WebShawnee (Meskwaki: Shânîheki) is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma The city is part of the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area; it is also the county seat of Pottawatomie County and the principal city of the Shawnee Micropolitan Statistical Area.. With access to Interstate 40, Shawnee is approximately 45 minutes east of downtown …

WebThe headquarters of the Shawnee Tribe is Miami, Oklahoma. Currently, there are about 10,000 enrolled tribal members, with 1,070 of them living within the state of Oklahoma. Ben Barnes is the current elected Chief. Previously, Ron Sparkman was the elected chairman, serving a four-year term.

WebMembership. There are 4,576 enrolled Absentee Shawnee tribal members. Approximately 74% of members live in Oklahoma as of 2020. Tribal membership is based on blood quantum criteria, with applicants required to have a minimum of one eighth (1/8) documented Absentee-Shawnee blood to be accepted as members, as established by …

WebOfficial Tribe Name People(s) Total Pop. (2010) In-State Pop. (2010) Tribal Headquarters County Jurisdiction; Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians: Shawnee

WebThe Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame has been honoring Oklahoma musicians since 1997. The Thomas-Foreman Historic Home, aka the Grant Foreman House is an 1898 farm house preserved with the furnishings of the Indian Territory Judge John R. Thomas and his daughter and son-in-law Grant and Carolyn Foreman, Oklahoma historians and authors. …

WebOklahoma is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, Oklahoma is the 28th most populous state with 3,751,616 inhabitants but the 19th largest by land area 2) of land. Oklahoma is divided into 77 counties and contains 597 incorporated municipalities consisting of cities and towns. In Oklahoma ...

WebCitizen Potawatomi Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people located in Oklahoma.The Potawatomi are traditionally an Algonquian-speaking Eastern Woodlands tribe.They have 29,155 enrolled tribal members, of whom 10,312 live in …

WebAnadarko, the self-titled "Indian Capital of the Nation." It is the capital of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, the Delaware Nation and the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. The city houses the National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians.. Anadarko is named after the Nadaco, a Caddo band now affiliated with the Caddo Nation.In the Caddo language, …

WebShawnee, Oklahoma and Missouri Coal and Railway: SLSF: 1899 1903 Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway: Southeast Kansas Railroad: SEKR 1994 1999 South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad: Southern Kansas Railway: ATSF: 1884 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Sulphur Springs Railway: SLSF: 1902 1907

WebHistory. Coal County was formed at statehood from the former Shappaway County (later renamed Atoka County) of the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory.A 3.5 miles (5.6 km) strip of Coal County was taken from the Pontotoc District of the Chickasaw Nation.Initially, the Oklahoma legislature named Lehigh as the county seat, …