THE SHAWNEE ARE ALGONQUIN SPEAKING AND IN HISTORIC TIMES THEY LIVED IN OHIO, ALABAMA, AND OKLAHOMA. DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR THEY EVADED THE WARS. AFTER 1825 THE GOVERNMENT WANTED THEM TO MOVE TO KANSAS. INSTEAD THE SCATTERED GROUPS MIGRATED TO INDIAN TERRITORY AND BECAME THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE. THE EASTERN SHAWNEE JOINED THEM FROM MISSOURI. IN 1872 CONGRESS GAVE THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE TITLE TO THE LANDS AS A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE AND RATIFIED THERE CONSTITUTION.
THEY ARE HEADQUARTERED IN SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA. THEY HAVE 3000 ENROLLED SHAWNEE AND 2000 LIVING IN THE STATES. THEY OWN A GAS STATION, A SMOKE SHOP, AND A CASINO. THEY CREATED A CULTURAL PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE PRESERVATION. THEY OFFER A SHAWNEE LANGUAGE. AS FAR AS 2006 ABOUT 400-800 PEOPLE STILL SPEAK SHAWNEE.
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