The following primary sources are a selection of images from the chapters in this theme.
Chapter 5: Shawnee Resilience: Eastern Shawnees and the Boarding School Experience – Robin Dushane, Eastern Shawnee Tribe Cultural Preservation Department, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
John Peacock, b. 1951, graduated from Chilocco High School and entered the Marine Corps in 1970. John also served in the Army and National Guard for a total of 21 years in the Armed Services. His professional career included thirty years in the Indian Service. Photo courtesy John Peacock.
Charles Dushane, Sr., b. 1873 d. 1945, attended Seneca Indian School and graduated Seneca High School in 1896. He studied teacher education training in Stillwater, OK and received his first teaching certificate in 1908. Charles worked as an educator in Indian Service from 1911 through 1928. He was the father of Nina, Jessie, Everett, Nadine, Lula May, Howard and Charles Jr. Dushane. Photo courtesy of the Dushane family.
Charles Dushane, Sr. with daughter, Nina Dushane b. 1897 d. 1988. Nina attended Haskell Industrial School in Lawrence, KS. Her Eastern Shawnee Land Allotment is the current location of the Eastern Shawnee Tribal Headquarters, located just west of downtown Seneca, MO in OK. Photo courtesy of the Dushane family.
Chapter 8: Chiefs of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe – Chief Glenna Wallace
Young Tom Captain Taken in Kansas, later moved to Indian Territory, and fathered 11 children with Martha Gullitt, 1 with Oreillia Keno. Photo courtesy Larry Kropp.Tom Captain (c. 1853-1920) in later years in Oklahoma. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Back Left, Tom Captain; Back Right, Martha Gullitt Captain; Center, Babe (youngest child) and Thurman Captain (first grandchild) on Allotment in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, c. 1907. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Captain Children. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Chief Walter Lane BlueJacket, first Chief after the tribe’s first constitution was adopted in 1939, plowing corn with a cultivator, ca. 1939. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Ed Bluejacket and Walter Bluejacket performed in the Seneca Indian School Band during President Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration in 1901. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Jake Robbins and Henry Turkeyfoot, dressed in a manner the same as their surrounding community. Photo courtesy of the Wallace family.Interior of Captain’s Grocery Store, the hub of the Eastside Community. Left to right, TA Captain, Florence Captain, ca. 1947. Photo courtesy of Larry Kropp.
Chapter 11: ‘As I Remember:’ An Oklahoma Memoir – Elsie May (Sis) Captain Hoevet, Introduced and transcribed by Chief Glenna Wallace
Edith Reecer Captain and her daughter, Elsie May Captain Viver Hoevet. Photo courtesy Bo Hoevet
Charles Banks Wilson (1918-2013), “Quapaw Powwow 1942,” Oil on panel, 20 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 2 in. (52.1 x 62.2 x 5.1 cm), GM 0127.2512, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Evaline (Evy) Captain, daughter of Tom Captain. Photo courtesy of Chief Wallace.
Moccasin Bend School District No. 5 in the Eastside Community. Back row left to right: Eugene Wyrick, Travis Green, Denny Mercer, and Norman “Corky” Munson. Front row left to right: Teacher Mrs. Adams, Barbara Hollis, Patsy Munson, Barbara Crawford (King), March 1950. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.Chares Banks Wilson (1918-2013), “Sorghum Mill at 10 a.m., 1960,” 29.55 x 49.75, Oil/Canvas, 0127-2455.
Henry Turkeyfoot and his loyal horse, Billie. Photo taken by Charles Banks Wilson. Gift of Carrie Wilson.Shawnee children transported to Wyandotte Schools from the Bluejacket Community, ca. 1920. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.
Chapter 13: Larry Kropp Oral History Interview–Interviewed by Stephen Warren and Eric Wensman
A typical day for many Shawnees in the lead and zinc mines of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, ca. 1930. Photo courtesy Larry Kropp.
Exterior of Captain’s Grocery, left to right: Florence Captain, Larry Kropp, TA Captain, Terry Kropp; Captain Grocery Store in Eastside Community, ca. 1952. Photo courtesy Larry Kropp.
