When Gov. JB Pritzker in late March signed legislation that will give Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, this wasn’t just acknowledging Native people once lived on ...

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 ...

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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.

Shabbona Lake State Park has a new archery hunting area this year, 32 acres in the southwest corner for physically handicapped hunters. According to site superintendent Sheldon Rueff, the area was ...

A dam made in the 1970s to create Shabbona Lake is seen at the southern edge of Shabbona Lake State Park in 2022, in Shabbona. A law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker has transferred the park back to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Friday authorizing the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to hand over to the tribe the ownership title to Shabbona Lake State Park, a 1,500-acre tract in ...

The legislation awaiting Illinois House approval would transfer the Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area ... who sponsored the legislation to transfer the state park, said it is a significant ...