The Return

ID: 775 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve
This file appears in: Waco Indian Village
The Return

In 1912, organizers of the Texas Cotton Palace Exposition brought a "village of genuine Waco Indians" to the event. These members of the Wichita Affiliated Tribes were descendants of the Waco Indians who resided in Waco before 1849.

This file appears in: Waco Indian Village

By Amanda Sawyer
The city of Waco derives its name from the agrarian indigenous group that originally resided in the area. The Waco, orWi-iko, Indians were a tribe of the Wichita that arrived in Central Texas in the 1700s. The tribe’s early history is difficult to…