A dispute that took place hundreds of years ago could possibly come to an end for members of the Potawatomi tribe as lawmakers consider a bill to transfer DeKalb County land back into their hands.
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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 .
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