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Suburban middle school students create group to help support fellow classmates and their mental health
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and adults hear a lot about stress management. But for younger people, those anxiety producing feelings are often dismissed as “kid stuff.” It was that sentiment that motivated three Naperville 8th graders to do something about it. Leya...
At This Time: Indigenous country
Illinois’ only Native American reservation is celebrated at Northwestern University’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Symposium. Keynote speakers Zach Pahmahmie (left) and Raphael Wahwassuck explained how their Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s 130-acre parcel in DeKalb County was officially recognized as a reservation by the federal government last month. The Potawatomi land was originally 1,280 acres, but it was confiscated in 1850. “We are in the process of getting the remainder recognized as a reservation and returned back to us,” said Pahmahmie. The meeting, open and free to the public at the Woman’s Club of Evanston, continues through Friday. (Photo by Richard Cahan.)
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