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Shawnee division that traditionally provided war chiefs

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::summary Shawnee division that traditionally provided war chiefs ::

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Field	Value
group	Kispoko
native_name	Kispokotha
native_name_lang	sjw
region1	Ohio
region2	Indiana
region3	Kansas (historical)
languages	Shawnee
related	Shawnee, Chalahgawtha, Mekoche, Pekowi, Hathawekela
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| group = Kispoko | native_name = Kispokotha | native_name_lang = sjw | population = | region1 = Ohio | region2 = Indiana | region3 = Kansas (historical) | languages = Shawnee | religions = | related = Shawnee, Chalahgawtha, Mekoche, Pekowi, Hathawekela Kispoko (also spelled Kiscopocoke, Kispokotha, Spitotha){{Cite web | last = Sulzman | first = Lee | title = Shawnee History | work = First Nations Histories | access-date = February 17, 2013 | url = http://www.tolatsga.org/shaw.html | archive-date = January 11, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130111033313/http://www.tolatsga.org/shaw.html | url-status = dead

Traditionally, the Shawnee had a patrilineal system, by which descent and inheritance went through paternal lines. The war chiefs were hereditary and descended from their paternal line in the Kispoko division.

Historians have held that most of this sept relocated west of the Mississippi River in the early 19th century during the period of Indian Removal. Some remained in the Midwest. Since the late 20th century, their descendants have organized as two groups that identify as Kispoko of the Shawnee; they are documented in Ohio and Indiana. Neither has been recognized by respective states or the federal government. (Neither Ohio nor Indiana have a process for state recognition of Native American tribes.)

Kispoko in Ohio

The Shawnee village of Peckuwe, which was located at (near what is modern Springfield, Ohio) was home to the Peckuwe and Kispoko divisions of the Shawnee Tribe in the late eighteenth century. During the Battle of Piqua (August 8, 1780), in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, they were defeated by European-American settlers. The village was destroyed.

The Piqua Sept of Ohio Shawnee Tribe have placed a traditional cedar pole in commemoration, located "on the southern edge of the George Rogers Clark Historical Park, in the lowlands in front of the park's 'Hertzler House.'"{{Cite web | title = Peckuwe Shawnee Memorial Marker | work = HNdb.org, The Historical Marker Database | access-date = February 17, 2013 | url = http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35274

Another Shawnee settlement in Ohio was called "Kispoko Town."

21st-century Kispoko Shawnee

A Kispoko Sept of Ohio Shawnee (Hog Creek Reservation) was listed as residing in Cridersville, Ohio as of 2013, according to the 500 Nations website.{{Cite web | title = Ohio Tribes | work = 500 Nations | access-date = February 17, 2013 | url = http://500nations.com/Ohio_Tribes.asp | title = American Indians in Kansas: a bibliography - Kansas Historical Society | access-date = February 17, 2013 | url = http://www.kshs.org/p/american-indians-in-kansas-a-bibliography/13534

The Upper Kispoko Band of the Shawnee Nation, an unrecognized tribe, was listed as being located in Kokomo, Indiana as of 2013.{{Cite web | title = First director hired for Purdue's new Native American Educational and Cultural Center | work = Purdue University | access-date = February 17, 2013 | date = August 23, 2007 | url = https://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/070823HirschNativeAmer.html | archive-date = November 21, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131121181810/https://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/070823HirschNativeAmer.html | url-status = dead | last = O'Leary | first = Susan | title = Tribal groups call Indiana home: Commission spreading word on American Indian presence, needs | work = nwi.com | location = Munster, Indiana | access-date = February 17, 2013 | date = January 6, 2008 | url = http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/tribal-groups-call-indiana-home/article_a2bc838a-757f-5539-ac1b-aa1b08a850e2.html | title = Native American Tribes of Indiana | access-date = February 17, 2013 | url = http://teachers.cpcsc.k12.in.us/jstanley/websites/NativeAmericansIndiana.htm | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120810222724/http://teachers.cpcsc.k12.in.us/jstanley/websites/NativeAmericansIndiana.htm | archive-date = August 10, 2012 | title = Tribal Directory of Northeastern Indian Tribes | work = Indians.org | access-date = February 17, 2013 | url = http://indians.org/tribal-directory-northeastern-indian-tribes.html | title = Shawnee | work = Four Directions Institute | access-date = February 17, 2013 | url = http://www.fourdir.com/shawnee.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070626081547/http://www.fourdir.com/shawnee.htm | url-status = usurped | archive-date = June 26, 2007

References

Kleber, John E.. (May 18, 1992). "The Kentucky Encyclopedia". University Press of Kentucky.
Harrison, R. H. (1880). ''Atlas of Allen County, Ohio from Records and Original Surveys,'' Philadelphia: R.H. Harrison. pp. 19.

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