In a move that might help ease the guilty conscience of progressive middle-class housewives . . . The moderate Kansas guv offers a powerful token gesture that hopes to achieve a bit of restorative justice.
No word if we can fit a casino or at least some slot machines into one of these plots . . .
"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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Shawnee Tribe now owns a historic cemetery in Johnson County: 'This is a sacred place'
The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma now owns a historic half-acre cemetery off Nieman Road and W. 59th Terrace in Shawnee. Earlier this week, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed SB 405, which obligates the Kansas State Historical Society, which had previously owned and operated the cemetery, to give the small plot of land back to the tribe.
Shawnee Tribe now owns a historic cemetery in Johnson County: 'This is a sacred place'
The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma now owns a historic half-acre cemetery off Nieman Road and W. 59th Terrace in Shawnee. Earlier this week, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed SB 405, which obligates the Kansas State Historical Society, which had previously owned and operated the cemetery, to give the small plot of land back to the tribe.
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What Native American children endured at one Missouri boarding school
For the first time, the U.S. government released a report this month detailing the abuse and mistreatment of Native children who were forcibly sent to boarding schools in the 1800s. NewsHour's St Louis community reporter Gabrielle Hays, who has been reporting on one school in Missouri that fits into this painful history, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss what she uncovered.
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