Shawnee Tribal Jail

Shawnee Tribal Jail Information

The Shawnee are Native Americans who once inhabited a broad area of what is now the eastern United States. Their earliest known homeland was in what is now Ohio. The Shawnee lived in wigwams throughout the summer. Wigwams were dome-shaped houses built of wood poles coated in bark.

Tribe: Shawnee Tribe

Phone: 918-238-5151

Physical Address:
Shawnee Tribal Jail
127 West Oneida
Seneca, MO 64865

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Shawnee Tribal Jail
127 West Oneida
Seneca, MO 64865

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About the Shawnee Tribal Jail
The Shawnee are Native Americans who once inhabited a broad area of what is now the eastern United States. Their earliest known homeland was in what is now Ohio. The Shawnee lived in wigwams throughout the summer. Wigwams were dome-shaped houses built of wood poles coated in bark.
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Understanding US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.

There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.

Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).

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