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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill requiring the Kansas State Historical Society to give the Shawnee Tribe ownership of a cemetery where many of its tribe members are buried.
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Two federal efforts — one in Congress and one at the U.S. Interior Department — could affect the search for marked and unmarked graves at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway and Haskell University in Lawrence.
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White residents took the boulder to Lawrence, Kansas, nearly 100 years ago. The Kaw say it is a reminder of everything that has been taken from them and what some see as invasion and genocide.
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Missouri will make virtually all abortions illegal the moment that the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. How did the state get to this point? Plus, the Kaw Nation will reclaim a 20-ton sacred boulder that was stolen by the city of Lawrence a century ago.
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The more than 20-ton quartzite boulder was a place for ceremonies and song. 'It was like our church. Our church was taken away from us,' a Kaw leader says.
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There has been no systematic review of the actions of the nearly one million ethnically diverse members of the military who served in World War I.
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Arrowhead Middle School plans to drop its Apache mascot after a district-wide review determined the nickname was culturally insensitive.
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"Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas" by Jennifer Raff uses DNA evidence to tell how the first peoples came to the Americas.
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"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie was challenged by the grandparent of a Derby ninth-grader. A district committee decided to no longer allow teachers to use the novel in lessons and to remove it from the library at Derby North Middle School.
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In a statement before the Kansas Board of Education's private session Friday, board president Jim Porter criticized the governor and others for publicly calling for Watson to resign.
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Gov. Laura Kelly says commissioner Randy Watson should resign for "derogatory and discriminatory language" he used last week during a conference.
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The Haskell Indian Nations University campus in Lawrence has been closed for almost two years, and students are restless. In a letter, the Student Government Association urged administrators to open campus buildings and resume in-person classes.