Shawnee Public Schools recently hosted a Tribal Consultation in partnership with Tecumseh Public Schools and McLoud Public ...

"Having someone from Oklahoma, he understands Indian Country better than most," said Ben Barnes, chief of the Shawnee Tribe ... advocate for our Native American tribes." "We're not a flyover ...

But out of view are more than 6,500 Native American human ... Historic Ohio tribes' remains are scattered about the country. For example, chief of the Shawnee Tribe Ben Barnes says it has to ...

Nearly three years ago, the Kansas Historical Society planned to search the grounds of Johnson County’s Shawnee Indian ... Christian American culture. Other tribes, including the Kaw Nation ...

STATE AND CITY LEADERS ARE PUSHING TO KEEP THE SHAWNEE INDIAN MISSION UNDER STATE ... Indian Mission to one of three present-day Shawnee Tribes based in Oklahoma,” a statement from the City ...

The former boarding school was established by the Rev. Thomas Johnson — for whom Johnson County is named —and housed students from several tribes, requiring them to perform manual labor and ...

This view of the Shawnee Indian ... housed students from 22 tribes and forced them to perform manual labor, with the intent of assimilating the children into white American culture and Christianity.