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	The 'Shawnee' entry from Hodge's Handbook of Indians
		The Shawnee of South Carolina, who included the Piqua and Hathawekela divisions of the tribe, were known to the early settlers of that state as Savannahs, that being nearly the form of the name in use among the neighboring Muskhogean tribes.
		As a result of this missionary labor the Shawnee on the Susquehanna remained neutral for some time during the French and Indian war, which began in 1754, while their brethren on the Ohio were active allies of the French.
		The history of the Shawnee after their reunion on the Ohio is well known as a part of the history of the Northwest territory, and may be dismissed with brief notice.
	www.prairienet.org /prairienations/shawnee.htm (4609 words)

	City of Shawnee - History
		Shawnee is named for the Shawnee Indians that were relocated here in the late 1820s.
		In an 1825 treaty with the Indians, the U.S. government gave the Shawnee Indians 1,600,000 acres of land in eastern Kansas, including all of Johnson County, in exchange for their lands in Missouri.
		By 1854, a new treaty was negotiated, with the Indians selling back to the United States all of the land with the exception of 200,000 acres reserved for their homes, amounting to 200 acres for each member of the tribe.
	www.cityofshawnee.org /ShawneeTown/history.htm (2027 words)

	Facts for Kids: Shawnee Indians (Shawnees) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Shawnee men and women both wore their hair long most of the time, though Shawnee warriors sometimes shaved their heads in the Mohawk style.
		Shawnee hunters and warriors used bows and arrows, tomahawks, and spears.
		Further to the north, the Shawnees were allies of the Delaware Indians and enemies of the Iroquois tribes.
	www.geocities.com.cob-web.org:8888 /bigorrin/shawnee_kids.htm (1270 words)

	Shawnee; shelby county ohio historical society
		Shawnee comes from the Algonquian word ‘Shawun’ (shawunogi) meaning ‘southerner.’ The application of southerner is indicative of their location vis-a-vis the other Algonquian tribes who lived to the Shawnee’s north, around the Great Lakes.
		A symbol of the Shawnee authority is the eagle feather headdress.
		The Shawnee village of Piqua (Piquea), located four miles southwest of Springfield, Ohio, was attacked by American soldiers under the command of General George Rogers Clark on August 8, 1780.
	www.shelbycountyhistory.org /schs/indians/shawnee.htm (595 words)

	Shawnee (people)
		The Shawnee Indians were living in the Ohio Valley as early as A.D. But the Iroquois were not willing to share these rich hunting grounds and drove the Shawnees away.
		The Shawnees speak a form of the Algonquian Indian language and so are related to the Delaware, Miami, and Ottawa Indians.
		The Shawnees were allies of the French until British traders moved into the Ohio country around A.D. The French pushed the British out of Ohio and the Shawnees were forced to be allies of the French again until the British victory in the French and Indian War.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/shawnee.htm (897 words)

	Shawnee Indians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The cunning and deception visited upon the white man was resorted to because the Shawnees felt powerless to cope with the whites on common ground and because they were driven by deep instincts for survival of their race and way of life against those whom they believed would destroy both.
		The principal chief of the Shawnees could be compared to the President of the United States, with the clan chiefs as governors.
		Of the original twelve clans of the Shawnee tribe, history finds them with only five clans left in existence: the Thawegila, Peckuwe and Kispokotha, who generally stood together on tribal matters; and the Chalahgawtha and Maykujay, who were likewise closely related in their activities.
	www.firstcapitalohio.com /shawnee.html (1196 words)

	Shawnee State Park
		Once the hunting grounds of the Shawnee Indians, the region is one of the most picturesque in the state, featuring erosion-carved valleys and wooded hills.
		The 63,000 acres of Shawnee State Forest and Shawnee State Park encompass a part of the former hunting grounds of the Shawnee Indians.
		During the 1700s, the Shawnee Indians were gradually displaced as the settlers continued to build their cabins and clear land in this new and fertile country.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /parks/parks/shawnee.htm (1282 words)

	Indians
		The Indians who lived in the area from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Mississippi river in the West and from southern Canada to Kentucky were known as the Woodland Indians.
		In 1831, the Shawnee Indians were forced to give up all their land and were marched to a reservation in Kansas.
		The village was located on the Indian trace from Wapakoneta to the foot of the rapids on the Maumee river.
	www.delphos-ohio.com /history/Holdgreve/indians.htm (2692 words)

	"Wild Horse". Native American Art & History. Native people tribe. Shawnee
		Cornstalk was a chief of the Shawnee Indians.
		The Shawnees concurred, but while negotiations were under way, Colonel Andrew Lewis and a detachment of Virginia militia that Dunmore had left behind at Point Pleasant crossed the Ohio River and destroyed several Shawnee villages.
		He was a member of the Shawnee Indians and eventually became one of their greatest leaders.
	www.american-native-art.com /publication/shawnee/shawnee1.html (1879 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The Shawnees were one of many immigrant tribes from the United States who entered Texas in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
		The name Shawnee means "southerner" and identifies the tribe as one of the southernmost members of the Algonkian linguistic family.
		Shawnee clothing was made of dressed skins and consisted of a shirt for men and a longer overblouse for women.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/SS/bms25.html (990 words)

	United Tribe of Shawnee Indians v. United States of America, filed 2/17/99
		Plaintiff United Tribe of Shawnee Indians, is a United States Treaty Tribe, with the Tribe's treaties negotiated by the Executive, ratified by the Senate, made the Supreme Law of the Land by the Constitution and recognized by the United States Supreme Court.
		Since the Executive, the Congress, the Supreme Court, the State of Kansas, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals have all recognized the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians and the continuing validity of its constitutive treaty documents, the present failure of the BIA to recognize the United Tribe of Shawnee is arbitrary, unauthorized and discriminatory.
		In a derivative sense, or in the sense of parens patriae, it is important to note that the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians, in practice and under the provisions of the Treaty of 1854, held property for the ultimate benefit of unnamed absentees from the Tribe.
	home.kc.rr.com /utosi/sfaap.htm (6618 words)

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		Shawnee Indian blood shall be the rule in all cases.
		Any Shawnee Indian tribal member of the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians, age eighteen (18) and over shall be eligible to vote in any election as stated this Constitution of the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians and as published by rules enacted by the Tribal Council.
		Amendments to this Constitution of the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians shall only be incorporated into this Constitution of the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians by a voice vote of yes by all elected members of the Tribal Council with the approval of the Principal Chief of the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians.
	www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/shawnee_const.htm (4148 words)

	Shawnee Cookie Jars a bit of History
		The Shawnee tribe lived there before the area was settled and were known to make pottery out of the rich red clay found in the area.
		It is believed that the Shawnee Indians were the first craftsmen to fashion pottery from the Zanesville clays.
		Oftentimes, Shawnee is mistaken for McCoy and McCoy for Shawnee.
	www.shawnee-cookie-jars.com /history.html (678 words)

	Shawnee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shawnee Chief Cornstalk attacked one wing, but was defeated in the only major battle of the war, the Battle of Point Pleasant.
		In the Treaty of Camp Charlotte, Cornstalk and the Shawnees were compelled to recognize the Ohio River boundary established by the 1768 Stanwix treaty.
		After the Civil War, the Shawnee in Kansas were once again dispelled and moved to Oklahoma—whereupon the Shawnee part of the former Lewistown group became known as the Eastern Shawnee and the former Missouri Shawnee became known as the Loyal Shawnee (due to their allegiance with the Union during the war).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shawnee (1571 words)

	Shawnee Language and the Shawnee Indian Tribe (Shawano, Savannah, Sewanee, Shawnees)
		In the early 1800's, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa tried to unite the eastern tribes under the banner of pan-Indian unity.
		When this alliance was broken up by the Americans, the Shawnees were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma, despite the fact that few of them had been supporters of Tecumseh's.
		Shawnee and Wyandot wordlists, compiled and introduced by a 19th century Indian advocate.
	www.native-languages.org /shawnee.htm (323 words)

	Shawnee State Forest
		Once inhabited by the Shawnee Indians, Shawnee State Forest came into existence in 1922 with the purchase of 5,000 acres of land which had been cut over for timber and ravaged by fire.
		Shawnee State Forest, also called "The Little Smokies of Ohio," has developed into the largest of the 20 state forests, with over 60,000 acres.
		Shawnee State Forest is open to visitors between the hours of 6 a.m.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/forests/shawnee.htm (854 words)

	Shawnee Orthography
		Noe, Randolph, The Shawnee Indians - An Annotated Bibliography.
		These works are the foundation for reconstructing Shawnee traditions and practices of the 17th and 18th centuries.
		This is the most extensive fruits of Dr. Voegelin's fieldwork among the Shawnee from 1933 to 1936 and still the major source of Shawnee language.
	www.shawnee-traditions.com /Sources.html (545 words)

	Native American, the Shawnee
		The fourth is called the Shawnee Nation Remnant Band which is said to have descended from the Ohio Shawnee.
		The Shawnee believed in Moneto, a supreme being who ruled the entire universe and distributed blessings upon all who earned his favor, and desperate sorrow upon those who merited his disfavor.
		The principal chief of the Shawnee could be compared with the President of the United States, with the clan chiefs as governors.
	www.merceronline.com /Native/native02.htm (794 words)

	City of Shawnee - Rev. Charles Bluejacket Article
		Bluejacket, the great Shawnee war chief, and his grandson, the Rev. Charles Bluejacket, are amply memorialized in the city of Shawnee, where the latter Bluejacket served as head chief in the 1860s.
		The Prophet, or Tenskatawa, and his brother, Tecumseh, were famous Shawnee chiefs who led an ill-fated attempt during the early part of the 19th century to build an Indian confederation to stop U.S. encroachment in the Ohio Valley.
		Thus, with Andrew Jackson pursuing a policy of Indian removal, and Baptist missionary Isaac McCoy pitching Kansas as a firewater-free Canaan for the Indians, the Shawnee and other tribes were forced west.
	www.cityofshawnee.org /Events/bluejacketarticle.htm (1993 words)

	Shawnee Indians Sue Kansas & Threaten War over Taxation
		Article 15 of subject treaty states as follows:...The tracts of land herein granted to the chiefs, for the use of the Wyandot, Shawnee, Seneca and Delaware Indians, and the reserve for the Ottawa Indians, shall not be liable to taxes of any kind so long as such land continues the property of the said Indians...
		Article X, of the 1831 Treaty with the Shawnee, promised and guaranteed that:...The lands granted by this agreement and convention to the said band or tribe of Shawnee, shall not be sold or ceded by them, except to the United States.
		The jurisdiction of the territory created by the Kansas Organic Act, as to rights of the Indians within subject territory was not to extend to the Indians, their rights of person or property, "so long as such rights should remain unextinguished by treaty with them".
	www.lectlaw.com /files/ind02.htm (1420 words)

	Shawnee Indians
		The Shawnee Indians were living in the Ohio Valley as early as the late 1600s.
		The Shawnees spoke one of the languages of the Algonquian Indians, and so they are related to the Delaware Indians, the Miami Indians, and the Ottawa Indians.
		The Shawnee Indians were allies of the French until British traders moved into the Ohio Country circa 1740.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=631 (519 words)

	Indians of Texas
		The Caddo Indians were several tribes known collectively as "Caddo." In 1887 the tribes united into the Caddo Indian Tribe.
		Chickasaw Indians had a semipermanent residence, which means that they did do limited traveling.
		Indian Territory, and though intermarriage with other tribes, their identity has been lost.
	www.dorpexpress.com /Arney/Indians_of_Tex.html (1425 words)

	Shawnee Indian Tribe - American Indian Nations
		The Shawnee are a people native to North America, and are therefore considered to be Native Americans.
		There are presently about 14,000 Shawnee, most in Oklahoma, although some are scattered in Alabama; and at least one band of Shawnee, the Shawnee Nation, United Remnant Band, resides in Ohio.
		The Shawnee leader Tecumseh, with his brother Tenskwatawa, attempted to unite the eastern tribes against expansion of white settlement.
	www.comanchelodge.com /nations/shawnee-tribe.html (349 words)

	OhioPix: Black Hoof, Chief of the Shawnee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Portrait of Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa, or Black Hoof, a chief of the Shawnee tribe from "The Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs," by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, 1855.
		Allied with the French, he was present at the defeat of Edward Braddock during the French and Indian War.
		He did fight at the Battle of Fallen Timbers and represented the Shawnee at the signing of the Treaty of Greeneville.
	www.ohiohistory.org /etcetera/exhibits/ohiopix/image.cfm?ID=4534 (151 words)

	Shawnee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		By: Allison L. and Renee I. General Overview: The Shawnee Indians lived in Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania.
		The Shawnee ate deer, bear, bison meat, raccoon, rabbit, squirrel, muskrat, woodchuck, turkey, duck, geese, grouse, partridge, seagulls, snakes, and eels.
		Shawnee artists made really simple drawings with out much details like birds, people, and everything that has to do with nature.
	warriors.warren.k12.il.us /dmann/shawnee.html (554 words)

	INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. 2, Treaties
		The farming utensils, live stock and other chattel property, which the said Shawnees now own, and may not be able to carry with them, shall be sold, under the superintendance of some suitable person, appointed by the Secretary of War for that purpose, and the proceeds paid over to the owners of such property respectively.
		It is agreed that any annuities, accruing to the said band or tribe of Shawnees, by former treaties, shall be paid to them at their intended residence west of the Mississippi, under the direction of the President.
		The lands granted by this agreement and convention to the said band or tribe of Shawnees, shall not be sold nor ceded by them, except to the United States.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /kappler/Vol2/treaties/sha0331.htm (509 words)

	THE CURSE OF THE PROPHET Indian Lore: According to many American Indians the Shawnee shama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		THE CURSE OF THE PROPHET Indian Lore: According to many American Indians the Shawnee shaman, or medicine man, known as the Prophet placed a curse on William Henry Harrison and his government after the Battle of the Thames, in which his brother, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, was killed.
		History: In 1801 President John Adams appointed William Harrison Governor of Indian Territory, publicly charged him with protecting the rights of the Indians, but privately with taking their lands to expedite white settlement.
		In the War of 1812, Harrison, promoted to Major General, recaptured Detroit from the British, and in October 1813, defeated them and their Indian allies, led by the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, and his brother, the Prophet, in the Battle of the Thames, in Canada.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys4/prophet.htm (320 words)

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