The Shawnees and Their Neighbors, 1795-1870

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The Shawnees and Their Neighbors, 1795-1870 is written by Stephen Warren and published by University of Illinois Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0252076451 (ISBN 10) and 9780252076459 (ISBN 13).

Stephen Warren traces the transformation in Shawnee sociopolitical organization over seventy years as it changed from village-centric, multi-tribe kin groups to an institutionalized national government. By analyzing the crucial role that individuals, institutions, and policies played in shaping modern tribal governments, Warren establishes that the form of the modern Shawnee "tribe" was coerced in accordance with the U.S. government's desire for an entity with whom to do business, rather than as a natural development of traditional Shawnee ways.