The Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs voted against a bill that would have transferred ownership of the ...

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 ...

The Shawnee Tribe and the local agencies that run the Shawnee Indian Mission boarding school have butted heads for years. How ...

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

Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe in Miami, Oklahoma, has a deep connection to Kansas, particularly the town of Fairway, ...

Nearly three years ago, the state announced plans to conduct a ground-penetrating radar survey to identify unmarked graves at ...

STATE AND CITY LEADERS ARE PUSHING TO KEEP THE SHAWNEE INDIAN MISSION UNDER STATE CONTROL ... have sparred with Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes over the past few years, saying they do not trust ...

Chief Barnes has been outspoken about what he said lies beneath the surface of the Shawnee Indian Manual Labor School. Barnes said its children tried to flee from poor conditions and abuse.

In 2021, Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes called for a federal investigation of all residential Native American boarding schools, including Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway, to uncover any children ...