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The Shawnee Tribe is partnering with the city of Fairway to look into the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission boarding school, and to find if there are any unmarked graves of Native American ...

FAIRWAY, Kan. — The future of a Kansas historical site could involve Native American tribes. At least, that’s what the city of Fairway believes. This week the city invited more than 50 tribes to the ...

AND WHERE THEY’RE BURIED. WHY HOW DID THIS HAPPEN THEIR YOUNG NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN NOUNG NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN W LONG GONE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES IN THE 1800S BROUGHT TO BOARDING SCHOOL AT ...

Downtown Shawnee has many of the area's historic buildings, including the Aztec Shawnee Theatre and former Shawnee State Savings Bank. Northeast of City Hall is Fangro House, the oldest building in ...

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 plan to use ground penetrating radar to search for unmarked graves of Native children at one of the oldest and most significant historical landmarks in the state of Kansas is on hold, according to ...

FAIRWAY, Kan. — November is National Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate Native people and their contributions, but it's also a time to have honest conversations about Native American ...

Chief Ben Barnes, of the Shawnee Tribe, is demanding a federal investigation into all residential boarding schools, including Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway. He wants to uncover the lost history, ...

The Kansas Historical Society plans to use ground-penetrating radar to search the 12 acres of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway for children who might be buried there. This view shows the north ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. — The future of a Kansas ...