"Procession Before War Dance", Ernest Spybuck Credit: National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (02/5735).
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe is primarily located in the heart of central Oklahoma with approximately 4,760 members who live in all parts of the world as of December 31, 2025. Our tribal government complex is located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Our logo features Tecumseh, a Shawnee warrior and visionary leader, who worked to unite tribes in a common homeland where Indians could live under their own laws and leaders. He died in October 1813, in battle near the area of present day Thamesville, in Toronto, Canada. The LI-SI-WI-NWI in our logo means “Among the Shawnee”
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Regular Executive Committee Meeting
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96th SEMI-ANNUAL GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING
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PIER Community Scholars Program Apps due April 30, 2026
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2026 AST Annual Easter Event
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Special Executive Committee Meeting
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Registration open for 2026 AST Language Classes
We are so excited to announce that registration is now open for 2026 AST Language Classes.
Make sure you sign up today and
Ka si wi nwi to wa pa - Let's Speak Shawnee!
Deadline to sign up is February 7, 2026.
To sign up online, click here,
https://laserfiche.astribe.com/Forms/language-enrollment-form
Deadline to register is February 7 2026.
The Executive Committee of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, in accordance with the Constitution, Article XVI, Section 4, “Executive Committee Meetings” here by calls and declares public notice that the REGULAR meeting of the Executive Committee of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma has been scheduled for Wednesday March 18, 2026 at 10 AM at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Complex in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Misty McGirt, Tribal Secretary
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Dated this 3rd day of March 2026.
96th SEMI-ANNUAL GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING OF THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026 AT 10:00 A.M. AT AST MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING, SHAWNEE, OK
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe will close on Wednesday November 27 at 12:00 pm. Thursday 11/28/2019 Closed, Friday 11/29/2019 Closed. Complex will reopen on Monday December 2, 2019 at 8:00 am
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe will be closed in observance of Veterans day Monday November 11th 2019. The complex will reopen on Tuesday Nov 12th at 8:00 am.
The 84th Semi-annual General Council meeting of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe has been set for October 19, 2019, starting at 10:00 am at the Multipurpose Building in Shawnee, Oklahoma. If you have any questions please call 405.275.4030.
The Absentee Shawnee Complex will be closed on August 30, 2019 for AST day. The Complex will also be closed on Monday September 2, 2019 in observance of Labor Day. Complex will reopen on Tuesday Sept 3rd 2019 at 8:00 am.