Not far from where a Potawatomi woman named Archange Ouilmette was awarded 1,280 acres of land by treaty in the 19th century—encompassing parts of present-day Wilmette and Evanston—her descendant ...

One October morning, as Cera Meintzer sat on her couch basking in the sun streaming through her south-facing windows, inspiration struck. “I remember that I felt warm and had this visual in my mind of ...