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 9: Becoming Our Own Storytellers: Tribal Nations Engaging with Academia – Benjamin Barnes
The Moundbuilders Country Club (MCC) golf course cuts across the Newark Earthworks in Newark, Ohio. The Hopewell people constructed this earthen mound complex over 1500 years ago and it is a UNESCO World Heritage site nominee, as well as a sacred site to Ohio’s removed, indigenous tribal nations. Visitors to the sacred site are warned off by this sign under the threat of trespass unless one visits the earthworks on one of the four public access days brokered by the Ohio History Connection. Photo courtesy of Marti Chaatsmith, Newark Earthworks Center, Ohio State University.
These five, steatite spheres were discovered at Seip-Pricer Mound by Ohio Historic Society archaeologists, Henry Shetrone and Emerson Greenman, during their 1925-1928 excavation of the mound. Shetrone’s Eurocentric-bias described the stones as a child’s marbles. The stones were part of a larger find of numerousitems in an area described as the “Burnt Offering,” a fire-baked clay basin filled with fired remnants of faunal and shell offerings as well as these five stones. Similar stones such as these are used by contemporary native communities in religious ceremonies and offers a better explanation for their usage than the one provided by Shetrone. Photo courtesy of the Ohio History Connection.
Fort Ancient replica pot cooking native corn and venison. The Shawnee Tribe’s pottery reconstruction project brings together Shawnee citizens and academics to research and document ancestral ceramics so that artists and Shawnee people can recreate the food ways of our ancestors. The Shawnee Tribe also hopes the research on Fort Ancient ceramics will fill in the gaps in the Fort Ancient narrative and discover where our tribe belongs within the Fort Ancient complex. The ceramic vessel shown above was created by Shawnee Tribe’s pottery partner and ceramic expert, Richard Zane Smith (Wyandotte). January 28th, Wyandotte, Oklahoma. Photo courtesy of Richard Zane Smith.
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 12: An Interview with Chief Glenna Wallace – Interviewed by Stephen Warren and Eric Wensman
Four sisters in red dresses, left to right: Pauline Crain Mitchell, Ruth Crain Huggins, Elsie Crain Huls, and Vergie Crain Enyart, ca. 1920. Photo courtesy Chief Wallace.
Picking strawberries in Gresham, Oregon, ca. 1950. L to R: Vergie Crain Enyart, Buddy Joe Enyart, Shirley Crain, Dixie Enyart Martin, Jean Enyart Buxton, Jewel Dushane Crain, Sonny Crain, Charles Enyart, Glenna Wallace. Photo courtesy Jean Enyart Buxton.Glenna J. Enyart Wallace, Senior Picture, Wyandotte High School, Wyandotte, Oklahoma, 1956. 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.
Chapter 14: Brett Barnes and Annie Winifred “Winkie” Froman Oral History Interview – Interviewed by Stephen Warren and Eric Wensman
Traditional Ceremonial regalia worn by Annie Winifred “Winkie” Froman and Ron Froman (past Chief of the Peoria Tribe). Photo courtesy Rhonda BarnesShawnees played games of chance long before casinos. Charles Banks Wilson, “Shawnee Ribbon Bets, 1948,” 27.25 x 35, Oil/Canvas, 0127.1468Mother and son, Annie Winifred “Winkie” Froman, Brett Barnes, 2016. Photo courtesy Stephen Warren.
Chapter 15: Shawn King Oral History Interview – Interviewed by Stephen Warren and Eric Wensman
Bessie (House-Crawford) Goodeagle, grandmother of Ceremonial Chief Shawn King. Photo courtesy Shawn King.Barbara Crawford King, mother of Ceremonial Chief Shawn King and daughters Donna King and Kelly Frantz. Photo courtesy Shawn King.Taking a break from fancy dancing, Ceremonial Chief Shawn King in his regalia. Photo courtesy Shawn King.
Chapter 16: Norma Krause Oral History Interview – Interviewed by Stephen Warren and Eric Wensman
