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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.
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]
[27] the Piqua Shawnee Tribe were state-recognized in Alabama in 1991 [32] Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997. [27] [86] Saponi-Catawba Nation of the Ohio Valley, [137] Webster, OH; Saponi Nation of Ohio, [137] Rio Grande, OH. Letter of Intent to Petition 9/25/1997. [27] Shawnee Nation, Ohio Blue Creek Band of Adams County, Lynx, OH.
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 .
On June 7, 2024, on the site of the Shawnee town "Old Chillicothe" along U.S. 68 in Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, was opened the Great Council State Park with the help of the three federally recognized Shawnee tribes: the Shawnee Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. [56]
The Shawnees of the "Mixed Band" became the Eastern Shawnee Tribe. [2] The Eastern Shawnee organized as a federally recognized tribe under the 1936 Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. [2] In May 2019, the Eastern Shawnee ceremonial grounds flooded with three feet of water. Thirty families were evacuated, and "local roads stayed impassable for weeks."
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
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