Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tonto n.

[the character Tonto, the ‘Red Indian’ sidekick, played by Jay Silverheels (1919–80), who rode with TV’s Lone Ranger (1952–6)]

a Native American who is considered insufficiently nationalistic and overly subservient to the white man by other Native Americans; occas. of blacks.

[US]D. Claerbaut Black Jargon in White America 84: Tonto n. a black male who is untrue to his race.
[US]‘Heat Moon’ Blue Highways 293: ‘Who’s the creep in my room?’ ‘The jigaboo?’ ‘No, Tonto.’.