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When Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay left his home in present-day DeKalb County to visit family in Kansas, he returned just weeks later to seized lands. The U.S. government had illegally auctioned off the 1,280-acre reservation. “They said he abandoned his land and sold it,” said Joseph Rupnick, the chairman of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. The generational trauma of the past 175 years weighed .
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research hosted the Potawatomi Confederacy Panel Discussion addressing topics on language, historic preservation and leadership in the Potawatomi Nation at Norris University Center on Saturday. The program is part of a two-week event arranged by this year’s CNAIR Artist in Residence, Madalene Big Bear, a citizen of the.
Native scholars and law professionals from tribal nations gathered recently at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for “100 Years Back, 100 Years Forward: Sovereignty, Community, and Indigenous Futures,” a conference co-hosted by Northwestern’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.'s alma mater received a grant to document his time while at the Chicago Theological Seminary. thereporteronline.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thereporteronline.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.