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	Native American, the Shawnee
		The fourth is called the Shawnee Nation Remnant Band which is said to have descended from the Ohio Shawnee.
		The principal chief of the Shawnee could be compared with 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.merceronline.com /Native/native02.htm (794 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Shawnee (tribe) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pursuant to a Secretarial Election authorized by the Acting Muskogee Area Director on March 2, 1999, the attached Amendment to the Constitution of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma was submitted to the qualified voters of the tribe on June 17, 1999.
		The evidence afforded by the mounds shows that the two tribes lived together for a considerable period, both in South Carolina and in Tennessee, and it is a matter of history that the Cherokee claimed the country vacated by the Shawnee in both states after the removal of the latter to the north.
		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.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shawnee-%28tribe%29 (1877 words)

	Shawnee
		Shawnee comes from the Algonquin word "shawun" (shawunogi) meaning "southerner." However, this referred to their original location in the Ohio Valley relative to other Great Lakes Algonquin rather than a homeland in the American southeast.
		Many important Shawnee ceremonies were tied to the agricultural cycle: the spring bread dance at planting time; the green corn dance when crops ripened; and the autumn bread dance to celebrate the harvest.
		Shawnee protests to the Iroquois went unanswered except for a threat of annihilation if they refused to accept the agreement forcing the Shawnee to take matters into their own hands.
	www.tolatsga.org /shaw.html (12385 words)

	Constitution of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
		The unique relationship which the Eastern Shawnee Tribe has with the United States empowers the Tribe to have complete jurisdiction, subject to applicable Federal law, over the Eastern Shawnee lands, which are located in the north east section of the State of Oklahoma, and such other territory as may hereafter be added thereto.
		The judicial power of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe shall be vested in the Eastern Shawnee Judiciary which shall consist of a Tribal Court consisting of three (3) Judges and such inferior courts as may be established by tribal law.
		Any member of the Eastern Shawnee Business Committee of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe who during the term for which he/she is elected or appointed is convicted of any felony or crime involving dishonesty, in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall automatically forfeit his office effective on the date of his/her initial conviction in court.
	www.narf.org /nill/Constitutions/esconst/shawneeconst.htm (4713 words)

	Shawnee Indian Tribe History
		The apparent anomaly of a tribe living in two divisions at such a distance from each other is explained when we remember that the intervening territory was occupied by the Cherokee, who were at that time the friends of the Shawnee.
		In Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee is the statement, made by a Cherokee chief in 1772, that 100 years previously the Shawnee, by permission of the Cherokee, removed from Savannah river to the Cumberland, but were afterward driven out by the Cherokee, aided by the Chickasaw, in consequence of a quarrel with the former tribe.
		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.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/shawnee/shawneehist.htm (3735 words)

	"Wild Horse". Native American Art & History. Native people tribe. Shawnee
		The 2,000 Absentee Shawnee in the vicinity of Shawnee, Oklahoma organized in 1936 under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act and continue to be the most traditional of the Shawnee groups.
		Shawnee comes from the Algonquin word "shawun" (shawunogi) meaning "southerner." However, this referred to their original location in the Ohio Valley relative to other Great Lakes Algonquin rather than a homeland in the American southeast.
		Many important Shawnee ceremonies were tied to the agricultural cycle: the spring bread dance at planting time; the green corn dance when crops ripened; and the autumn bread dance to celebrate the harvest.
	www.american-native-art.com /publication/shawnee/shawnee.html (791 words)

	Official Website of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
		The Absentee Shawnee were organized in 1936 as the "Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma" under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act.
		The Absentee Shawnee Tribe possesses all the inherent powers of sovereignty held prior to the Constitution of the United States.
		The tribe is governed by the Absentee-Shawnee Executive Committee which consists of five tribal members—the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Representative, all of whom are elected by the general membership.
	www.astribe.com /Government.html (119 words)

	The 'Shawnee' entry from Hodge's Handbook of Indians
		While this tradition does not agree with the chronologic order of Shawnee occupancy in the two regions, as borne out by historical evidence, it furnishes additional proof that the Shawnee occupied territory upon both rivers, and that this occupancy was by permission of the Cherokee.
		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.
		After the reunion of the Shawnee in the N. they secured the alliance of the Delawares, and the two tribes turned against the Cherokee until the latter were compelled to ask peace, when the old friendship was renewed.
	www.prairienet.org /prairienations/shawnee.htm (4609 words)

	Shawnee Language and the Shawnee Indian Tribe (Shawano, Savannah, Sewanee, Shawnees)
		People: Originally from the Ohio-Pennsylvania area, the Shawnee tribe was migratory, with villages scattered from Illinois to New York state and as far south as Georgia.
		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.
		Shawnee and Wyandot wordlists, compiled and introduced by a 19th century Indian advocate.
	www.native-languages.org /shawnee.htm (303 words)

	Facts for Kids: Shawnee Indians (Shawnees)
		Shawnee hunters and warriors used bows and arrows, tomahawks, and spears.
		The Shawnee tribe is known for their beadwork, pottery, and wood carving.
		Further to the north, the Shawnees were allies of the Delaware Indians and enemies of the Iroquois tribes.
	www.geocities.com /bigorrin/shawnee_kids.htm (1179 words)

	The culture of Shawnee Indians
		The Shawnee Indians liked to move around a lot, mostly trying to avoid conflict with the colonists as well as marauding Indians from other tribes.
		However thanks to those colonists and opposing Indian tribes, the Shawnee could have been found as far away as New York.
		The female Shawnee harvested corn as their main crop as well as other things like squash.
	www.indians.org /articles/shawnee-indians.html (347 words)

	EPA Brownfields Grants, Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
		EPA has selected the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma for a job training grant.
		The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma was selected to receive a job training grant.
		The tribe also has contacted ten environmental employers in the area who are interested in hiring trained environmental technicians.
	www.epa.gov /swerosps/bf/jt1205/absentee_shawnee.htm (541 words)

	The Sioux tribe and the Dakota conflict
		The Sioux tribes are divided by three geographic regions.
		The Lakota Sioux tribe is divided into seven bands: The Oglala, Brule, Minniconjou, Sans Arcs, Oohenopa, Sihasapa, and the Hunkpapa.
		One reason for the uprising of the Sioux tribe was that the Dakotas were not being paid the money promised to them for their land.
	www.indians.org /articles/sioux-tribe.html (332 words)

	Eastern Shawnee Tribe
		The Library is located within the tribal complex in West Seneca, OK
		The Eastern Shawnee Seal at Inter-Tribal Council in Miami, OK.
		Bordertown Bingo is located in West Seneca, MO The Eastern Shawnee Tribal Headquarters are located in West Seneca, OK.
	www.eighttribes.org /eastern-shawnee (61 words)

	Shawnee (Tribe) - LoveToKnow 1911
		SHAWNEE or Shawano (said to mean "southerner"), a tribe of North American Indians of Algonquian stock.
		They are said to have been first found in Wisconsin.
		This page was last modified 14:25, 24 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Shawnee_%28Tribe%29 (141 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 (502 words)

	THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA ALCOHOL REGULATIONS 1
		The jurisdiction of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe shall extend to all tribally owned land and all restricted or trust land belonging to tribal members within the boundary of the reservation established by Agreement dated June 26, 1890, and ratified by the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat.
		All records of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Tax Commission showing pur-chase of liquor by any individual or group shall be confidential and shall not be inspected except by members of the Commission or its authorized representative.
		The operator shall furnish a satisfactory bond to the Tribe in an amount to be specified by the Tax Commission guaranteeing his or her payment of taxes.
	www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/absentee_shawnee_tribalcode_alcohol.html (2165 words)

	Welcome to News From Indian Country (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shawnee officials say they do not plan to get directly involved, but do not object to the Eastern Shawnee’s efforts.
		The Eastern Shawnee were native to Ohio before the tribe was forced into Oklahoma two centuries ago.
		The tribe believes that its homeland includes a region of roughly 1.2 million acres that starts at the Ohio River and runs between the Great and Little Miami rivers through the Cincinnati area and about 100 miles north to Bellefontaine.
	www.indiancountrynews.com /fullstory.cfm?ID=88 (228 words)

	BJ Sculpture
		That event was the key that ultimately caused the Shawnee Tribe to again have to leave their land to whites and remove to more hospitable territory.
		At the western extent of Shawnee occupancy, in 1855, Charles and brothers George and Henry, opened a hotel and ferry on the Wakarusa River called Blue Jacket’s Crossing, six miles east of Lawrence, serving the burgeoning traffic of emigrants on the California Oregon Road.
		With the war over, intense pressure by whites to acquire land caused the Shawnees to seek relief and in 1867, Jonathan Gore, a son-in-law of the Rev, Charles and attorney for the Shawnee Tribe, accompanied a group on a trip through Indian Territory seeking a new home for the tribe.
	shawnee-bluejacket.com /bj_sculpture.htm (1292 words)

	Tecumseh's Family
		I first encountered Shawnee as a class assistant of C. Voegelin in the early 60s when it was my task to bring a Shawnee native speaker to the Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of America.
		While working with Shawnee speakers in Oklahoma and Shawnee, I began to compile material for an introduction to the texts I was working on only to find in the end that a modest introduction became a 557 page dissertation in and of itself -- one which was found useful by both Sugden and Edmunds.
		Indeed, it was the arrival of Peter Chartier's Shawnee band in Ohio that probably brought the parents of Tecumseh from Creek country to initiate a new phase of Shawnee history.
	www.shawnee-traditions.com /Tecumseh.html (1308 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		However, the Shawnee's Kansas reservation was affected by the encroachment of this country's western expansion and a rapidly increasing non- Indian population in the area.
		First, the Shawnee Tribe points to an earlier version of 113, which provides that the (8) However, the point that 2841 vested discretion in the Secretary of the Army to decide whether to effectuate a transfer of the Sunflower Property is an important one.
		In addition, we are struck by the fact that, under Article 2, the Shawnee received only individual rights to select discrete, and potentially scattered, (26) We previously explained, albeit in dicta, that the restoration to the public domain of these unassigned lands extinguished the Shawnees' rights in land unclaimed by members of their tribe.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=10th&navby=case&no=043256v2&exact=1 (9261 words)

	The culture of the Shawnee Indian tribe
		With the coming of the white man the Shawnee were again forced to move from their home country.
		The Shawnee people consider themselves as the descendants of the Delaware, who they consider to be their ‘grandfathers’.
		The Shawnee live by a Golden Rule which is reminiscent of that laid out by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
	oh.essortment.com /shawneeindiant_rijt.htm (687 words)

	Eastern Shawnee History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is one of three (3) federally-recognized Shawnee tribes that constitute the modern successor tribes of the historic Shawnee Nation.
		The Lewistown Band later became known as the Mixed Band of Seneca and Shawnee around 1830, when the Lewistown Shawnees and their Seneca-Cayuga allies and neighbors were forced to move west and negotiate a treaty to exchange their Ohio lands for a reservation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
		The Mixed Band of Seneca and Shawnee came to Indian Territory in 1831 and was known by this name until 1867.
	www.easternshawnee.org /history.htm (340 words)

	00-3140 -- United Tribe of Shawnee Indians v. U.S. Defense Dept. Secretary -- 06/13/2001
		The United Tribe of Shawnee Indians (UTSI) brought this action for declaratory and mandamus relief against the United States, the Secretaries of Interior and Defense, and various federal administrative officials.
		In the present lawsuit, UTSI seeks a judicial ruling that it is a recognized tribe by virtue of both the 1854 Treaty and the decision in The Kansas Indians, 72 U.S. 737, 756 (1866), which held that the Shawnee tribe existed as a recognized tribal entity in 1866.
		The district court approached the ultra vires doctrine by determining that UTSI had no standing to claim the BIA had abridged the treaty rights of the Shawnee tribe because UTSI failed to demonstrate it was a party to that treaty.
	www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2001/06/00-3140.htm (3152 words)

	Wired 3.12: Internet Indian Wars
		Miller and her running mates ultimately enlisted the aid of the three recognized tribes of the Shawnee nation in their quest to hamstring Blue Snake: the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Loyal Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
		A joint resolution drafted by leaders of the three tribes was e-mailed to AOL and Blue Snake.
		In it, the leaders declared that Rapp was not a recognized member of any Shawnee tribe or band, adding: "It is said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/3.12/martin.html?pg=2&topic= (752 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)

	LimaOhio.com
		The tribe re-sponded with some details of its plans, including what they hope will be terms of an agreement that is still under negotiation.
		Tribe consultant Terry Casey and developer Betty Watson, herself a full-blooded Shawnee, said they couldn’t go into what else will be on the site if the project moves forward because they haven’t done the necessary marketing studies.
		Casey explained that the tribe wants to pay for the land up front, but then recoup the cost from the mitigation pay-ments it is negotiating with the county.
	www.limaohio.com /story.php?IDnum=24649 (573 words)

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