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Indigenous People Month, McHenry County, Potawatomi, Treaty of Chicago

Prior to 1833, the place we know as McHenry County was home to the Potawatomi, a nation of people who lived in this place for perhaps 500 years. For thousands […]

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Indigenous People Month, McHenry County, Potawatomi, Treaty of Chicago

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