Shawnee territory

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Shawnee territory was the traditional homeland and political domain of the Shawnee people in the eastern and central regions of North America prior to and during early European and American expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous homeland
Native American territory
cultural region
historical region
political domain
traditional territory
affectedBy treaties between Shawnee and United States
treaties between Shawnee and colonial powers
associatedWith Shawnee migrations
Shawnee resistance to American expansion
associatedWithConflict Northwest Indian War NERFINISHED
Tecumseh's War NERFINISHED
War of 1812 (Indigenous-U.S. frontier theater) NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent European colonization of North America
westward expansion of the United States
associatedWithPeople Tecumseh NERFINISHED
Tenskwatawa NERFINISHED
followedBy dispossession of Shawnee lands
relocation of Shawnee people
governedBy Shawnee political leadership
hasCulture Shawnee culture
hasEconomy hunting, agriculture, and trade-based economy
hasEthnicGroup Shawnee people NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalRole center of Shawnee political organization
center of Shawnee social life
center of Shawnee spiritual practices
hasInhabitant Shawnee people NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Shawnee language NERFINISHED
hasReligion Shawnee spiritual traditions
hasTypeOfBoundary flexible and shifting frontiers
historicalStatus sovereign Indigenous domain prior to U.S. expansion
interactsWith British colonial authorities
French colonial authorities
United States government NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent North America
locatedInRegion Central North America NERFINISHED
Eastern North America NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Woodlands cultural area NERFINISHED
Indigenous lands in North America
politicalControlBy Shawnee people NERFINISHED
precededBy pre-contact Indigenous occupation
recognizedAs homeland of the Shawnee
traditionalHomelandOf Shawnee people NERFINISHED
usedDuringPeriod early American expansion period
early European colonial period
pre-Columbian era

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Black Hoof countryOfCitizenship Shawnee territory
Cornstalk countryOfCitizenship Shawnee territory