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. — Friday marked a day that many people, including Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes, have fought toward for years — acknowledgment of the hardships Indigenous children faced at boarding ...

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 ...

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] Reality Check is a Star ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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. Thomas ...

[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 ...

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. (KCTV) - A Kansas House bill proposes transferring ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission site from the Kansas Historical Society to the Shawnee tribe. The topic of debate surrounds ...