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Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1795–1833, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 132,254 km² in 39 cessions across Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Shawnee · Wyandot · Chippewa · Ottawa · Potawatomi · Delaware · Kaskaskia · Piankishaw

Royce 503, 1833Royce 505, 1833Royce 498, 1832Royce 499, 1832Royce 500, 1832Royce 501, 1832Royce 504, 1832Royce 125, 1825Royce 126, 1825Royce 318, 1825Royce 319, 1825Royce 320, 1825Royce 87, 1817Royce 88, 1817Royce 165, 1817Royce 166, 1817Royce 70, 1808Royce 89, 1807Royce 90, 1807Royce 91, 1807Royce 53, 1805Royce 54, 1805Royce 11, 1795Royce 12, 1795Royce 13, 1795Royce 14, 1795Royce 15, 1795Royce 16, 1795Royce 17, 1795Royce 18, 1795Royce 19, 1795Royce 20, 1795Royce 21, 1795Royce 22, 1795Royce 23, 1795Royce 24, 1795Royce 25, 1795Royce 26, 1795Royce 27, 1795
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
11August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
12August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
13August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
14August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
15August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
16August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
17August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
18August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
19August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
20August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
21August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
22August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
23August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
24August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
25August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
26August 3, 1795; June 7, 1803 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
27August 3, 1795 Chippewa; Delaware; Eel River; Kaskaskia; Kickapoo; Miami; Ottawa; Piankishaw; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 38 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
53July 4, 1805 Chippewa; Delaware; Munsee; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 34 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
54July 4, 1805 Chippewa; Delaware; Munsee; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 34 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
89November 17, 1807; September 29, 1817 Chippewa; Delaware; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Seneka; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 36 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
90March 3, 1807; September 29, 1817 Chippewa; Delaware; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Seneka; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 36 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
91March 3, 1807; September 29, 1817 Chippewa; Delaware; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Seneka; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 36 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
70November 25, 1808 Chippewa; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 32 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
87September 29, 1817 Chippewa; Delaware; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Seneka; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 36 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
88September 29, 1817 Chippewa; Delaware; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Seneka; Shawnee; Wyandot · with 36 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
165September 29, 1817; September 17, 1818; August 8, 1831 Shawnee (residing at Wapaghkonnetta and Hog creek) · with Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma Royce’s schedule · treaty text
166September 29, 1817; August 8, 1831 Shawnee (residing at Wapaghkonnetta and Hog creek) · with Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma Royce’s schedule · treaty text
125November 7, 1825; September 24, 1829; October 26, 1832 Shawnee nation residing in Missouri · with Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma Royce’s schedule · treaty text
126November 7, 1825; October 26, 1832 Shawnee nation residing in Missouri · with Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma Royce’s schedule · treaty text
318November 7, 1825; May 10, 1854 Shawnee · with Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma Royce’s schedule · treaty text
319November 7, 1825; May 10, 1854 Shawnee · with Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma Royce’s schedule · treaty text
320November 7, 1825; May 10, 1854 Shawnee · with Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma Royce’s schedule · treaty text
498December 29, 1832; February 23, 1867; February 23, 1867 Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 10 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
499December 29, 1832; February 23, 1867; March 2, 1889 Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 10 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
500December 29, 1832; February 23, 1867; February 23, 1867 Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 10 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
501December 29, 1832; February 23, 1867; February 23, 1867 Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 10 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
504December 29, 1832; May 13, 1833; February 23, 1867; February 23, 1867 Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 10 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
503May 13, 1833; February 23, 1867 Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 9 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
505May 13, 1833; February 23, 1867 Kaskaskia; Mixed Seneka; Ottawa of Blanehard's fork and Roche de Boeuf; Peoria; Piankishaw; Quapaw; Seneka; Shawnee; Wea; Wyandot · with 10 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text

Lands proven before the Indian Claims Commission

Areas on the Commission’s 1978 map that this nation, or nations it is part of, proved they held when the United States took them:

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Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.