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SHAWNEE INDIANS

SHAWNEE INDIANS. By: Elyse Amato & Drew Yeselski. History. Spoke the same language as the Algonquins They originated in Ohio and lived there for many years until the Iroquois Indians chased them out. Most of the Shawnee Indians traveled north into Pennsylvania when this happened

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SHAWNEE INDIANS

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  1. SHAWNEE INDIANS By: Elyse Amato & Drew Yeselski

  2. History Spoke the same language as the Algonquins They originated in Ohio and lived there for many years until the Iroquois Indians chased them out. Most of the Shawnee Indians traveled north into Pennsylvania when this happened Three names they called themselves are: Shawanoor Shawanoe Shawanese

  3. History cont. They got permission from the Delaware and Iroquois Indians to move into Pennsylvania Settled below Philadelphia and by the forks of the Delaware River and Wyoming Valley Later they were found living near the Youghiogheny and Monongahela River

  4. History cont. Shawnee means “southerners” from French form of Chaouanons Five subdivisions of villages Chillicothe Hathawekela Kispokotha Mequachake Piqua The Absentee Tribe is formed later by: Hathawekela Kispokotha Piqua

  5. History cont. Villages that are preserved in Pennsylvania: Logstown, on right bank of Ohio River about 14 miles below Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. Peixtan (Nanticoke), near lower Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, near or on the site of Paxtonville Piqua Town, on Susquehanna River at the mouth of Pequea Creek in Lancaster County In Early 1700s the Hathawekela tribe began to move to Pennsylvania and continued in intervals until 1731.

  6. Golden Rule “Do no kill or injure your neighbor, for it is not him that you injure, you injure yourself. But do good to him, therefore add to his days of happiness as you add to your own. Do no wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not him that you wrong, you wrong yourself. But love him, for Moneto loves him also as he loves you.”

  7. Last Remaining Clans Five of the original twelve clans are left in existence: Thawegila Peckuwe Kispokotha Chalahgawtha Maykujay Each are responsible for their own duties to the main tribe

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