Will Kansas Give Shawnee Mission Site Back To Tribe Despite Fairway Outcry?!?

The debate continues as new legislation creeps up . . .

The Shawnee tribe has pushed to uncover a deeper history about the treatment of native children at the site’s former boarding school along with repairing and restoring the property’s three standing buildings.

The buildings originally served as a mission and boarding school for native children from at least 22 different tribes. The site also serves as a landmark for notable Kansas historical events. The tribe says the site’s three remaining buildings are in deteriorating condition and last month released a plan to restore them . . .

But, city of Fairway leadership and the Kansas Historical Society have launched strong opposition to the tribe’s proposal, saying the site is not in as bad of a condition as the tribe describes.

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Kansas bill would transfer Shawnee Indian Mission site to Shawnee Tribe

Two identical bills in the Kansas statehouse propose the state should transfer ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway to the Shawnee Tribe.