The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, the first federally recognized Native American nation in Illinois, will soon gain ownership of Shabbona Lake State Park.

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 ...

Nearly one year after the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation became the first federally recognized Native American nation in Illinois, the state will transfer ownership of Shabbona Lake State Park to ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ill — More than 175 years after their reservation in Illinois was illegally sold at auction, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is now in line to get their land back. Gov. JB ...

It is possible for dogs to catch Mange from these Prairie Dogs. (KTXS/Brenna Gibbons) Terry Rose is a resident in Abilene who walks his dog through Red Bud Park every morning.

Concerned residents feel the changes to the park are unnecessary and that many enjoyed the park as is — with the prairie dogs — and also wanted the efforts to move them to be more humane.

Prairie dogs to be euthanized at Longmont park for new turf fields; residents upset by: Gabby Easterwood Posted: Nov 14, 2024 / 07:45 PM MST Updated: Nov 14, 2024 / 09:57 PM MST ...