Concerns raised as Illinois lawmakers approve returning land to Native American tribe
A measure that transfers an Illinois state park to a Native American tribe is being criticized as a Democratic land grab.
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Measure allows tribe to acquire Illinois state park
Nearly two centuries after losing its reservation in Illinois in a land sale that most people now concede was illegal, the ...
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The Treaty of Fort Wayne, 1809—a treaty that led to war—goes on exhibit
and Eel River Indians and their allies witnessed the Treaty of Fort Wayne, ceding 2.5 million acres of tribal lands in present-day Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio in exchange for a peace ...
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Native American and Indigenous Initiatives at Northwestern
It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago ... and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state ...
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Land Acknowledgment
It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago ... and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state ...
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What is a Fighting Illini? Explaining the origin of Illinois' nickname, mascot history
The school did have a de facto mascot from 1926 until 2007 in Chief Illiniwek, a Native American symbol representing the Illinois Confederation of tribes, also known as the Illini. Chief Illiniwek ...
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Concerns raised as Illinois lawmakers approve returning land to Native American tribe
(The Center Square) – A measure that transfers an Illinois state park to a Native American tribe is being criticized as a Democratic land grab. Before adjourning the 103rd Illinois General ...