Not far from where a Potawatomi woman named Archange Ouilmette was awarded 1,280 acres of land by treaty in the 19th century—encompassing parts of present-day Wilmette and Evanston—her ...

Let’s be honest. The U.S. government stole the DeKalb County land belonging to the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe in the 1830s. At long last, some of that land is being returned.

Illinois bill requires schools to get rid of Native American mascot imagery and names 00:25. Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi ...

Potawatomi land transfer clears General Assembly. Amy Graham-McCarty, Commercial-News, Danville, Ill. Sat, January 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM UTC. 5 min read.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ill — More than 175 years after their reservation in Illinois was illegally sold at auction, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is now in line to get their land back. Gov. JB ...

A judge’s ruling made June 18 allows the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to proceed with a suit it’s pursuing against Jackson ...

Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation while he was away visiting relatives, Illinois may soon return it to the tribe.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation while he was away visiting relatives, Illinois may soon return ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior placed parts of Shab-eh-nay Reservation land in DeKalb County into trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, giving the tribal nation sovereignty over the land.

SPRINGFIELD - Nearly two centuries after losing its reservation in Illinois in a land sale that most people now concede was illegal, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation could soon get its land back ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Some 175 years after the US government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation while he was away visiting relatives, Illinois may soon return it to ...