GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER IS SIGNING A SERIES OF LAWS TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS IN ILLINOIS. 

ONE NEW LAW ALLOWS NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS TO BE BURIED ON STATE LAND. ANOTHER, PROHIBITS RESTRICTIONS ON CULTURAL REPRESENTATION AT GRADUATION SAYS GOVERNOR PRITZKER. THAT COMES FROM AN EVANSTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS NOT ALLOWED TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A SACRED EAGLE FEATHER ON HIS CAP.

THE THIRD LAW REQUIRES NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON THE GENOCIDE AND RESETTLEMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS BY SETTLERS.

THE LAST LAW PROHIBITS SCHOOLS FROM BANNING CULTURAL GARB AT GRADUATION.