Shawnees

Cultural  

1. A tribe of Native Americans who inhabited Ohio, Indiana, and other parts of the Middle West during the early nineteenth century. The most famous Shawnee leader was Tecumseh, who joined with the British against the Americans during the War of 1812.

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Example Sentences

But leaders of the Shawnee Tribe and the Eastern Shawnees, both now based in Oklahoma, like the Delawares, said they hadn’t had any discussions about it.

From Seattle Times

Nobody knew how the Shawnees’ chief was slain in the War of 1812, but Johnson’s campaign slogan was, “Rumpsey, Dumpsey. Johnson Killed Tecumseh.”

From Washington Post

From there, Tenskwatawa and others traveled throughout Shawnee country, calling on Shawnees to return to their traditional religions and cultural roots.

From Literature

Without elaboration, Feldman writes: “He called the Shawnees a ‘perfidious people’ and considered all Indians to be savages.”

From Washington Post

The Shawnees or Shawanoes are an erratic tribe of Algonkin stock, supposed to have been one primarily with the Kickapoos.

From Project Gutenberg