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Tag: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Mascot ban stalls as Native-backed land conservation bill advances
Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban.
‘Our identity has been frozen in time’: How Native American advocates are influencing Springfield
Native Americans focus on preserving history, improving imagery and correcting historic wrongs with Statehouse advocacy.
Potawatomi to reclaim tribal land in DeKalb County
Gov. JB Pritzker signs bill ceding to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation tribe the 1,500-acre Shabbona Lake State Park, which ...
Potawatomi land transfer clears General Assembly
Illinois lawmakers approved the first step in returning 1,500 acres of park land to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
Potawatomi hope to finalize land transfer when lawmakers return in the fall
Bill to grant tribe 1,500-acre state park stalled in final hours of spring session
Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes 1st federally recognized tribe in Illinois
Feds put 130 acres into land trust after Kansas-based tribe repurchased it
Native tribe seeks return of ancestral land in Dekalb County
Bill would grant Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation land that currently makes up a state park
Amended Native American repatriation measure heads to full Senate
For decades, Illinois has failed to return Native American remains and belongings to their communities despite a federal law mandating ...
Bill requiring schools to teach Native American history heads to Senate floor
Lawmakers advanced a measure that would require public elementary and high schools to include a unit of Native American history ...
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