Šaawanwa

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Šaawanwa is the self-designated name of the Shawnee people, a Native American tribe historically located in the Eastern Woodlands of North America.

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Šaawanwa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous ethnic group
tribe
associatedWithCountry United States
associatedWithRegion Appalachian region
Midwestern United States
Ohio Valley
linked to: Ohio Valley region

Southeastern United States
ethnonymLanguage Shawnee language
hasAlternativeName Shawnee
hasColonialContactWith American colonists
British colonists
French colonists
hasCulturalPractice clan system
council governance
hasCulturalRegion Eastern Woodlands culture area
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
hasCulturalSymbol corn
eagle
shawl dance
hasHistoricalConflict Northwest Indian War
Tecumseh's War
War of 1812
hasHistoricalExperience displacement
forced removal
treaty-making with United States
hasHistoricalMigrationPattern southward and westward relocation in 18th and 19th centuries
hasLinguisticFamily Algonquian languages
hasModernFederallyRecognizedDescendant Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Shawnee Tribe
hasNotableLeader Blue Jacket
Cornstalk
Tecumseh
Tenskwatawa
hasReligion Christianity
traditional Shawnee religion
hasSocialOrganization patrilineal clans
hasTraditionalEconomy mixed agriculture and hunting
hasTraditionalHousing longhouse
wigwam
hasTraditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
languageFamily Central Algonquian
locatedInHistoricRegion Eastern Woodlands
locatedOnContinent North America
selfDesignationOf Shawnee people
linked to: Shawnee Tribe
traditionalLanguage Shawnee language

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Shawnee endonym Šaawanwa