Absentee-Shawnee Tribe



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The Absentee-Shawnee Tribe is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma.

Tribal Headquarters
Absentee Shawnee Tribe Headquarters 2025 South Gordon Cooper Shawnee Oklahoma 74801 Phone: 1.405.275.4030


 * Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Official Website

History
1984: Tribal enrollment 2,297

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a brief history of the Absentee Shawnee tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe in 1904.

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Records
Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value (for the tribe and tribal members) were created by and maintained by the agencies.

Land Records
Tribally owned land: 89.25 acres Allotted land 12,119.49 acres

Important Websites

 * Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Official Website
 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
 * Wikipedia article about the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe