Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
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Lands
central Oklahoma, including the Shawnee and Little Axe areas
Countries United States
Facts 4
History
The Historic Preservation Department dates the Tribe's Tribal Historic Preservation Office status to 2004, following an application in 2002.
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History
The Tribe's own history connects its 'absentee' name to groups absent from the signing of an 1854 treaty for a Kansas reservation.
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Language
The Tribe's language page lists a lexicon and online lessons among its resources; the index does not establish access conditions or teaching availability.
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Governance
The Tribe's government page describes separate Legislative/Executive and Judicial branches, alongside an independent Election Commission.
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Context and resources
Movement And A Distinct Name
The Tribe's history describes Shawnee movement westward in response to colonial encroachment and United States removal of remaining Ohio Valley Shawnees into Kansas by 1832. It traces the absentee distinction to groups absent from the 1854 Kansas reservation treaty signing, after moving toward Indian Territory or Texas. The account identifies Absentee-Shawnee, (Loyal) Shawnee and Eastern Shawnee as distinct governments of Shawnee people. Shared history does not make those governments interchangeable.
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Absentee Shawnee: Movement And Community History (opens in a new tab)
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Institutions And Cultural Responsibility
The Government page records organization under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936 and constitutional ratification on December 5, 1938. It separates those institutional dates from its account of self-government predating the United States Constitution. The Historic Preservation Department records a 2002 application to assume preservation responsibilities previously held by the state, followed by Tribal Historic Preservation Office status in 2004. These accounts connect governing structures with care for places and heritage. They do not certify today's procedures or define the beginning of Shawnee people.
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Sources For This Layer
Absentee Shawnee: Government And Constitutional History (opens in a new tab)
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Absentee Shawnee: Historic Preservation (opens in a new tab)
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
From the publisher's own pages
Absentee Shawnee: The Tribe In Its Own Words (opens in a new tab)
Begin with the Tribe's public name and site. The name and this profile are distinct from other Shawnee governments.
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Absentee Shawnee: Movement And Community History (opens in a new tab)
Read the Tribe's own history of migration, removal and the absentee distinction, with dates kept in context.
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Absentee Shawnee: Government And Constitutional History (opens in a new tab)
Read the Tribe's account of its branches, Election Commission and constitutional history. This link is not legal advice or a certification of current procedures.
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Absentee Shawnee: Historic Preservation (opens in a new tab)
Read the department's own account of institutional history and preservation work. Staff, workloads, contacts and service availability are not republished or certified.
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Absentee Shawnee: Community-Directed Language Resources (opens in a new tab)
Begin at the Tribe's resource index. Linked lessons and learning material were not fetched, reproduced or represented as unrestricted.
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