![]() ![]() Tribal Chairwoman Tracy Stanhoff said the Potawatomi do not want to interfere with life in the village or Shabbona Lake State Park, which is adjacent to the site. According to Whittlesey, there is no set time for when the county will hear back from the government.Ĭounty board members and officials, as well as representatives of the Potawatomi tribe, tried to clarify whether the land where the tribe would like to build is a reservation. But it's not clear from the historical record whether it had been abandoned by the tribe more than 100 years ago or if later treaties canceled out the reservation.ĭeKalb County State's Attorney Ron Matekaitis said at the meeting that he sent a letter on Wednesday to federal officials to get a declaration on whether the land is a reservation. The disputed land at University and Preserve roads, just east of Shabbona, is claimed as reservation land by the tribe. ![]() This is big-money gaming that's not going to stop with a bingo hall." “Moving ahead with the bingo hall will make it difficult to argue about future gaming on this property," Shabbona resident Bill Roseen said. “The only body that can interfere is the federal government."ĭuring a town meeting Thursday at Indian Creek High School, residents from Shabbona and elsewhere in DeKalb County mostly expressed disappointment at the possibility of the bingo hall opening in the area. “If the land is in reservation status, they have the right to use the land as they choose," Dennis Whittlesey, an attorney for DeKalb County, said Thursday. SHABBONA - The federal government is the only entity that can stop the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation from opening a bingo hall on 128 acres in rural Shabbona, a DeKalb County attorney said Thursday. ![]()
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