A railroad official chose the name Tokio, based on the local Dakota Indian word to-ki, or "gracious gift."
After some modifications to the design by Alvin Tesch and the addition of a new logo created by Erling Eklof with the Dakota Sioux word "Tanka" or Tonka, which means "Great" or "Big", the company began selling metal toys.
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The Dakota language Bible translation was started with Thomas Williamson and Joseph Renville, a fur trader of French and Dakotan descent.
During his life on the frontier he served as a government interpreter of the Dakota language (including for the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux).