Gary’s Buffington Harbor lands $4.7 million warehouse development
A tract of land sold by the Gary Redevelopment Commission on Wednesday signals more growth at Buffington Harbor as Mayor ...
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Illinois returns nearly 1,500 acres of stolen land to state's first federally recognized tribe
The land in southern Dekalb County once belonged to Chief Shab-eh-nay of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation but was seized ...
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but ...
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Potawatomi to Reclaim Tribal Land in DeKalb County
More than 175 years after their reservation in Illinois was illegally sold at auction, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is ...
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LAND BACK: Illinois Governor Signs Law Allowing Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to Reclaim its Stolen Land
More than 175 years ago, in the 1830s, Chief Shab-eh-nay left his Reservation in northern Illinois to visit his family in Kansas. While he was away, the U.S. government illegally auctioned off more ...
Fireworks erupt at meeting on planned quantum computing campus at old South Chicago steel mill site
The land, adjacent to the South Chicago neighborhood, was once home to the US Steel South Works plant. But the plant closed in 1992, and the site has sat empty ever since despite various plans to ...
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Toxic dump plan scrapped for South Side Lake Michigan shoreline
“This is very good news for Chicagoans and all of us who care about protecting healthy communities and Lake Michigan,” said Howard Learner, who heads the Chicago-based Environmental Law ...
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Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
JB Pritzker last week transferred Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area, 1,500 acres (607 hectares) in north-central Illinois. "We are proud to once again call this land home," said Joseph "Zeke ...