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Dr. Johnston Lykins, a Baptist missionary to the Shawnee Indians in Indian Territory (present-day Kansas), edited the Shawnee Sun, a newspaper printed in the Shawnee language. In these journal entries from 1842, Lykins wrote about his efforts to teach Shawnee pupils how to read under this alphabet (the Shawnee language had no written system). Lykins also spent some time traveling to visit and treat the sick.
Creator: Lykins, Johnston, 1800?-1876
Date: February 23, 1842-March 5, 1842
This journal entry could work in tandem with the issue of the Shawnee Sun to discuss Indian missions and their educational efforts.
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 209992
Call Number: Johnston Lykins Journal (Coll. 421), Box 1, Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209992
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Missionaries
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Teachers
Collections - Manuscript - Lykins, Johnston
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Mission work and mission schools
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Shawnee
Date - 1800-1819
Education - Primary - Curriculum
Education - Primary - Students
Education - Primary - Teachers
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Journal
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Missions - Shawnee Baptist Mission
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee
People - Notable Kansans - Lykins, Johnston
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Indian reservations - Shawnee
Places - Regions - Northeast Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Journal
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