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Kansas tribe drops option on out-of-state land
Friday, June 3, 2005
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas has let an option on about 120 acres of land in Illinois expire, The Dekalb Daily Chronicle reports.
The tribe staked a claim to an ancestral reservation in Illinois. In the final days of the Clinton administration, the Interior Department's top lawyer called the claim "credible."
The tribe has since purchased a home in Shabbona and has floated plans to build a casino resort in the area. Shabbona is named for the Potawatomi chief who was granted the reservation in an 1829 treaty.
Get the Story:
Indian tribe casino not quite a sure bet
(The Dekalb Daily Chronicle 6/2)
Relevant Documents:
Excepts
of Letter on Land Claim (January 18, 2001)
Relevant Links:
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation -
http://www.pbpindiantribe.com
Related Stories:
Tribes take chances with far-away land
acquisitions (04/01)
House leader says tribe doesn't have land claim
in Ill. (03/22)
Kansas tribe buys land in ancestral
reservation (02/20)
Clinton memo cited 'credible' land
claim (05/13)
'An affront to
tribal sovereignty' (5/9)
Tribal bill enjoys top GOP support
(5/7)
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