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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. | ||
By 1832, the United States Government removed the remaining Shawnees in the Ohio River Valley and other surrounding areas into Kansas. | |||
In 1854, instead of going to Kansas, these Absentee Shawnees went to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) or Mexico territory (Texas). They were called “absentee” because their groups were not present at the signing of the 1854 treaty for a Kansas Reservation. | |||
In the late 1800’s, the tribe lived between the Deep Fork River and the North Canadian River for a decade. Then the U.S. military moved these Absentee Shawnee groups to an area near Hog Creek and Little River. These Absentee Shawnee families still live there and are known as Big Jim Band. The area became known as the Little Axe area and is 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. | |||
In 1936 under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare-Act, the two bands were organized as one tribe. | |||
In 1964, approximately 33 acres of federal land was transferred to the tribe in Shawnee, Oklahoma.<ref>[https://www.astribe.com/about-us The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma History]</ref> | In 1964, approximately 33 acres of federal land was transferred to the tribe in Shawnee, Oklahoma.<ref>[https://www.astribe.com/about-us The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma History]</ref> | ||