SHAWNEE


Meaning of SHAWNEE in English

n ( pl Shawnees or Shawnee )

a member of a Native-American people living mostly in Oklahoma . They first settled in the Ohio Valley as farmers who also hunted. Tecumseh tried to unite them to defend their land against white people but failed. The Shawnees were then moved to the Indian Territory .

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