where did the shawnee indian tribe originated
Pushed west by European-American pressure, the Shawnee migrated to Missouri and Kansas, with some removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s. Other Shawnee did not remove to Oklahoma until after the Civil War.Made up of different historical and kinship groups, today there are three federally recognized Shawnee tribes, all headquartered in Oklahoma: the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and Shawnee Tribe.n 2000 the Loyal or Cherokee Shawnee finally received federal recognition independent of the Cherokee Nation. They are now known as the Shawnee Tribe. Today, most members of the three tribes of the Shawnee nation reside in Oklahoma.