Guest guest Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 >---- Original Message ----- >carolyn >kep2 >Friday, December 21, 2007 11:10 AM >Special INews Item From Truth To Power > > >http://carolynbaker.net > >LAKOTA SIOUX DECLARE THEMSELVES A SOVEREIGN NATION INDEPENDENT OF THE >UNITED STATES >http://www.lakotafreedom.com/media.html >Freedom! Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status > >Threaten Land Liens, Contested Real Estate Over Five State Area in U.S. West > >Lakota Satisfies Treaty Council Mandate of 33 Years, Drafted by 97 >Indigenous Nations > >Dakota Territory Reverts back to Lakota Control According to U.S., >International Law > >Washington D.C. – Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign >nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday’s withdrawal >from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government. The >withdrawal, hand delivered to Daniel Turner, Deputy Director of Public >Liaison at the State Department, immediately and irrevocably ends all >agreements between the Lakota Sioux Nation of Indians and the United >States Government outlined in the 1851 and 1868 Treaties at Fort Laramie >Wyoming. > >“This is an historic day for our Lakota people,†declared Russell >Means, Itacan of Lakota. “United States colonial rule is at its end!†> >“Today is a historic day and our forefathers speak through us. Our >Forefathers made the treaties in good faith with the sacred Canupa and >with the knowledge of the Great Spirit,†shared Garry Rowland from >Wounded Knee. “They never honored the treaties, that’s the reason we >are here today.†> >The four member Lakota delegation traveled to Washington D.C. culminating >years of internal discussion among treaty representatives of the various >Lakota communities. Delegation members included well known activist and >actor Russell Means, Women of All Red Nations (WARN) founder Phyllis >Young, Oglala Lakota Strong Heart Society leader Duane Martin Sr., and >Garry Rowland, Leader Chief Big Foot Riders. Means, Rowland, Martin Sr. >were all members of the 1973 Wounded Knee takeover. > >“In order to stop the continuous taking of our resources – people, >land, water and children- we have no choice but to claim our own >destiny,†said Phyllis Young, a former Indigenous representative to the >United Nations and representative from Standing Rock. > >Property ownership in the five state area of Lakota now takes center >stage. Parts of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana have >been illegally homesteaded for years despite knowledge of Lakota as >predecessor sovereign . Lakota representatives say if the United States >does not enter into immediate diplomatic negotiations, liens will be filed >on real estate transactions in the five state region, clouding title over >literally thousands of square miles of land and property. > >Young added, “The actions of Lakota are not intended to embarrass the >United States but to simply save the lives of our peopleâ€. > >Following Monday’s withdrawal at the State Department, the four Lakota >Itacan representatives have been meeting with foreign embassy officials in >order to hasten their official return to the Family of Nations. > >Lakota’s efforts are gaining traction as Bolivia, home to Indigenous >President Evo Morales, shared they are “very, very interested in the >Lakota case†while Venezuela received the Lakota delegation with >“respect and solidarity.†> >“Our meetings have been fruitful and we hope to work with these >countries for better relations,†explained Garry Rowland. “As a >nation, we have equal status within the national community.†> >Education, energy and justice now take top priority in emerging Lakota. >“Cultural immersion education is crucial as a next step to protect our >language, culture and sovereignty,†said Means. “Energy independence >using solar, wind, geothermal, and sugar beets enables Lakota to protect >our freedom and provide electricity and heating to our people.†> >The Lakota reservations are among the most impoverished areas in North >America, a shameful legacy of broken treaties and apartheid policies. >Lakota has the highest death rate in the United States and Lakota men have >the lowest life expectancy of any nation on earth, excluding AIDS, at >approximately 44 years. Lakota infant mortality rate is five times the >United States average and teen suicide rates 150% more than national >average . 97% of Lakota people live below the poverty line and >unemployment hovers near 85%. > >“After 150 years of colonial enforcement, when you back people into a >corner there is only one alternative,†emphasized Duane Martin Sr. >“The only alternative is to bring freedom into its existence by taking >it back to the love of freedom, to our lifeway.†> >We are the freedom loving Lakota from the Sioux Indian reservations of >Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana who have suffered from >cultural and physical genocide in the colonial apartheid system we have >been forced to live under. We are in Washington DC to withdraw from the >constitutionally mandated treaties to become a free and independent >country. We are alerting the Family of Nations we have now reassumed our >freedom and independence with the backing of Natural, International, and >United States law. For more information, please visit our new website at >www.lakotafreedom.com. >### ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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