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[-] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

What does the last bit mean? The reservation was there, but previously not under tribal control because there was no legally recognized tribe?

[-] penitentkulak@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

The band bought the land, all that Biden seems to have done is some legal shit to put the land into a trust. I think this is just the process of adding those lands officially to the reserve (I could be wrong)

https://www.pbpindiantribe.com/shabehnay/

[-] MarxOverflow@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I would presume that they are talking about the federal bill Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2023 and one in Illinois. If I'm understanding this correctly, after over a 100 years the Potawatomi band right to sovereignty as guaranteed by a 200 year old treaty is being debated in both the US congress and Illinois congress.

Reading in to this makes me want to go to a protest in DeKalb county as according this NBC news

Many residents who live next to the park oppose the plan, fearing construction of a casino or even a hotel would draw more tourists and lead to a larger, more congested community.

“Myself and my family have put a lot of money and given up a lot to be where we are in a small community and enjoy the park the way that it is,” resident Becky Oest told a House committee in May, asking that the proposal be amended to prohibit construction that would “affect our community. It’s a small town. We don’t want it to grow bigger.”

I'd want to tell them "Land back and I'll go away."