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Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation: In a Historic Announcement From the U.S. Government, Illinois is Once Again Home to a Federally Recognized Tribal Nation
MAYETTA, Kansas, April 20 -- The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024:
In a historic decision announced today, the U.S. Department of the Interior placed portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation land into trust for Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, making it the only federally recognized Tribal Nation in Illinois.
The news comes 175 years after the U.S. government illegally auctioned off 1,280 acres of Pr
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