These Waco Indians were brought back to the city of Waco in 1912 to participate in an exhibition at the Texas Cotton Palace. Like the Waco Indians, the Tonkawa were taken from their native lands in the area and put onto reservations in Oklahoma. The name Tonkawa actually came from the Waco language and means “they all stay together.” The Tonkawa's name for themselves, Tickanwatic, means “real people."