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Illinois to return land U.S. stolen from Prairie chief 175 years ago

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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois: The state of Illinois will soon return land belonging to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation chief, which the U.S. Government stole from it 175 years ago.

The 1829 treaty that Chief Shab-eh-nay signed with the U.S. government to preserve for him a reservation in northern Illinois remained unchanged, and so did the subsequent accords and the 1830 Indian Removal Act, which forced all indigenou