It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago ... and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state ...

A plan in Springfield to ban schools from using Native American names, logos and mascots is heading to the House floor.

(WTVO) — A new bill under consideration in Springfield would ban Illinois schools from using ... that exist in towns named after Native American tribes, such as Waukegan, would be exempt.

In Brimfield, students have rallied under the “Indians” mascot for as long as current Superintendent Chad Jones can remember.

It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago ... and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state ...

Though the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians opposed the fishing rights agreement, the appellate court said the ...

Native Americans across Illinois were in Springfield Wednesday to celebrate recent laws and promote a new bill to ban stereotyped school mascots.

In 2 hours, 7 minutes and 56 seconds Sunday, 25-year-old Matthew Richtman became the first American winner of the Los Angeles Marathon in 31 years. It was the Illinois native’s second marathon ...

Only the Illinois State Museum ... and agencies across the country returned more than 10,300 Native American ancestors to tribes last year. The total makes 2024 the third-biggest year for the ...