Shawnee Tribe

[2][3][4] Previously, Ron Sparkman was the elected chairman, serving a four-year term.

[6] Their annual economic impact is estimated by the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commissions to be $3 million.

[7] The Shawnee Journal is a newspaper published by the tribe and distributed at no cost to all tribal members.

[6] Three reservations were granted to the Shawnee in Ohio by the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs: Wapakoneta, Lewistown, and Hog Creek.

Instead of receiving compensation or honors for their service, they returned to their Kansas lands, only to find much of it taken over by non-Indian homesteaders.

[9] Beginning in the 1980s, the Shawnee Tribe began an effort to regain their own tribal status, independent of the Cherokee Nation.

Shawnee woman's blouse with silver medallions, circa 19th century, Indian Territory ( Oklahoma ), collection of the Peabody Museum, Harvard