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Leonard, Floyd (Chief)

 Person

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Miami Land Claims in Illinois: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M570
Scope and Contents Members of the Miami Nation, Illinois land owners and farmers, and others discuss a controversial lawsuit filed in 2000 by the Miami Nation against 15 landowners on ancestral Miami lands in the Wabash Basin in east-central Illinois. Chief Leonard and Olds, leaders of the Miami Nation of Oklahoma, discuss the history of their tribe, their claim to 2.6 million acres of land in Illinois, disputed treaties, "blood quantums," tribal cultural centers, and the casino controversy....
Dates: Other: Dummy Date