Tonkawa Tribe

Ancestral homeland: central Texas

Brief Timeline
1530's: contact with Spanish explorers: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

1540's: FranciscoVasquez de Coronado

1682: Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle's Expedition

1855: assigned to a reservations-

Tonkawa served as scouts with the Texas Rangers against the Comanche.

1861-65: served as scouts for the Confederate Army

1859: relocated to Washita River in Indian Territory

1865: some fled to Texas until 1884

1884: Those who had fled to Texas removed to Indian Territory.

Tribal Headquarters
Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma 1 Rush Buffalo Road Tonkawa, OK 74653-4449 Phone: 580.628.2561 Fax: 580.628.3375

Records
Agency Records

Corrrespondence and Census

Vital Records


 * Pawnee Agency, (M595) births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 579750

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
 * The Tonkawa Indian Tribe Official Website
 * Tonkawa Tribe Wikipedia