Towakoni

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"Tawakoni" redirects here—for the Texas communities, see West Tawakoni, Texas and East Tawakoni, Texas

The Towakoni were a Native American ethnic group of the Caddoan linguistic stock, closely related to the Wichita Indians.

When contacted by the French in early 18th century, the Towakoni were inhabiting a region along the Canadian River in what is now Oklahoma. Their history is primarily associated with the area along the Brazos and Trinity rivers in Texas. The Towakoni made treaties with French, Spanish, Republic of Texas, and U.S. officials.

Although the Towakoni were an agricultural people, inhabiting villages of grass-thatched dwellings and maintaining large fields of corn, they were frequently at war with the Osage, Lipan Apache, Comanche, and the Spanish. In the first decades of the 19th century, the Towakoni were allied with the Comanche in hostilities against Texas settlers. By 1859, when they joined the Wichita in Oklahoma, the group was much reduced by warfare and disease. Descendants of the Towakoni may be found among the Wichita.