Kansas bill to change ownership of Shawnee Indian Mission fails. Here’s what that means
The Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs voted against a bill that would have transferred ownership of the ...
Bill to give Shawnee tribe control of Shawnee Indian Mission will not move forward
A push by the Shawnee Tribe in Oklahoma to take control of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway will not move forward in the Kansas Statehouse this year. State representatives voted against a bill ...
Search for unmarked graves at former Kansas Indian boarding school never happened. Why?
Nearly three years ago, the state announced plans to conduct a ground-penetrating radar survey to identify unmarked graves at ...
Shawnee Tribe will not take control of Kansas historic site following vote
Members of a Kansas House Committee voted against a bill which would have conveyed the Shawnee Indian Mission to one of three ...
United Indian Nations of Oklahoma hosts first quarterly meeting for 2025
On Thursday, the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma (UINO) hosted the first quarterly meeting of 2025 to discuss critical ...
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Shawnee History Struggle in Kansas: Uncovering the Past
Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe in Miami, Oklahoma, has a deep connection to Kansas, particularly the town of Fairway, ...
Native American news roundup, March 9-14, 2025
Sign at the entrance of Haskell Indian Nations University, a public tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, founded ...
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Indigenous Scholars to Headline 52nd Annual Symposium on the American Indian, April 7-12 at NSU
Northeastern State University is set to host three esteemed Native American scholars at the 52nd Annual Symposium on the ...
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Oklahoma tribe fights for control of former boarding school site in Kansas The Shawnee Tribe wants ownership of the site of a former Native American boarding school, with Shawnee Chief Ben Barnes ...