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Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site

Name: Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site
Address: 3403 W 53rd Street, Fairway, KS, 66205, US
Telephone: +19132620867
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Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site

3403 W. 53rd Street, Fairway, KS 66205-2654
913-262-0867
[email protected] In the 19th century as Americans wanted more land, settlement moved west.

For countless American Indians, the American thirst for land meant a challenge to a traditional way of life. Shawnee Mission, like many others, was established as a manual training school attended by boys and girls from Shawnee, Delaware, and other Indian nations from 1839 to 1862. Visit this 12-acre National Historic Landmark and learn the stories of those like Sallie Bluejacket who lived there.

09/01/2026

We are thrilled to be a host site for “Trespassers Beware! Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors” from September 9 to November 14. The exhibit will be open to the public during our regular public hours, Wednesday-Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

Co-directed by the Wyandot Nation of Kansas and Monumenta, in collaboration with lead artists Omakyehstih Collective, Trespassers Beware! Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors is a mobile monument that illuminates the story of the Wyandot Conley sisters who occupied their family’s cemetery to save it from urban development. The monument re-imagines Fort Conley, the small dwelling the sisters built inside the Wyandot National Burying Ground and lived in for years to defend their family’s graves. Their decades-long activism and legal arguments protected this sacred land and contributed to preservation and tribal sovereignty movements.

08/27/2026

Explore the grounds of the Shawnee Indian Mission with Mary Grinter, a Missouri Master Naturalist and graduate student of Indigenous ethnobotany. Grinter is a member of the Kansas Delaware Tribe and part-time employee at the Mission. She will lead participants along paved trails through the site, sharing how Indigenous peoples and pioneers depended on plants for food, medicine, and daily life during the mid-1800’s. Join us to discover how plants tell the stories of history, culture, and relationship to the land. Space is limited and the spring program sold out! Register today: https://fairway.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2583

08/25/2026

This fall we have a slate of fantastic classes that are open for public registration. All classes are offered through the City of Fairway.

September 12: Fall Ethnobotany Class at 2pm https://fairway.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2583
September 23: Drop Spindle fibers workshop at 6pm https://fairway.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2623
October 7 (4 weeks): Beginning Crochet at 6pm https://fairway.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2625
October 23: Homeschool Day! Starts at 9:30am https://fairway.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2576
October 24: History Comes Alive Cemetery tour at 3pm https://fairway.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2602
November 12: Drop Spindle fibers workshop at 6pm https://fairway.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2624

08/22/2026

Having Chief Manthe on site today was an incredible gift. Thank you to all who attended and we hope to see everyone after Labor Day throughout the fall when we host Trespasser’s Beware: Fort Conley!

08/21/2026

This is your last reminder of our amazing program happening tomorrow, Saturday August 22 at 10am with Chief Judith Manthe! She will be presenting on the incredible Conley Sisters, and the outdoor traveling exhibit that we will be hosting in September to November, here at the Mission. We are honored to have her, and we hope you can join us!

08/20/2026

Fall is always a busy time at the Shawnee Indian Mission and 2026 is no exception! Mark your calendar for these amazing public programs and events!
August 22: Chief Judith Manthe at 10am speaks on the Conley Sisters
September 19: Kansas 1776 presented by Adam Hodge at 10am
September 26: Fall Native Plant Sale 9am-1pm
October 3: Annual Fall Site Clean-up Day 9am-Noon
October 10: 40th Annual Fall Festival, 10am to 5pm

08/11/2026

Join us on August 22 in kicking off our busy fall schedule!
Western Academy Speaker Series: Saturday, August 22 at 10am

Chief Judith Manthe of the Wyandot Tribe of Kansas will present the incredible story of the Conley sisters and Fort Conley at Huron Cemetery. The Mission will be a host site for a traveling public art project exhibit, Trespassers Beware! Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors starting in September, throughout the fall. This program will introduce their incredible story and the impact three sisters had on their tribal cemetery and the city building up around them.

This traveling commemorative public art work is a multimedia installation based on a replica of the historic Fort, which includes original video, performance, music, writing, interpretation, oral histories and more.

Address

3403 W 53rd Street
Fairway, KS
66205

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+19132620867

Website

http://shawneeindianmission.org/

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