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 ...

Nearly three years ago, the state announced plans to conduct a ground-penetrating radar survey to identify unmarked graves at the Shawnee Indian Mission historic site in Fairway. But plans halted ...

The Kaw Nation opposes the Shawnee Tribe’s efforts to take over ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission historical site in Fairway, Kansas.

The program began as a pilot program with the Cherokee and Chickasaw nations in 2018. These lawmakers want to make the ...

Discover everything about Kansas, the Sunflower State, including its history as a battleground during the Civil War, its ...

The Eastern Shawnee Tribe officially cut the ribbon for the tribe's new Government Building, located in Wyandotte, Thursday morning.

The Lori Piestewa National Native American Games, honoring fallen Hopi soldier Lori Ann Piestewa, return to Mesa, Arizona.

Members of a Kansas House Committee voted against a bill which would have conveyed the Shawnee Indian Mission to one of three present-day Shawnee Tribes.

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

A controversy in Kansas illustrates the dark history of U.S. Indian boarding schools. Can Indigenous peoples like the Shawnee control their story?

Ten players scoring points was a key element in the Sequoyah girls basketball team picking up its first Regional title in five years. The Lady Indians took the 46-25 win at home against the Kansas ...

The government denied federal recognition of Webber's group in 1985, saying it was not an authentic Indian tribe and that the 70-year-old Webber -- who calls himself Grand Chief Thunderbird IV ...