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.

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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.

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 ...

Shawnee Indian planners for "Tecumseh's Dream -- An Historic Event" have requested permission to conduct a four-day meeting in a 700-acre area of the 277,000-acre forest in Southern Illinois.