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There are 4,675 enrolled Absentee Shawnee tribal members as of June 30, 2024. [1] Approximately 74% of members live in Oklahoma as of 2020. [4] Tribal membership is based on blood quantum criteria, with applicants required to have a minimum of one-eighth (1/8) documented Absentee-Shawnee blood to be accepted as members, as established by the tribal constitution. [5]
Congress passed Public Law 106-568, the Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000, and the Shawnee Tribe was able to organize as their own autonomous, federally recognized tribe. James R. Squirrel was the initial Chairman and was recognized by the AARP in 2009, as being instrumental in the Shawnee Tribe being federally recognized.
[25] the Piqua Shawnee Tribe were state-recognized in Alabama in 1991 [30] Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997. [25] [84] Saponi-Catawba Nation of the Ohio Valley, [135] Webster, OH; Saponi Nation of Ohio, [135] Rio Grande, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997. [25] Shawnee Nation, Ohio Blue Creek Band of Adams County, Lynx, OH.
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Indigenous peoples of the Americas portal; Society portal; This is a category for organizations interested in Shawnee heritage, who are not necessarily affiliated with any of the three federally recognized Shawnee tribes; the Shawnee Tribe, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians, or the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
Giving the land in Johnson County to the Shawnee Tribe “would almost be an insult,” another tribe says. Who should own the Shawnee Indian Mission site? Now another tribe enters the dispute
The Second Chief, Treasurer, Secretary, First Council, Second Council, and Third Council comprise the Business Committee. The Eastern Shawnee Tribe issues its own tribal vehicle tags. [1] Membership in the tribe is based on documented lineal descent to persons listed on the Dawes Rolls. [1] The tribe has no minimum blood quantum requirements.
These included more than 100 Absentee Shawnee and 12 Shawnee Tribe speakers. By 2017, Shawnee language advocates, including tribal member George Blanchard, estimated that there were fewer than 100 speakers. Most fluent Shawnee speakers are over the age of 50. [12]