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 fro…
Wind turbines spin at the western end of Shabbona, Ill. on July 27, 2022. Much of the land in the area was owned by the Potawatomi Nation and Chief Shab-eh-nay. 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.
“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 of Interior for this significant step in the pursuit of justice for our people and ancestors,” said Prairie Band Chairman Joseph Rupnick, the fourth great-grandson of Chief Shab-eh-nay.
The legal title of the land has been transferred to the U.S. government, which holds it in trust for the Prairie Brand. The move establishes jurisdictional boundaries and allows the Nation to exercise sovereignty, the statement said. “The decision to put portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation into Trust is an important step to returning the land that is rightfully theirs, and I am so honored to represent the first federally-recognized reservation in Illinois,” U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood said.
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