Shawnee
The Shawnee people are a Native American tribe that originated in Tennessee. They are part of the Northeast Woodlands.
| File:Shawnee Prophet, Tenskwatawa.jpg The Shawnee Prophet, Tenskwatawa (1775–1836), ca. 1820, portrait by Charles Bird King | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 7,584 enrolled,[1] 14,000 self-identified | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Languages | |
| Shawnee, English | |
| Religion | |
| traditional religions and Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Miami, Menominee[2] |
History
1800s
On November 7, 1825, a treaty was signed to move the Shawnee people from Ohio to Kansas.[3]
Federal recognition
In 2000 the "Loyal" or "Cherokee" Shawnee were recognized as being different from the Cherokee Nation.[4] They are now known as the "Shawnee Tribe".
Language
The Shawnee language, an Algonquian language, was spoken by 200 people in 2002, including over 100 Absentee Shawnee and 12 Loyal Shawnee speakers. The language is written in the Latin script. It has a dictionary and parts of the Bible were translated into Shawnee.[5]
Famous leaders
A famous leader of the Shawnee tribe is Tecumseh.
Shawnee Media
- Fort Ancient Monongahela cultures HRoe 2010.jpg
Fort Ancient Monongahela cultures
Serpent Mound, Peebles, Ohio
- Tecumseh02.jpg
Tecumseh, by Benson Lossing in 1848, based on 1808 drawing
- Rembrandt Peale - William Henry Harrison - Google Art Project.jpg
Portrait of William Henry Harrison, as the Congressional delegate from the Northwest Territory in 1800
- Comet of 1811.jpg
The Great Comet of 1811, as drawn by William Henry Smyth
- New Madrid Erdbeben.jpg
The New Madrid earthquake was interpreted by the Muscogee as a reason to support the Shawnee resistance.
- PushmatahaVsTecumseh.jpg
A collage of choctaw chief Pushmataha and Shawnee chief Tecumseh from public domain authors.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial. Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine 2008.
- ↑ "Algonquian, Algic". Ethnologue. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Treaty with the Shawnee, 1825, Article 5, Page 264". Oklahoma State University. November 7, 1825. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Text of S. 3019 (106th): Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000 (Introduced version)". GovTrack.us. Civic Impulse. September 7, 2000. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Shawnee". Ethnologue. Retrieved 28 April 2016.