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The Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation tribal leader, Minnie Evans (Indian name: Ke-what-no-quah Wish-Ken-O) [8] led the effort to stop termination. [9] Tribal members sent petitions of protest to the government and multiple delegations went to testify at congressional meetings in Washington, DC. [ 10 ]
Prairie Band Casino & Resort is a Native American casino in Mayetta, Kansas, owned by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. It was originally operated by Harrah's Entertainment under a management agreement with the tribe until July 1, 2007, when the tribe took over operations.
The Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation tribal leader, Minnie Wishkeno Evans (Indian name: Ke-wat-no-quah) [10] led the effort to stop termination. [11] Tribal members sent petitions of protest to the government and multiple delegations went to testify at congressional meetings in Washington, DC. [12]
The Kansas-based Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation sued the federal government Wednesday demanding more than $2.25 million while saying it was underpaid money it was owed regarding health care costs.
Minnie Evans (Potawatomi name: Ke-waht-no-quah Wish-Ken-O) (October 14, 1888 – October 21, 1971) was a tribal chair of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation who successfully defeated termination of her tribe and filed for reparations with the Indian Claims Commission during the Indian termination policy period from the 1940s to the 1960s.
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. The Potawatomi used to be located in the Great Lakes area, but were forced to move west due to Europeans settling their land. [ 1 ]
Cecelia Miksekwe Jackson was born to Rosann Lasley Potts and Joseph Bill Potts on October 2, 1922, on the Bodéwademi reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. [1] She was a member of the Mshkodésik Nation, in English the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
The Treaty was thus disputed, including through warfare, for several decades. [5] The Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri was established by an 1815 treaty, and they relocated from Iowa and Illinois to northeastern Missouri. In 1824, they moved again to the Platte Valley. Sac leader, Black Hawk led his people in a war against the United States in 1832.