Pictured above: Spring 2024 Master Gardeners volunteer group This amazing group of volunteers meets at the Mission every Wednesday morning! In June, they finished harvesting…
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Pictured above: Mrs. Martha Wofford with her husband, Bruce Wofford In the early 2000s, Martha Wofford joined a group of her fellow Johnson County…
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Early in the summer of 1997, a team of ambitious volunteers at the Shawnee Indian Mission decided to turn back the clock. After a rambling…
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This is an excerpt from the report written by Reverend Thomas Johnson to Major Cummins. It is an excerpt and gives a brief snapshot about…
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There were various activities and meetings in the first quarter of 2024 that brought the three partners together who own, maintain and manage the Shawnee…
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Curious about Mission history? The Foundation website now allows you to explore Mission history in the land we call home from the comfort of wherever…
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Generous donors have made it possible for the Foundation to hire a Volunteer/Data Coordinator to support the work of the hundreds of volunteers who are…
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A resident of Westwood and long-serving volunteer of the Mission passed away on Monday September 4th, 2023. Linda volunteered as a founding board member of…
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In mid-July, Nathan Nogelmeier, Fairway City Administrator, invited the 22 Native American tribes who sent children to the Mission school, plus 40 other tribes with…
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Above: Kanza had ‘cabanas’, bark-covered lodges, in their villages but a skin-covered tipi was used when on the move for hunting expeditions. In the July…
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