Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation reaches Illinois deal

Wednesday, December 19, 2007  

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas has reached an agreement for Class II gaming on ancestral land in Illinois.

The tribe reached the agreement with the DeKalb County Board. The MidWeek News publishes details of the deal, which limits gaming to Class II, requires payments in lieu of property taxes, limits future land acquisitions and requires the tribe to share $800,000 or 2.5 percent of the net revenues from the gaming operation, whichever is greater.

The tribe has purchased 128 acres within a 1,200-acre reservation that was deeded to a Potawatomi chief in the 1800s. The tribe says the reservation has never been diminished by Congress.

The county will hold a public hearing on January 8, 2008, to discuss the agreement. The MidWeek News will publish more details next week.

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