Illinois museums and universities are working to repatriate Native American remains, but the process is slow and emotionally ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Across the country, Native American tribes are struggling ... the director of tribal relations for Illinois and a citizen of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

were draped in regalia and leading a drum ceremony for the first time in an Illinois that was home to a federally recognized tribe. And it was happening amid a backdrop of Native American groups ...

The Illinois House of Representatives passed ... prohibit school mascots based on federally recognized tribes, historical Native American people or groups, or other characteristics, according ...

The state of Louisiana is home to four federally recognized Indigenous tribes. The Chitimacha Tribe, the Coushatta Tribe of ...

"The Native American history is in the DNA of this ... Senate Democrats passed the bill to return the state-owned land to the tribe. The Illinois House could vote on this plan when lawmakers ...

According to the Illinois General Assembly’s website, HB1237 defines prohibited school mascots based on federally recognized tribes, historical Native American people or groups, or other ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois ... by the American Psychological Association and others, tell the undeniable truth, detailing the adverse effects on Native Americans ...

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation ... citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Illinois’ only federally recognized tribe, said that when he started as the tribe ...