When Shawnee Tribal Chief Ben Barnes walks through three aging, derelict buildings in Fairway, Kansas — what’s left of the former Shawnee Indian Mission Manual Labor School — he thinks of his own ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Shawnee Tribe released a detailed plan Thursday on how it plans to save and restore the Shawnee Indian Mission. Broken down into three phases, the plan estimates it will take ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs has scheduled a hearing next week that could decide the fate of a long-running dispute over who should control the historic ...

A battle is brewing over ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Johnson County, as the Shawnee Tribe lobbies to take over the state historic site, arguing that the former boarding school site has ...

The Shawnee Tribe says the state of Kansas should give up ownership of the historic Native American boarding school in Fairway. But this week, the Kaw Nation made an argument that they — as the ...

[email protected]. THE DEBATE CONTINUES TODAY OVER A VALUABLE PIECE OF HISTORY. STATE AND CITY LEADERS ARE PUSHING TO KEEP THE SHAWNEE INDIAN MISSION UNDER STATE CONTROL. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FAIRWAY, Kan. — Buildings on a historic site ...

WYANDOTTE, Okla. — The Eastern Shawnee Tribe is celebrating a multi-agency effort to restore a creek that runs through their land. The tribe held a blessing ceremony Wednesday to officially ...

MIAMI, Okla. — Preserving the culture of a local tribe is the main purpose behind a new language center in Miami. Specifically, the Shawnee Language Center – officially celebrated with a ribbon ...

Two identical bills in the Kansas statehouse propose the state should transfer ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway to the Shawnee Tribe. The legislation is the latest step in a fierce ...

FAIRWAY, Kan. (AP) — The Shawnee Tribe is asking to take over ownership of a historical site in Kansas that might contain unmarked graves of Native American students. The tribe released an ...

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Shawnee schools intends to reinstate its tribal mascot to reinvigorate school spirit. The Shawnee tribe’s opinion of the mascot is unknown. Shawnee students once dressed as a “brave ...