Twenty-two Native American tribes attended and learned academics, manual arts, and agriculture. The Shawnee is one of them and Chief Benjamin Barnes says it’s a testament to their survival and ...

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 ...

KS lawmakers weigh fate of Shawnee Indian Mission — again. Why city, tribe want to own it Story by Taylor O’Connor • 1w ...

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 ...