News News | SANDY Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on X (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)By Contributed ContentPUBLISHED: November 12, 2001 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 20, 2021 at 2:34 p.m.Isabel Sandy, beloved mother and grandmother and great-grandmother, died in England, November 10, 2001 Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on X (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
News | Illinois now home to federally recognized tribal nation in historic Department of Interior decision
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![Illinois is now home to a federally recognized tribal nation after the U.S. Department of the Interior placed portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation into trust, according to a statement Friday from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. The federal government illegally auctioned off 1,280 acres of the Prairie Band’s reservation land 175 years ago. At the time, Chief Shab-eh-nay had been traveling from his home reservation in DeKalb County to visit his family in Kansas, the Nation said. “We have been asking for this recognition and for what is rightfully ours for nearly 200 years, and we are grateful to the U.S. Department […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CTC-L-Potawatomi-Nation-land.jpg?w=575 "Illinois is now home to a federally recognized tribal nation after the U.S. Department of the Interior placed portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation into trust, according to a statement Friday from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. The federal government illegally auctioned off 1,280 acres of the Prairie Band’s reservation land 175 years ago. At the time, Chief Shab-eh-nay had been traveling from his home reservation in DeKalb County to visit his family in Kansas, the Nation said. “We have been asking for this recognition and for what is rightfully ours for nearly 200 years, and we are grateful to the U.S. Department […]")
