(WIBW) - Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has filed a lawsuit ... land when the Jackson County Sheriff threatened to arrest Tribal Police and Tax Commission officials for criminal trespass, which ...

The other alleges tribal police acted without legal authority ... this month raise jurisdictional questions regarding the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and Jackson County, including its ...

Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after a decision from ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior placed parts of Shab-eh-nay Reservation land in DeKalb County into trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, giving the tribal nation sovereignty over the land.

Prairie Band and the state are now working on a land management agreement to set parameters around how the park is maintained, and the tribal nation has committed to keeping it open to the public ...

When the land is placed in trust, the legal title is transferred to the U.S. government, which will hold it on behalf of Prairie Band and establish tribal governance. It opens up a string of ...

The other alleges tribal police acted without legal authority ... in April 2021 in the parking lot at the reservation's Prairie Band Casino & Resort, the petition says. Jackson County dismissed ...