The first federally recognized tribal nation in Illinois has been established after a federal decision placed 130 acres into trust. The U.S. Department of the Interior placed parts of Shab-eh-nay ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ill. — Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after ...

We note with pleasure that Illinois finally now has the first federally recognized tribal land in the Prairie State. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that portions of Shab-eh-nay ...

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Topeka attorney William Blake Follis filed the suit, which alleges breach of contract and violations of the law were committed by the Indian Health Service, an agency of the federal department of ...

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has fired senior leaders of its tribally owned business for accepting a nearly $30 million deal to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Prairie Band LLC, ...

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