Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but ...
Chicago Tribune6d
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
“We are proud to once again call this land home,” said Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta, Kansas. The action returns to the Potawatomi ...
Chicago Sun-Times7d
Illinois returns nearly 1,500 acres of stolen land to state's first federally recognized tribe
Provided Share Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law to restore Shabbona State Park, about 1,500 acres in DeKalb County, to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. His action Friday comes nearly a year after ...
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LAND BACK: Illinois Governor Signs Law Allowing Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to Reclaim its Stolen Land
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 ...
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Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
A dam made in the 1970s to create Shabbona Lake is seen at the southern edge of Shabbona Lake State Park in 2022, in Shabbona. A law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker has transferred the park back to ...