.
Tonkawa | Native Americans, Indigenous, Texas | Britannica
WEBTonkawa, North American Indian tribe of what is now south-central Texas. Their language is considered by some to belong to the Coahuiltecan family and by others to be a distinct linguistic stock in the Macro-Algonquian phylum. Satellite groups of the Tonkawa included the Ervipiame, Mayeye, and Yojuane.
About | Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
WEBThe Tonkawa Tribal Reserve is located in Kay County, in Northern Oklahoma. Tribal headquarters are situated on the west bank of the Chikaskia River, about 2.5 miles southeast of the town of Tonkawa. Ponca City lies just 12 miles east via U.S. 60. Oklahoma City is approximately 100 miles due south.
How one Oklahoma tribe reclaimed a sacred mountain in Texas
WEBJan 29, 2024 · The Tonkawa Tribe is the latest tribal nation to reclaim lands they were forced to leave behind as the United States expanded. Now two centuries later, momentum is building to return tribal lands to the ownership and stewardship of the tribal nations that cared for them for centuries.
Tonkawa Indians - TSHA
WEBMar 12, 2021 · Published: 1952. Updated: March 12, 2021. Tonkawa Indians. The Tonkawa Indians were actually a group of independent bands, the Tonkawas proper, the Mayeyes, and a number of smaller groups that may have included the Cava, Cantona, Emet, Sana, Toho, and Tohaha Indians.
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