Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>It's not big, but it's a start</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> returns stolen land to Prairie Band <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Potawatomi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Potawatomi</span></a> Nation</p><p>SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe's leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later.</p><p>A law signed by Gov. JB <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pritzker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pritzker</span></a> last week transferred Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area, 1,500 acres (607 hectares) in north-central Illinois."</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-returns-stolen-land-prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-120144789" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/il</span><span class="invisible">linois-returns-stolen-land-prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-120144789</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a></p>
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Falling forward 🌵<p>Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation</p><p>> Nothing ever altered that treaty, but when Shab-eh-nay and his people left for several years to visit family in Kansas, the government sold the land to white settlers. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/potawatomi-illinois-treaty-reservation-805f5030d9abbac93ce3da3cec18a636" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/potawatomi-</span><span class="invisible">illinois-treaty-reservation-805f5030d9abbac93ce3da3cec18a636</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Landback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Potawatomi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Potawatomi</span></a></p>
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