MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO PALEO INDIANS HUNTED IN THE MIDWEST. THEY HUNTED MEGAFAUNA THAT WAS EXTINCT AT THE END OF THE PLEISTOCENE ERA. THEY WERE HIGHLY MOBIL FORAGERS WHO HUNTED BISON, MASTODON, CARIBOU, AND MAMMOTHS.
SOME BELIEVED THAT SHAWNEE ARE DESCENDANTS OF PREHISTORIC FORT ANCIENTS OF OHIO WHO LIVED 1000 TO 1650 YEARS AGO. SCHOLARS BELIEVE IT DEVELOPED FROM HOPEWELL CULTURE (100 BCE - 500 CE). MOUND BUILDERS SUCCEEDED PREHISTORIC SOCIETIES WHO BUILT MASSIVE EARTHWORKS. THEIR IS A GAP IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD BETWEEN FORT ANCIENT AND SHAWNEEE SITES. SHAWNEE ORAL HISTORY LINKS THEM TO THE FORT ANCIENTS. THIS INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO ESTABLISH THE SHIFT OF FORT ANCIENT SOCIETY TO HISTORICAL SHAWNEE.
AFTER 1600 THE SHAWNEES ENCOUNTERED SHAWNEE OVER A WIDESPREAD GEOGRAPHIC AREA. ACCORDING TO ONE LEGEND THE SHAWNEE WERE DESCENDED FROM A PARTY SENT BY CHIEF OPECHANOUGH, RULER OF POWATEN SOCIETY (1618-1644). BEFORE 1670 THE SHAWNEE MIGRATED TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER.
THE MOVEMENT OF THE IROQUOIS WAR BEGAN IN 1640 AND THE SHAWNEE MIGRATIONS OF 17TH CENTURY WERE DRIVEN BY THESE. JUST BEFORE THEY MANAGE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMELANDS ONLY TO BE DRIVEN OUT AGAIN. SHAWNEE MEANS SOUTHERNER. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 14,000 SHAWNEE IN RESERVATIONS ALL IN OKLAHOMA.
YOUNG MEN WERE ENCOURAGED TO ENGAGE IN SWIMMING, JUMPING, HUNTING, AND BEING A WARRIOR. GIRLS DEVELOPED SKILLS IN POTTERY MAKING AND STORING FOODS. SHAWNEE BELIEVED IN MONETO, A SUPREME RULER. THE GREAT SPIRIT WAS A GRAND MOTHER WHO RULED THE DESTINIES OF HER CHILDREN. THEY LIVED BY THEIR OWN STANDARDS AND DID NOT JUDGE OTHERS. DO GOOD TO OTHERS. THEY HAD DIFFERENT CLANS OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE. SOME WERE WARRIORS. OTHERS WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD ANSWERED FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO FOOD HEALTH AND MEDICINE.
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