Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
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ysabetwordsmithIllinois is now home to a federally-recognized tribal nation
Illinois is, once again, home to a federally recognized tribal nation. 175 years ago, Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay left his home in DeKalb County to visit family in Kansas. He returned home to find the U.S. government had illegally sold 1,280 acres of his northern Illinois land. The tribe says the U.S. Department of the Interior has now placed portions of that land into a trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
I am so excited to have a recognized tribe here again! :D I wonder if they'll put up a land rent program. The Danville area has hosted a Potawatomi Festival some years.
At the state level, Illinois state representative Mark Walker recently filed a bill seeking to transfer ownership of the 1,500-acre Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi.
This is even more exciting. Giving back government-held land is perfectly feasible because it rarely has many people living on it, unlike towns and farms where repatriation is messy at best. Open forest, rangeland, etc. could just as easily be handed back to the tribes as to timber companies or ranchers. It's a tactic I've seen in Terramagne and I would love to see that replicated here.
Along with the Potawatomi, Illinois is the ancestral home of several native tribes, including the Ojibwe and Odawa.
The original inhabitants of the area that is now Illinois included:
*The Chickasaw tribe
*The Dakota Sioux tribe
*The Ho-Chunk tribe (Winnebago)
*The Illinois tribe (Illini)
*The Miami tribe
*The Shawnee tribe
The Illini or Illiniwek, for whom the state is named, held the vast majority of its territory with other tribes having small sections near the corners.
Other Indian tribes that migrated into Illinois after Europeans arrived:
*The Delaware tribe
*The Kickapoo tribe
*The Ottawa tribe
*The Potawatomi tribe
*The Sac and Fox tribes
*The Wyandot tribe
The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquin family. The Potawatomi call themselves Neshnabé, a cognate of the word Anishinaabe. The Potawatomi are part of a long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibway and Odawa (Ottawa). In the Council of Three Fires, the Potawatomi are considered the "youngest brother". Their people are referred to in this context as Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and refers to the council fire of three peoples.
Illinois is, once again, home to a federally recognized tribal nation. 175 years ago, Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay left his home in DeKalb County to visit family in Kansas. He returned home to find the U.S. government had illegally sold 1,280 acres of his northern Illinois land. The tribe says the U.S. Department of the Interior has now placed portions of that land into a trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
I am so excited to have a recognized tribe here again! :D I wonder if they'll put up a land rent program. The Danville area has hosted a Potawatomi Festival some years.
At the state level, Illinois state representative Mark Walker recently filed a bill seeking to transfer ownership of the 1,500-acre Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi.
This is even more exciting. Giving back government-held land is perfectly feasible because it rarely has many people living on it, unlike towns and farms where repatriation is messy at best. Open forest, rangeland, etc. could just as easily be handed back to the tribes as to timber companies or ranchers. It's a tactic I've seen in Terramagne and I would love to see that replicated here.
Along with the Potawatomi, Illinois is the ancestral home of several native tribes, including the Ojibwe and Odawa.
The original inhabitants of the area that is now Illinois included:
*The Chickasaw tribe
*The Dakota Sioux tribe
*The Ho-Chunk tribe (Winnebago)
*The Illinois tribe (Illini)
*The Miami tribe
*The Shawnee tribe
The Illini or Illiniwek, for whom the state is named, held the vast majority of its territory with other tribes having small sections near the corners.
Other Indian tribes that migrated into Illinois after Europeans arrived:
*The Delaware tribe
*The Kickapoo tribe
*The Ottawa tribe
*The Potawatomi tribe
*The Sac and Fox tribes
*The Wyandot tribe
The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquin family. The Potawatomi call themselves Neshnabé, a cognate of the word Anishinaabe. The Potawatomi are part of a long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibway and Odawa (Ottawa). In the Council of Three Fires, the Potawatomi are considered the "youngest brother". Their people are referred to in this context as Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and refers to the council fire of three peoples.
