Great Council State Park is the only Ohio state park built in collaboration with any of Ohio’s historic tribes – in this case ...

This view of the Shawnee Indian Mission, looking southeast, shows the historic buildings on the south side of 53rd Street in Fairway. Tammy Ljungblad [email protected] The Kaw Nation announced ...

The Shawnee Tribe and others have been calling on government leaders to investigate the former boarding school to discover whether children are buried there. This fall, ...

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 ...

However, the Shawnee Tribe’s recent push to ask Kansas legislators for control of the land raised a red flag for the Kaw Nation, Pepper Henry said.The Shawnee Indian Mission sits on the ...

FAIRWAY, Kan. — Members of the Shawnee Tribe gathered Friday at the Shawnee Indian Mission at 3403 W. 53rd Street, asking the state of Kansas to allow the tribe to have more input and direction ...

State representatives voted against a bill that would have given control of nearly 11.97 acres of the former mission’s land and buildings to the Shawnee Tribe based in Miami, Oklahoma.

The Shawnee Tribe released a report detailing poor conditions of the Shawnee Indian Mission as the Tribe looks to take over ownership of the site. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

In 2021, Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes called for a federal investigation of all residential Native American boarding schools, including Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway, to uncover any children ...

Members of the Shawnee tribe who stayed with the family of L.K. and Helen Spyker in September 1931 pose on the front porch of the Spyker’s two-story brick home on the east side of Shawnee Road.

Originally located near Turner in present day Kansas City, Kansas, the Shawnee Indian Mission moved to present day Fairway in ...

Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe based in Miami, Oklahoma, spends a lot of time thinking about Kansas. There, in a small town called Fairway, three red-brick buildings sit aging on land once ...