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Perry Nelson

Information & Research Librarian

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Treaties and Native Land in Illinois

Throughout the last 200 years, American colonizers and the United States government acted to remove Indigenous Americans from the Chicagoland area. See how the federal government used treaties to claim this land.

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Library Art: Chicago River

Hilda Rubin Pierce was a Holocaust survivor and a prominent artist in the Chicagoland area. Learn more about her style and influences.

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Women’s Legacy at Skokie Public Library

Many women were instrumental to our library's formation and success. Learn about a few of them.

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