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Juliette
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Juliette asked in Education & ReferenceTrivia · 1 decade ago

Tonto and the Lone Ranger.?

What Indian Tribe was Tonto from?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Tonto was a member of the Potawatomi tribe, as stated in a number of radio shows and comic books.

    http://www.b-westerns.com/chief3.htm

    According to the Writer’s guide to the Lone Ranger series, Tonto is the son of a chieftain of the Potawatomi tribe of Indians.

    http://www.pjfarmer.com/secret/woldwest/Tonto.htm

    Here is the Official website of the Potawatomi Nation.

    http://www.potawatomi.org/

  • Shortstuff13
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Tonto was from the Potowatomie tribe. The Potowatomie Indians were a real tribe & at one time, they originally lived in & around the state of Michigan.

    Source(s): Google
  • Gail
    1 decade ago

    It was never specified, but many think Tonto was an Apache Indian.

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