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The Shawnee Tribe said the Kansas Historical Society's planned study of the Fairway boarding school site “was wrong from the start," and was being done without consultation "or even acknowledgement of ...

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 ...

Although Shawnee Indian Mission was a one-time Native American boarding school in the early 1800s, Kansas State Historical Society officials say they have yet to be contacted regarding a recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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FAIRWAY, Kan. (KCTV) - Although Native American Heritage Month is coming to an end, the stories of the tribes who planted roots in the Kansas City Area live on. Centuries of history live on the ...

MIAMI, Okla. (AP) — Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. So when ...

This view of the Shawnee Indian Mission, looking southeast, shows the historic buildings on the south side of 53rd Street in Fairway. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com Reality Check is a Star ...