Posted on Oct 28, 2022
Search for unmarked graves at Shawnee Indian Mission halted after criticism from tribe
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The Shawnee Tribe said the Kansas Historical Society's planned study of the Fairway boarding school site “was wrong from the start," and was being done without consultation "or even acknowledgement of the cultural sensitivity involved with doing something like searching for the graves of deceased Native children.”
A study at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway aimed at looking for potential unmarked graves of Native American children is “on hold indefinitely” after Shawnee Tribe officials reportedly raised concerns about the project.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the city of Fairway, which operates the state-owned historic site, and the Kansas Historical Society, said the ground-penetrating radar study would be put on hold.
A study at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway aimed at looking for potential unmarked graves of Native American children is “on hold indefinitely” after Shawnee Tribe officials reportedly raised concerns about the project.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the city of Fairway, which operates the state-owned historic site, and the Kansas Historical Society, said the ground-penetrating radar study would be put on hold.
Search for unmarked graves at Shawnee Indian Mission halted after criticism from tribe
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel can't please everyone...
..."Stacey Halfmoon, the Shawnee Tribe’s executive director of cultural and historic preservation, told the Post in a response Tuesday evening that the tribe is “heartened by the University of Kansas’s decision to place this project on hold and by their commitment to ensuring it is done the right way or not at all.”
Halfmoon said the approach that Fairway and the State Historic Preservation Office took for the study “was wrong from the start” add ing that “there has been no consultation or even acknowledgement of the cultural sensitivity involved with doing something like searching for the graves of deceased Native children.”
“It is important to know the truth about what happened to these children, but it is also important that the search for those answers reflects the seriousness of the endeavor,” Halfmoon said."
..."Stacey Halfmoon, the Shawnee Tribe’s executive director of cultural and historic preservation, told the Post in a response Tuesday evening that the tribe is “heartened by the University of Kansas’s decision to place this project on hold and by their commitment to ensuring it is done the right way or not at all.”
Halfmoon said the approach that Fairway and the State Historic Preservation Office took for the study “was wrong from the start” add ing that “there has been no consultation or even acknowledgement of the cultural sensitivity involved with doing something like searching for the graves of deceased Native children.”
“It is important to know the truth about what happened to these children, but it is also important that the search for those answers reflects the seriousness of the endeavor,” Halfmoon said."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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