Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – 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. Nothing ever changed the 1829 treaty that Chief Shab-eh-nay signed with the U.S….

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