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Shawnee Tribe Office of the Chief
Proclamation 2022-04-01
April 2022 Designated as “Child Abuse Prevention Month”
On File with Office of Tribal Secretary

The Proposed Constitution Amendment passed at the March 26, 2022 Special Meeting and Vote of the Tribal Council, by unanimous vote and will be adopted.

If passed, the “Creating WV Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication, and Listing Act,” would undermine Tribal sovereignty and give false legitimacy to groups with no historical or ancestral ties to one of the three Shawnee tribes.

Team Shawnee welcomes its most recent recruits – Joshua Shawnee – March 10, 2022 (start date), Administrative Assistant Joshua Shawnee was born in Miami, OK. He grew up “all over northeastern Oklahoma” and graduated from Grove High School.

The Shawnee Tribe is now accepting applications for eight new citizen programs, including emergency home repairs, handicap accessibility modifications, storm shelter installation, burial assistance, higher education awards and more.

Groups claiming to be tribal sovereigns has reached a new level of concern for the Shawnee Tribe and other tribal nations.