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=== History === | === History === | ||
Originally, the Shawnee Indians lived in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and neighboring states. | |||
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe gained their “absentee” distinction because their groups were not present at the signing of the 1854 treaty for a Kansas Reservation. | The Absentee Shawnee Tribe gained their “absentee” distinction because their groups were not present at the signing of the 1854 treaty for a Kansas Reservation. | ||
Membership as of June 30, 2024 is 4,675.<ref>[https://www.astribe.com/about-us The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma History]</ref> | |||
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In the late 1700's, few Shawnee groups migrated westward into Missouri and Arkansas to avoid colonial encroachment | In the late 1700's, few Shawnee groups migrated westward into Missouri and Arkansas to avoid colonial encroachment | ||
Treaties in the late 1700’s and throughout the 1800’s established the Shawnee as having a large population and land holdings in the state of Ohio. | Treaties in the late 1700’s and throughout the 1800’s established the Shawnee as having a large population and land holdings in the state of Ohio. | ||
In the late 1800’s, after living a decade in areas between the Deep Fork River and the North Canadian River, a federal Indian Agent instigated military escort that removed these Absentee Shawnee groups to a new area near Hog Creek and Little River. Here, in what was called the Big Jim Settlement, modern day Absentee Shawnee families still remain today, and are collectively known as Big Jim Band. This settlement would later become known as the Little Axe area located in Cleveland County (east of Norman, Oklahoma.) Another band of Absentee Shawnee settled in Pottawatomie County (near Shawnee, Oklahoma); and is known as the White Turkey Band. The two bands were finally organized as one tribe under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare-Act of 1936. The Tribe shares this former reservation area with the Citizen Band of Potawatomi. | |||
By 1832, the United States Government removed remaining Shawnees in the Ohio River Valley and other surrounding areas into Kansas. | By 1832, the United States Government removed remaining Shawnees in the Ohio River Valley and other surrounding areas into Kansas. | ||