The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma has elected its first female chief. According to an article in Tulsa World, the Tribe elected Glenna J. Wallace in November and she was sworn in on December 6th. Wallace made known her intentions to continue pursuit of Tribal gaming in Ohio and noted that the Tribe wants “to return to Ohio – to be a federally recognized tribe and to be restored in Ohio.” Wallace indicated that she will resign from her current job as a communications professor at Crowder College to devote all of her time to Tribal governance.