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Thomas Wildcat Alford (July 15, 1860 – August 3, 1938) was an Absentee Shawnee who became one of the first Native Americans to become enrolled in the American school system intended to conform indigenous peoples to the customs of Christian Anglo-Americans. [1]
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma (or Absentee Shawnee [2]) is one of three federally recognized tribes of Shawnee people. [3] Historically residing in what became organized as the upper part of the Eastern United States, the original Shawnee lived in the large territory now made up of Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and neighboring states.
Ernest Spybuck was born on his Shawnee Tribal Allotment near what was later to become Tecumseh, Oklahoma, [2] to the White Turkey Band of the Absentee Shawnee, of the Rabbit clan. His parents were Peahchepeahso and John Spybuck. His Indian name was Mathkacea or Mahthela. [1] He preferred the spelling of his first name as "Earnest." [3]
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Saw mention of "Absentee Shawnee" somewhere. If anyone knows anything, I would love to see a bit of info on what the "Absentee Shawnee" were. Thanks. jengod 06:43, July 16, 2005 (UTC) The Absentee Shawnee are one of the three federally recognized Shawnee tribes in Oklahoma. Have their own article and this one explains some, but will improve it.
Settlers were granted 130,000 acres (530 km 2) of Shawnee land, while 70,000 acres (280 km 2) remained to for the tribe, of which 20,000 acres (81 km 2) were granted to the Absentee Shawnee. [22] One researcher states that the "Loyal Shawnee" is a later name for the "Black Bob Band." [23] The Black Bob Band's records were kept by the Shawnee ...
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Benjamin Harjo, Jr. was an enrolled citizen of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and a descended of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. His ancestry was half-Seminole and half-Shawnee. Harjo's father was the late Benjamin Harjo Sr., a full-blood Seminole. Harjo's mother, Viola Harjo, was from Byng, Oklahoma.