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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

waits outside the Illinois House chamber while lawmakers consider a bill to give the tribe ownership of the 1,500-acre Shabbona Lake and State Park in DeKalb County. (Capitol News Illinois photo ...