Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma

Political Name: Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma

Pronunciation: Ab-sen-TEE Shaw-nee

Self-Designated Name: Si-Wi-Nwi

Title of Tribal Leader: Governor

Language: Algic (Central Algonquian)

Tribal Greeting: Hi ke ho wa se li si mi mo (How are you?)

Cultural Relatives: Eastern Shawnee, Shawnee, Kickapoo, Muscogee, Delaware, Sac and Fox, Miami, Cherokee, Seneca-Cayuga, Yuchi (Euchee), Peoria Nation

A gray map showing the tribal jurisdiction areas of Oklahoma with a pink pin marking Shawnee, Oklahoma, where the Absentee Shawnee Tribe is headquartered.

The Absentee Shawnee Tribe is headquartered in Shawnee, OK.

A gray map of the continental United States with all 39 tribes names over their homelands with black lines to their current reservation areas in the state of Oklahoma (highlighted in pink).

This map represents the Absentee Shawnee homelands in the eastern United States.