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Illinois Now Home to Federally Recognized Tribal Land After Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Given Back Portion of Ancestral Land
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Recent Achievements Unveiled
HB1633 – Native American Curriculum
This bill was developed and championed by the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC) in conjunction with Representative Maurice West (D-24). It is a multi-faceted piece of legislation…
SB1446 – School Dress Code Policy
The genesis of this bill started when a community high school student was denied receipt of his diploma because he was wearing cultural items and attire that were gifts from his father and grandfather…
HB3413 – Human Remains Protection Act
For decades, Illinois has failed to return Native American remains and belongings to their communities despite a federal law mandating states to do so. Illinois has the second-largest collection…
Committees
Dedicated to furthering diverse causes and the greater well-being
Education
To provide, advocate and support an inter-tribal urban system of education, through networks of Native American Programs and other providers to increase academic and career success.
Arts & Culture
To nurture and promote creative and economic development of Native arts and culture in the Chicago area by gathering and sharing relevant information, providing and publicizing events.
Political Action
Advocacy and political action to establish a Statewide Native American Commission and get Native American representation on various relevant statewide commissions.
Media & Outreach
To create and support information sharing within & outside the CAICC community to expand the media communication and coverage of community issues and concerns.
Our Activities
Events
Events for July
2nd
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Events for July
3rd
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Events for July
4th
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Events for July
5th
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Events for July
9th
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Events for July
10th
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Events for July
11th
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Events for July
12th
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Events for July
15th
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Events for July
16th
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Events for July
17th
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Events for July
18th
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Events for July
19th
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Events for July
23rd
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Events for July
24th
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Events for July
25th
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Events for July
26th
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Events for July
27th
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Events for July
28th
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Events for July
30th
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Events for July
31st
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Events for August
1st
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Summer Niijii Camp 2024
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2024 NCAIS Summer Institute
Drumming and Dancing – Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 7pm
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Living Through Healing
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Firsthand: Homeless – Homelessness and Chicago’s Native American Community
Events for August
2nd
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Village of Schaumburg’s Farmers Market
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Summer Niijii Camp 2024
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2024 NCAIS Summer Institute
Who We Are
The members of the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC) are dedicated to furthering diverse causes and the greater well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and First Nations people in the Chicago area. We seek to maximize effectiveness by creating a forum for fostering mutual aid, political support, positive public recognition, strategic alliances, collaborations, and partnerships.
CAICC convenes organizational leaders and members of the Chicago American Indian community for dialogue, advocacy, and planning with the goal of empowering CAICC to better address the issues and needs of the American Indian community.
Land Acknowledgement
Chicago is the traditional homeland of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Tribes like the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac and Fox also called this area home. Located at the intersection of several great waterways, the land naturally became a site of travel and healing for many Tribes. American Indians continue to call this area home and now Chicago is home to the sixth-largest Urban American Indian community that still practices their heritage, traditions and care for the land and waterways.
Today, Chicago continues to be a place that calls many people from diverse backgrounds to live and gather here. Despite the many changes the city has experienced, our American Indian community sees the importance of the land and this place that has always been a city home to many diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
CHICAGO HAS ALWAYS BEEN INDIAN COUNTRY
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