The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Prairie Band 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 ...

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.