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City seeks photos, documents related to Kaw Nation's sacred prayer rock, which was stolen and made into monument in 1929 | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

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This sacred rock in Lawrence was once located along the banks of the Kaw River at the mouth of Shunganunga Creek. The Kaw people used the 10-foot tall red rock with religious ceremonies. In 1929, the rock was moved to Robinson Park near Lawrence s City Hall to honor the town s founders.
As the City of Lawrence begins work to return a sacred prayer rock stolen from the Kaw Nation’s homelands nearly a century ago, it is asking the community for any historical documents to help understand how the boulder was brought to Lawrence and installed in its current location. ....

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Lawrence City Commission approves resolution committing to unconditional return of sacred prayer rock to Kaw Nation | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World
The Shunganunga boulder, pictured Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, is a 23-ton red quartzite rock that sits in Robinson Park in downtown Lawrence across from City Hall. In 1929, a group of Lawrence officials arranged to take the boulder from the Shunganunga Creek near Tecumseh, where the creek joins with the Kansas River â a site that was sacred to the Kanza tribe.
In an effort to right one of the wrongs of Lawrence’s past, city leaders have officially committed to returning a sacred prayer rock to the Kaw Nation and to issue a formal apology for its removal from the tribe’s homeland decades ago. ....

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Lawrence City Commission to consider adopting resolution committing to unconditional return of sacred prayer rock to Kaw Nation | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World
The Shunganunga boulder, pictured Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, is a 23-ton red quartzite rock that sits in Robinson Park in downtown Lawrence across from City Hall. In 1929, a group of Lawrence officials arranged to take the boulder from the Shunganunga Creek near Tecumseh, where the creek joins with the Kansas River â a site that was sacred to the Kanza tribe.
City leaders will soon consider making an official commitment to return a sacred prayer rock to the Kaw Nation and to issue a formal apology for its removal from the tribe’s homeland decades ago.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting a joint resolution with Douglas County to offer a formal apology to the people of the Kaw Nation for the appropriation of the sacred rock, In ÌzhuÌje ÌwaxoÌbe, and agreeing to its unconditional return to the Kaw Nation. ....

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Lawrence City Commission votes to return 23-ton sacred prayer rock to Kaw Nation, apologize to tribe for city's past actions | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World
The Shunganunga boulder, pictured Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, is a 23-ton red quartzite rock that sits in Robinson Park in downtown Lawrence across from City Hall. In 1929, a group of Lawrence officials arranged to take the boulder from the Shunganunga Creek near Tecumseh, where the creek joins with the Kansas River â a site that was sacred to the Kanza tribe.
Decades after the City of Lawrence removed a sacred prayer rock from the Kaw Nation’s homelands and made it into a monument honoring settlers, city leaders will begin working to return the rock and issue a formal apology to the tribe. ....

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Kaw Nation asks for return of sacred prayer rock that was taken and converted into monument to settlers | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World
The Shunganunga boulder, pictured Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, is a 23-ton red quartzite rock that sits in Robinson Park in downtown Lawrence across from City Hall. In 1929, a group of Lawrence officials arranged to take the boulder from the Shunganunga Creek near Tecumseh, where the creek joins with the Kansas River â a site that was sacred to the Kanza tribe.
The Kaw Nation has asked the city of Lawrence to return a sacred prayer rock that was removed from the tribe’s homelands and made into a monument honoring settlers.
A letter from the Kaw Nation to the city states that Kaw citizens overwhelmingly voted in favor of returning ....

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