More tribal nations are getting their land back

WBUR

Published August 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM EDT

In 1829, the U.S. government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation. It instead illegally sold it all to white settlers. In a recent reversal, the Prairie Band got some of their ancestral home back.

Harvest Public Media’s Peter Medlin reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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