COMMUNITY CALENDARYA’SASILAWIIYAKWE

EVENTS

October 7, 2025

MONTHLY BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING

Time: 6:00 PM / / Location: Shawnee Tribe Community Building, Miami OK

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October 6, 2025

TRIBAL OFFICES CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF TECUMSEH MEMORIAL DAY

September 20, 2025

GENERAL COUNCIL WEEKEND – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Location: Craig County Fairgrounds and Community Center in Vinita, OK. Get driving directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps. 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Polls open (Election Day). 11:00 AM: 2025 Shawnee Tribe Annual General Council Meeting. Door prize entries, catered lunch and refreshments will be provided for annual meeting attendees. See General Council Weekend schedule for Friday, September 19.

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September 19, 2025

GENERAL COUNCIL WEEKEND – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

2:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Polls open (Early in-person voting) at the Craig County Fairgrounds and Community Center in Vinita, OK. Get driving directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps. 7:00 PM: Community Dinner & Stomp Dance following at Miami Tribe Council House in Miami, OK (54515 E 65 Road, Miami, OK 74354). Get driving directions: Apple Maps / Google Maps. See General […]

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September 18, 2025

ELECTIONS: DEADLINE TO RETURN VOTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS

By 5:00 PM CDT. See more here.

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September 14, 2025

Shawnee VIP Preview: FAMily Discovery Center

The new FAMily Discovery Center at the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City will offer a unique, fun-filled learning experience for everyone ages three to 103. Join Grandma Turtle in her immersive pop-up book world where “We are all Connected” to play games, build resilience, and discover the importance of stewardship and caring for our […]

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Recent News

Nov 6, 2025

RECYCLING SPOTLIGHT: HOW & WHY TO RECYCLE MOBILE PHONES

WHY SHOULD I RECYCLE? HOW DO I RECYCLE? Sources: earth911.com

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Nov 4, 2025

WEEMEYAKWE: AT THE MOUTH OF SCIOTO RIVER

by A. Gwynn Henderson and David Pollack The original mouth of the Scioto River, in what is now southern Ohio, is far from Oklahoma. So far, perhaps, it has been forgotten. But important events in Shawnee history—in the mid-1700s and thousands of years earlier—took place there. Two painted panels on Portsmouth, Ohio’s floodwall highlight its […]

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Oct 29, 2025

SHAWNEE TRIBE DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AS SNAP PROGRAM HALTS; EMERGENCY FUNDS RELEASED TO SUPPORT CITIZENS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MIAMI, OK — The Shawnee Tribe has declared a state of emergency and released emergency funds to assist citizens who may lose access to food assistance following the federal government’s suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture notified the Tribe on October 22 that SNAP operations will […]

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Oct 14, 2025

ELDERS’ LUNCHEON

RSVP to the Elders’ Luncheon!

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Oct 2, 2025

WRAP-UP: 2025 GENERAL COUNCIL & ELECTION WEEKEND

The Shawnee Tribe’s 2025 General Council & Election Weekend included a community dinner and stomp dance, as well as the annual meeting of the Shawnee Tribal Council and Business Council election. Citizens had the opportunity to meet tribal service programs & administrative staff, collect raffle prizes, and hear reports on the past twelve months of happenings of the […]

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Oct 2, 2025

RECYCLING SPOTLIGHT: 10 RECYCLING MYTHS BUSTED!

Check out this helpful information on recycling myths. 1. Myth: Everything with a recycling symbol is recyclable. Fact: The symbol shows material type, not what your local facility accepts. 2. Myth: It’s okay to guess what’s recyclable — “wishcycling” helps. Fact: Guesswork often leads to contamination; non-recyclables can spoil batches. 3. Myth: Recyclables don’t need […]

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Sep 30, 2025

ORANGE SHIRT DAY — A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

This September 30, 2025 is Orange Shirt Day.

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Sep 29, 2025

TA’SAAWANWAATOWEEYAKWE (“WHERE WE SPEAK SHAWNEE”)

Welcome to ta’saawanwaatoweeyakwe, the new blog series dedicated to the Shawnee Language Immersion Program’s happenings and language preservation work. From June 18-21, Shawnee Language Immersion Program apprentices, mentors, Community Language Preservationists (CLPs), and other guests gathered for their annual conference at the Emma “Mock” Donaldson Shawnee Language House. Many of the attendees live far away from […]

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