The United States government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation in an 1829 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Kansas woman earned a prestigious title at the 2025 Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico, earlier this year. “Growing up, I always looked up to any kind of ...

“We are correcting a nearly 200-year-old injustice today by returning this land to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation,” State Rep. Will Guzzardi, who cosponsored the legislation, said in a ...

Joshua Arce, head of Partnership for Native Americans, is thinking seven generations behind and ahead to keep his nonprofit ...

“Our identity has been frozen in time, and it’s going to stay frozen in time as long as we’re portrayed as mascots and things of the past,” said Matt Beaudet, a citizen of the Montauk Tribe of Indians ...

“When I first heard Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, that’s when I got a little emotional,” she says. Pageant contestants showed their skills in four categories. Wahwasuck won the essay ...

Despite desire from Native Americans in Illinois, the ban on Native imagery for mascots in K-12 schools stalled in the Senate after it made its way out of the House.

The Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts by 90% for tribal colleges and universities surprised many last week, ...

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas says an 1829 treaty it signed with the U.S. government still is valid, and 1,280 acres in and around Shabbona Lake State Park are rightfully theirs.

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban, but another issue sought by Natives will make its way to the governor.

There were also reportedly concerns that Illinoisans would not be receptive to the nation owning land there akin to some worries people had about the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. The Ho-Chunk ...