Dave Joens has led the Illinois State Archives, the government agency tasked with preserving official government documents ...

A federal jury has convicted a Chicago, Illinois man for posing as a tribal chairperson and stealing thousands of dollars ...

(CBS DETROIT) – A federal jury has convicted an Illinois man of interstate transportation ... justice for the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians," Pokagon Band Chief of Police Mario RedLegs ...

(The Center Square) – A measure that transfers an Illinois state park to a Native American tribe is being criticized as a Democratic land grab. Before adjourning the 103rd Illinois General ...

Shane Ford and his family enjoy reliable water to their home in rural Adair County, but like many others serviced by the ...

Uecker was the voice of his hometown team who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from ...

That was especially true in the Midwest regional office located in the Loop, which oversees Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Native American tribes. “This ...

But after passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, many other tribal members left Illinois, eventually settling in northeast Kansas, where the tribe is now headquartered. But around 1849 ...

The Potawatomi Indians once occupied much of the Great Lakes region, but they were gradually displaced by growing European settlements. In 1829, the Treaty of Prairie du Chien granted the Prairie Band ...