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. — 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 ...

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 ...

But around 1848, the U.S. sold the land to white settlers while Shab-eh-nay and other members of his tribe were visiting family in Kansas. To right the wrong, Illinois would transfer a 1,500-acre ...

Shab-eh-nay, who was born about 1775 and died in 1859, was promised land in northern Illinois in an 1829 treaty, but the government sold it to white settlers in about 1848.

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.

Illinois may soon return land stolen from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to the tribe. TNS Around 1848, the US sold the land to white settlers while Shab-eh-nay and other members ...

But about 1848, the U.S. sold the land to white settlers while Shab-eh-nay and other members of his tribe were visiting family in Kansas. To right the wrong, Illinois would transfer a 1,500-acre ...

Shab-eh-nay, who was born about 1775 and died in 1859, was promised land in northern Illinois in an 1829 treaty, but the government sold it to white settlers in about 1848.

Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago. Published: Jun. 28, 2024, 10:00 a.m. Prairie Band Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay, ...