A controversial bill prohibiting Native American mascots in Illinois public schools is advancing through the state ...

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, known as NABS, is losing critical grant funding from the ...

Graham Lee Brewer and Matt O'BrienThe Associated Press MIAMI, Okla. — Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including "probably hundreds of hours" colonizing a distant ...

Shawnee Development LLC, the enterprise division of the Shawnee Tribe, has launched Shawnee Global LLC, a new tribally owned ...

Bio: Ben Barnes currently serves as the Chief of the Shawnee Tribe. Prior to becoming Chief, he worked as a Shawnee language volunteer alongside his brother in hopes to revive the Shawnee language.

One such leader is Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief who challenged westward expansion of the U.S. by spreading messages of unity throughout indigenous communities, according to Civilization’s website. The ...

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 ...

Multiple tribal representatives in Oklahoma are raising concerns over a new bill, arguing that it infringes on tribal and data sovereignty.

“It’s not just the tribe being consulted, none of the tribes who had kids attend this place were consulted about this study,” Shawnee Chief Ben Barnes said. “Let’s just imagine that the ...

This view of the Shawnee Indian Mission, looking southeast, shows the historic buildings on the south side of 53rd Street in Fairway. Tammy Ljungblad [email protected] Reality Check is a Star ...