People in Illinois who don’t fish or hunt aren’t likely to be as disturbed as the rest of us about the state handing over ...

Prairie Band Potawatomi officials have said publicly they have no plans to develop the property for a casino or any other ...

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 ...

More than 175 years after their reservation in Illinois was illegally sold at auction, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is ...

(The Center Square) – A statehouse measure would have authorized Illinois to give ownership of Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, but the bill didn’t advance this ...

A youth-novice wingshooting clinic is coming up May 3rd and 4th at Shabbona Lake State Park. Registration is open now on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Friday authorizing the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to hand over to the tribe the ownership title to Shabbona Lake State Park, a 1,500-acre tract in ...

JB Pritzker last week transferred Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area ... The land will stay open to the public as a park, with the state providing maintenance. Rupnick for years has traveled ...