The land in southern Dekalb County once belonged to Chief Shab-eh-nay of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation but was seized ...
The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but ...
More than 175 years ago, in the 1830s, Chief Shab-eh-nay left his Reservation in northern Illinois to visit his family in Kansas. While he was away, the U.S. government illegally auctioned off more ...
other Ho-Chunk members and members of the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, which includes members of tribes from around the country. Brown now lives in Illinois working for the ...
(WTVO) — A new bill under consideration in Springfield would ban Illinois schools from using ... that exist in towns named after Native American tribes, such as Waukegan, would be exempt.
More than 175 years after their reservation in Illinois was illegally sold at auction, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is ...
A plan in Springfield to ban schools from using Native American names, logos and mascots is heading to the House floor.
His action Friday comes nearly a year after the group became the first federally recognized tribal nation in Illinois ... as federally recognized Indian country because the government’s auction ...
The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later SPRINGFIELD ...