The United Remnant Band of the Shawnee Nation (also called the Shawnee Nation, URB) is a band of people claiming Native American ancestry who hold that they are descended from the Shawnee from before the Shawnee's removal from the U.S. state of Ohio. The Shawnee Nation, URB own the Zane Shawnee Caverns and a museum.
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