UTOSI

UNITED TRIBE OF SHAWNEE INDIANS

A UNITED STATES TREATY TRIBE

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The Constitution of The United Tribe Of Shawnee Indians, "UTOSI".

The United Tribe of Shawnee Indians by John W. Ragsdale, Jr., 58 UMKC Law Review 209
Abstracts Presented in Three Parts: Part A, Part B & Part C.

NOTE: From the link to the abstracts a reader can click on the "Download Document" link to retrieve the full text of the articles in pdf format.
(Part A). Ragsdale, John W., "The United Tribe of Shawnee Indians: Resurrection in the Twentieth Century" (April, 25 2008). University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 68, 2000

(Part B). Ragsdale, John W., "The United Tribe of Shawnee Indians: The Battle for Recognition" (April, 25 2008). University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 69, 2000

(Part C). Ragsdale, John W., "Treaty-Based Exclusions from the Boundaries and Jurisdiction of the States" (2003). University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 71, 2003

Federal Indian Law:
Congress has mandated by Public Law 103-454, 108 Stat. 4791, 4792 that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) publish a list of Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in the Federal Register that have been recognized by anyone of the following requirements.

Treaties (Acts of Congress) or; Decisions of the United States Court or; By administrative procedures set forth by the BIA in part 83 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Indian).

The United Tribe of Shawnee Indians (UTOSI) has been previously recognized by two of the above requirements, Treaties (Acts of Congress) and by Decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

1. The Paris Peace Treaty (Peace Treaty of 1783)

2. Treaty with the Shawnee, 1786

3. The Northwest Ordinance (July 13, 1787)

4A. Louisiana Purchase (Apr. 30, 1803)

4B. Louisiana Purchase (Apr. 30, 1803)

4C. Large Picture of Louisiana Purchase (Apr. 30, 1803)

5. Treaty with the Shawnee, 1817

6. Treaty with the Shawnee, 1825, Also known as The Missouri Shawnee

7. Treaty with the Shawnee, 1831, Also known as the Ohio Shawnee

"And the United States guarantee that this land "SHALL" never be within the bounds of any state or territory or the laws therof..."

Treaty with the Shawnee Article IX, 7 Stat. 348, (1831)

This provision of the treaty has never been abrogated by the United States Congress and thus in force. Oyler v. Allenbrand 23 F.3d. 292, 294 (1994)

8. Treaty with The United Tribe of Shawnee Indians, May 10, 1854 (UTOSI).

This treaty combined the Missouri Shawnee with the Ohio Shawnee and the United States named the New Shawnee Tribe the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians, (UTOSI).

9. An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. Approved, May 30, 1854

10. United Tribe of Shawnee Indians Restricted Indian Country Patent for Shawnee Reserve Number 206, Patent dated 28 Dec. 1859

11. The Kansas Indians, 72 U.S. 737, (1866)

12A. Indian Reservations (MAP) Bounded by the State of Kansas

The United Tribe of Shawnee Indians Reservation are located as 318, 319 and 320.

12B. Congressional Act that authorized the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians Reservaions

Enter here to locate the number for the other Indian Tribes Reservations bounded by the State of Kansas.

13. Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
14. The "Mandatory Command" of the word "SHALL", as contained: 

     (1.)  The Constitution of the Republic of the United States of America.

     (2.)  United States Treaties with the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians.

     (3.)  United States Congressional Acts.

     (4.)  The Kansas Acts, Known as the Organic Act, Kansas Constitution and the Act for Admission 
           into the Union

15. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler

16. Native American (Indian) Historical Documents

17. Native American Rights Fund

Indian Country and The Federal Government

  • Department of the Interior
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • Indian Country Defined: 18 U.S.C. Section 1151 a, b & c.
  • United States Code, Title 25, Indians
  • BIA Office of Federal Acknowledgment
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
  • U.S. Department of Interior, Indian Arts and Craft Board

    • A.T. Still, (grave-robber) He dug up Indian graves

        ..."My subjects were the bodies exhumed from the Indian graves.  Day and night, like any other grave-robber, I roamed about the country, and often at moonlight and often in the day-time with shovel disinterred the dead Indian and utilized his body for the good of science.  Some one says the end justifies the means, and I adopt this theory to satisfy the qualms of conscience.  The dead Indians never objected to being object-lessons for the development of science.  Their relatives knew nothing about it; and as where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise, and as the knowledge which I gained by this research has aided me to relieve countless thousands of suffering human beings, and snatch many from the grave, I shall not allow my equanimity of mind to be disturbed by the thoughts that I once was a grave-robber"...

    Sharp Points and Blades

    INDIAN COUNTRY NEWS OF THE AMERICAS