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A dispute that took place hundreds of years ago could possibly come to an end for members of the Potawatomi tribe as lawmakers consider a bill to transfer DeKalb County land back into their hands.
When Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay left his home in present-day DeKalb County to visit family in Kansas, he returned just weeks later to seized lands. The U.S. government had illegally auctioned off the 1,280-acre reservation. “They said he abandoned his land and sold it,” said Joseph Rupnick, the chairman of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. The generational trauma of the past 175 years weighed ...
After almost two centuries, the Indigenous Nation is reestablishing the only reservation in Illinois.
Illinois is now home to a federally recognized tribal nation after the U.S. Department of the Interior placed portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation into trust.
Illinois is now home to a federally recognized tribal nation after the U.S. Department of the Interior placed portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation into trust.