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Jul 29 2024
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A Volunteer With a Mission

By Jennifer Laughlin Community No Comments
  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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Jul 29 2024
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A Team on a Mission at the Mission

By Jennifer Laughlin Community No Comments
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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Apr 05 2024
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Extract from the report of Rev. Thomas Johnson to Major Cummins

By Jennifer Laughlin Community No Comments
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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Apr 05 2024
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A Threat to the Mission

By Jennifer Laughlin Community No Comments
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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Dec 08 2023
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History Timeline Debuts on Mission Website

By Jennifer Laughlin Community, History No Comments
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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Dec 08 2023
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Now Hiring a Volunteer/Data Coordinator

By Jennifer Laughlin Community No Comments
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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Nov 19 2023
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Linda Horn

By Jennifer Laughlin Community No Comments
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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Nov 19 2023
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A Gathering of Tribes

By Jennifer Laughlin Community, History No Comments
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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Nov 19 2023
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History of this Place We Call Home: The Kaw Migration

By Jennifer Laughlin History No Comments
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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Nov 19 2023
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Miracle on 53rd Street is Still Happening

By Jennifer Laughlin Christmas, Community No Comments
Above: Scenes from Last Year's Tree Sale Miracle on 53rd Street is Still Happening! There are still about 30 beautiful trees remaining and an abundance…
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