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Chicago – for the Miami-Illinois word Shikaakwa, wild leek. City of Chicago Heights; Village of Chicago Ridge; Chicago River; Chillicothe – comes from the name of the Chalagawtha sept of the Shawnee nation Chillicothe Township; Colusa; Dakota. Dakota Township; Erie – named after Erie County, New York which in turn was named after Lake ...
The land includes exclusive native title over approximately 45,000 square kilometres, east and west of the town of Norseman. In 2020 the Ngadju Indigenous Protected Area was dedicated on Ngadju land. [2] The Ngadju serve as traditional custodians of the area, which covers 43,993.01 km 2, about a quarter of the Great Western Woodlands. [3]
In 2014 and 2017 the Federal Court recognised Ngadju traditional ownership of over 102,000 square kilometres, after a long legal proceeding which began in 1995. The land includes exclusive native title over approximately 45,000 square kilometres, east and west of the town of Norseman. In 2020 the Ngadju Indigenous Protected Area was dedicated ...
Chicago Heights lies on the high land of the Tinley Moraine, with the higher and older Valparaiso Moraine lying just to the south of the city.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Heights has a total area of 10.30 square miles (26.68 km 2), of which 10.28 square miles (26.63 km 2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.13%) is water.
The first of the two deposits, Nova, was discovered in July 2012 while the second one, Bollinger, was discovered the following year in February. [2] The native title of the land the mine operates on is held by the Ngadju people, their claim to traditional ownership having been recognised by the Federal Court of Australia on 21 November 2014.
PARIS — As a freshman in high school, U.S. gymnast Paul Juda attended a training camp for the junior national team where the coaches instructed the athletes to look around. “There will be an ...
The Kincaid Mounds Historic Site (11MX2-11; 11PO2-10) [3] c. 1050–1400 CE, [4] is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located at the southern tip of present-day U.S. state of Illinois, along the Ohio River.
This is a list of sister cities in the United States state of Illinois.Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.