Where Do the Shawnee Live?

Today, most Shawnees live in Oklahoma, where they were deported by the US government. How is the Shawnee Indian nation organized? There are three Shawnee bands in Oklahoma. Like most Native American tribes, the Shawnee Indian tribes are autonomous.

Where did the Shawnee originally live?

The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe whose original origins are unclear. But, by 1600, they were living in the Ohio River Valley in the present day states of Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Indiana.

Where did the Shawnee live in Kentucky?

In the mid- to late 1600s, Fort Ancient peoples occupied villages along the Ohio River. By the 1680s or 1690s, the Shawnee had one or more villages on the upper Cumberland River (known as the Chauouanon or Shawnee River until the late eighteenth century), although the exact locations are unknown.