Native American tribe fighting to keep history alive at Shawnee Indian Mission By Nydja Hood Published : Nov. 30, 2023 at 9:50 PM CST | Updated : Dec. 1, 2023 at 11:25 AM CST ...

The Shawnee Indian Mission is more than 160 years old. From 1839 to 1862 it served as a training school for kids from several Native American tribes, including the Shawnee Tribe.

Last year, the U.S. government apologized for trying to erase Native American culture in its policies toward Indian boarding schools. Indigenous tribes like the Shawnee want to tell the story from ...

Tune in this Friday as Levi Rickert, publisher and editor of Native News Online, interviews Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report ...

Originally located near Turner in present day Kansas City, Kansas, the Shawnee Indian Mission moved to present day Fairway in 1839, where a branch of the Santa Fe Trail passed through Shawnee land.

Many Native American tribes can trace their ancestry to Ohio. But in 2023, there's a debate as to whether the Buckeye State is actually home to any.

HARRISBURG, Ill. -- The plan is still on. As many as 50,000 Native Americans plan to gather in the Shawnee National Forest in the fall. "The Shawnee Indian leaders still want to meet here," John ...

The Shawnee Indian Cemetery is tucked into a quiet neighborhood in Shawnee, just off Nieman Road. That and a small natural spring are nearly all that is left of Gum Springs. Burials took place in ...

Native American leaders say removing William Penn's statue wasn't a priority ... Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, ...