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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

LandBack: Illinois

The U.S. sold this tribe’s land illegally. It’s now the latest Native group to get its home back

Harvest Public Media | By Héctor Alejandro Arzate and Peter Medlin | June 16, 2025 
Raphael Wahwassuck, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomie’s tribal council and a direct descendant of Chief Shab-eh-nay, said he looks forward to having more youth in the community connect to their land. "A lot of times all you hear is negative stories or stories of defeat," he said. "But now they have something that they can refer to in a positive aspect and show that, yes, good things can happen if you have people that are sincere and want to recognize and understand how we can correct these things."
Peter Medlin / Harvest Public Media
Raphael Wahwassuck, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomie’s tribal council and a direct descendant of Chief Shab-eh-nay, said he looks forward to having more youth in the community connect to their land. "A lot of times all you hear is negative stories or stories of defeat," he said. "But now they have something that they can refer to in a positive aspect and show that, yes, good things can happen if you have people that are sincere and want to recognize and understand how we can correct these things."

The United States government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation in an 1829 treaty. Instead, the U.S sold all of it illegally to white settlers. The Prairie Band is now the latest tribe in the Midwest and Great Plains to get some of their ancestral home back.

MORE:  https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-06-16/the-u-s-sold-this-tribes-land-illegally-its-now-the-latest-native-group-to-get-its-home-back 
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