Shawnee Tribe
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Shawnee Tribe

The Shawnee (Shaawanwa) are a Central Algonquian-speaking people whose territory historically encompassed the Ohio River valley and portions of present-day Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. They were renowned as warriors and diplomats and played a central role in resistance to American expansion under leaders such as Tecumseh. The Shawnee entered into multiple treaties with the United States as they were progressively displaced from the Ohio Valley westward. Today, three federally recognized Shawnee tribes exist: the Shawnee Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

Portrait: George Catlin, "Tenskwatawa, The Shawnee Prophet," c. 1830. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

6 treaties 8 total items 5 mapped locations

Most Mentioned in Shawnee Tribe-tagged Entries

Wildlife

  1. beaver (1)
  2. trout (1)
  3. mullet (1)
  4. deer (1)
  5. mules (1)
  6. coalts (1)
  7. salmon (1)
  8. wolves (1)
  9. foxes (1)
  10. buffaloe (1)

Territory & Encounter Locations

Pin color = Planning (1801–1804) Westward (1804–1805) Fort Clatsop (1805–1806) Return (1806) Post (1806–1812)
Master expedition route Approximate territory

Treaties (6)

Treaty with the Chippewa et al., 1795
Treaty with the Chippewa et al., 1805
Treaty with the Potawatomi, 1846
Treaty with the Shawnee nation residing in Missouri, 1825
Treaty with the Shawnee, 1825
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Treaty with the Shawnee, etc., 1832
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Tent of Many Voices (1)

Shawnee Speakers on Religion, Removal, and Dual Identity 27:52
Shawnee Speakers on Religion, Removal, and Dual Identity
Shawnee

Journal Entries (1)

Lewis: August 19, 1805
Aug 19, 1805 · Meriwether Lewis

Other Key Figures

William Clark William Clark 2276 Meriwether Lewis Meriwether Lewis 1692 Patrick Gass Patrick Gass 1489 John Ordway 1345 Joseph Whitehouse 538 George Drouillard 400 Mandan Mandan 286 Charles Floyd 189 Shoshone Shoshone 187 George Shannon 180 John Collins 167 Nathaniel Pryor 143
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Cross-Narrator Analyses

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Figure: Shawnee Tribe

The Shawnee Nation in the Lewis & Clark Record

A thin record, not an empty oneThe Corps did not travel through Shawnee towns on the Missouri. The journals still name the…

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