the state will transfer ownership of Shabbona Lake State Park to the Nation. The state park, located in DeKalb County, is situated on land that was illegally seized and auctioned off by the United ...

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas says an 1829 treaty it signed with the U.S. government still is valid, and 1,280 acres in and around Shabbona Lake State Park are rightfully theirs.

(WCIA) — After 175 years, a state park in Northern Illinois may get returned to an indigenous population. A bill on Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk would return the land from Shabbona Lake and ...