{"id":317993,"date":"2024-04-22T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=317993"},"modified":"2024-04-22T16:49:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:49:21","slug":"prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal givernment has recognized the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation<\/a> as Illinois\u2019 first and only sovereign tribal nation.<\/p>\n

\"Prairie
Will we see a Prairie Band Resort and Casino in Illinois like the one in Kansas? The tribe has no immediate plans but is considering its options. (Image: Prairie Band)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it had placed 130 acres of land 70 miles west of Chicago into trust for the tribe. This is the process that converts land into a sovereign tribal reservation, partially removing it from the jurisdiction of the state, a prerequisite for Indian gaming.<\/p>\n

The Prairie Band is headquartered near Mayetta, Kansas, where it operates the Prairie Band Resort and Casino<\/a> but has ancestral ties to the land in Illinois.<\/p>\n

The tribe believes that the land was illegally auctioned off 175 years ago, while Chief Shab-eh-nay\u00a0was visiting relatives in Kansas.<\/p>\n

Righting Wrongs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cOur federal government unlawfully sold the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation\u2019s land in Illinois,\u201d said Prairie Band Chairman Joseph Rupnick, the fourth-generation great grandson of Chief Shab-eh-nay, in a statement. \u201cThe decision to put portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation into Trust is an important step to returning the land that is rightfully theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n

We have been asking for this recognition and for what is rightfully ours for nearly 200 years, and we are grateful to the U.S. Department of Interior for this significant step in the pursuit of justice for our people and ancestors,\u201d Rupnick added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tribe did not say how it intended to use the land, other than it would \u201ccarefully evaluate\u201d all possibilities. Back in 2016, shortly after the Prairie Band purchased the land, the tribe proposed a class II gaming facility, but it\u2019s unclear if those plans will be revived.<\/p>\n

Room for Another Casino?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A casino so close to the Chicago metropolitan area might be an attractive option. But Illinois\u2019 gaming landscape has been transformed since 2016. In 2019, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a\u00a0gambling expansion package\u00a0that would establish one big casino in Chicago and five smaller regional casinos in the southern suburbs. Another casino in the area could lead to saturation.<\/p>\n

The tribe could operate class II gaming, such as electronic bingo and poker, under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act without the permission of the state. A class III casino, with Las Vegas-style slots and table games, would require compact negotiations with the state.<\/p>\n

A bill filed in the Illinois House of Representatives in February would give more land to the Prairie Band. But it contains a clause that would require the tribe to maintain the land as a public conservation area \u2013 which might rule out a future casino — or face a hefty fine from the federal government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The federal givernment has recognized the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation as Illinois\u2019 first and only sovereign tribal nation. On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it had placed 130 acres of land 70 miles west of Chicago into trust for the tribe. This is the process that converts land into a sovereign tribal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":317994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86430,61,86438,18456],"tags":[82229,82228,90634,90635],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPrairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation becomes Illinoi\u2019s first federally recognized tribe, but is a tribal casino in the cards?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation becomes Illinoi\u2019s first federally recognized tribe, but is a tribal casino in the cards?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-22T16:19:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-22T21:49:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/\",\"name\":\"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-22T16:19:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-22T21:49:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation becomes Illinoi\u2019s first federally recognized tribe, but is a tribal casino in the cards?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Will we see a Prairie Band Resort and Casino in Illinois like the one in Kansas? The tribe has no immediate plans but is considering its options. (Image: Prairie Band)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tribal Gaming\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/tribal-gaming\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe","description":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation becomes Illinoi\u2019s first federally recognized tribe, but is a tribal casino in the cards?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe","og_description":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation becomes Illinoi\u2019s first federally recognized tribe, but is a tribal casino in the cards?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2024-04-22T16:19:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-22T21:49:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/","name":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-22T16:19:53+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-22T21:49:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation becomes Illinoi\u2019s first federally recognized tribe, but is a tribal casino in the cards?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Prarie-Band.jpg","width":1000,"height":500,"caption":"Will we see a Prairie Band Resort and Casino in Illinois like the one in Kansas? The tribe has no immediate plans but is considering its options. (Image: Prairie Band)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-becomes-illinois-only-recognized-tribe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tribal Gaming","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/tribal-gaming\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Becomes Illinois\u2019 Only Recognized Tribe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317993"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318031,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317993\/revisions\/318031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}