Shawnee Tribe

Ancestral Homeland: near Cumberland River, Ohio and Tennessee River (Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio)

Federal recognition

Leaders: Tecumseh

Brief Timeline
1689-1763: French and Indian Wars, sided with the French

1763: joined the Ottawa and other tribes in Pontiac's Rebellion against the British

1774: fought Virginians in Lord Dunmore's War. (Lord Dunmore gave veterans of the French and Indian War who fought under him land that belonged to the Shawnee)

October 6, 1774: Point Pleasant, West Virginia- Treaty - ceded land

1775: Sided with the British during the Revolutionary War

1794: land ceded

1795: Treaty of Fort Greenville

October 5, 1813: Battle of the Thames, Tecumseh killed

1832: Black Hawk War

1861-65: supported the Union during the Civil War

Migrations:
Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas

Tribal Headquarters
Shawnee Tribe P.O. Box 189 Miami, OK 74355 Phone: 918.542.2441 Fax: 918.542.2922

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Vital Records


 * Quapaw Agency (M595) birth and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 581408
 * Shawnee Agency (M595) births and deaths 1910-1934, FHL Film: 581870

Important Web Sites

 * The Shawnee Tribe Official Website
 * Shawnee Tribe Wikipedia
 * Constitution of the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians