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 city of Fairway both denied any possibility of new development or changes to the site in interviews with The Star this week. If the bill passes, the city of Fairway ...

The Kansas House Committee on Federal and State Affairs voted against a bill that would have transferred ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission site in Fairway to the Shawnee Tribe, bringing years of ...

Members of the House Federal & State Affairs Committee voted against a bill March 18, which would have conveyed the Shawnee ...

NOW, THE SHAWNEE TRIBE HAS LOBBIED TO TAKE CONTROL, SAYING IT HAS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. INTERPRETATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SITE. NOW, STATE AND CITY LEADERS DON’T LIKE THE TRIBE’S PLANS, ...

MIAMI, Okla. — Preserving the culture of a local tribe is the main purpose behind a new language center in Miami. Specifically, the Shawnee Language Center – officially celebrated with a ...

FAIRWAY, Kan. (KCTV) - A Kansas House bill proposes transferring ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission site from the Kansas Historical Society to the Shawnee tribe. The topic of debate surrounds ...

Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes said that the public would continue to have access to the site and that the site would still be subject to Fairway, Johnson County, and Kansas laws if the tribe ...