Shawnee Indian Mission

Representatives from the city of Fairway, the state of Kansas and four tribal nations, including the Shawnee Tribe, met this week to discuss the future of the Shawnee Indian Mission. Fairway and the Kansas Historical Society invited more than 65...

The city of Fairway is pushing back against flyers bearing the message “Save the Shawnee Indian Mission” that began appearing in local residents' mailboxes last week. Thousands of flyers paid for by the Shawnee Tribe started showing up at homes...

The prospects for a bill aiming to transfer the historic Shawnee Indian Mission property in Fairway to the Shawnee Tribe appear to be waning this legislative session in Topeka. Though not technically dead, one state lawmaker who represents the area...

The Shawnee Tribe would not be able to use Shawnee Indian Mission land in Fairway for a casino if it were to acquire the 12-acre historic site, according to legislation introduced in the Kansas Statehouse. Two identical bills — HB 2208...

A bill that aims to transfer ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway from the state to the Shawnee Tribe has been introduced in the Kansas Legislature, according to lawmakers and tribal officials. The legislation would allow the tribe...

The Shawnee Tribe is seeking to take control of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway, saying the historic site is deteriorating and in need of millions of dollars in repairs. But city officials dispute some of the key findings of a...

The Kansas Historical Society is moving forward with plans to conduct a ground penetrating radar study this fall at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway in an ongoing effort to search for possible unmarked graves of Native American children...

There’s new progress on a federal bill that would create a commission to investigate former U.S. Indian boarding schools like the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway. The bill: Co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, who is a member of the...

The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma now owns a historic half-acre cemetery off Nieman Road and W. 59th Terrace in Shawnee. Why now? Earlier this week, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed SB 405, which obligates the Kansas State Historical Society, which had...

By Luke X. Martin Congressional testimony began Thursday on a bill that would create a federal commission to look into the impacts of Native American boarding schools such as those that once operated throughout Kansas and at two sites in...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded the Shawnee Tribe $25,000 for baseline research into the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway. Why it matters: Much of the inner workings of the boarding school, which operated from...

Nationwide, historic sites of boarding schools for Native American children will be investigated through a new federal initiative — but that effort may not include Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway. Still, mission officials as well as Shawnee Tribe leaders say...