[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.