FREE, AGAIN! LAKOTA SIOUX MAKE HISTORY IN WITHDRAWAL FROM U.S. TREATIES
Lakota Freedom Delegation to DC ] ?????
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:23:26 +0000
Is there any genuine legal avenue for this unless it gains wide support from all the Lakotah, Dakotah and Nakotah peoples?
Firefly Tawo Seed Carrier POB 1456 South Pasadena, CA 91031
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:32:39 -0600
From: bud@alliancecom.net
Subject: [Fwd: Lakota Freedom Delegation]
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LAKOTA
Lakota Freedom Delegation Mitaku Oyasin: We Are All Related
MEDIA ADVISORY
Immediate Release: 13 December 2007
Media Contacts: Naomi Archer,
Communications Liaison (828) 230-1404
lakotafree@gmail. com
FREE, AGAIN! LAKOTA SIOUX MAKE HISTORY IN WITHDRAWAL FROM U.S. TREATIES
First Nation Travels to Washington D.C., Will Unilaterally Withdrawal from All Treaties with the United States Government
U.S., International Treaty Law Indicate Historic Land Range Returns to Sovereign Lakota People
Excellent Audio and Visuals: Press Conference to Feature Lakota Flag/Eagle Staff, Traditional Language and Music, Traditional Lakota Food and Other Refreshments
WHAT: A Historic Ev ent between the Lakota Sioux Indians and the United States Government: Press Conference Announcing Unilateral Withdrawal of Lakota Nation From All U.S. Treaties and Return to Independence.
WHERE: Plymouth Congregational Church 5301 N. Capital Street, NE, Washington DC
WHEN: 11:30am, Wednesday December 19, 2007
WHO: Lakota Freedom Delegation, representatives of Lakota Sioux Indians- an Indigenous First Nation of North America. Delegation includes Lakota activist and actor Russell Means; Oglala Lakota Strong Heart Society leader Duane Martin Sr.; Gary Rowland, Leader Chief Big Foot Riders, Women of Red Nations founder Phyllis Young, Pearl Denet Claw Daniel and others.
SUMMARY: For far too long our people have suffered at the hands of the colonial apartheid system imposed on the Lakota Sioux. Our treaties with the United States government are nothing more than worth less words on worthless paper â?? repeatedly violated in order to steal our culture, our land and our ability to maintain our way of life.
The devastation this has wrought is clear:
+ Lakota men have a life expectancy of less than 44 years, lowest of any country in the World (excluding AIDS) including Haiti.
+ The Lakota infant mortality rate is 5x the U.S. Average.
+ The Tuberculosis rate on Lakota reservations is approx 800% higher than the U.S national average.
+ 97% of our Lakota people live below the poverty line.
+ Unemployment rates on our reservations are approximately 85%.
+ Teenage suicide rate is 150% higher than the U.S national average for this group.
+ Our Lakota language is an Endangered Language, on the verge of extinction.
We have no choice but to take this historic action to protect our people and our way of life, and reclaim our freedom from the colonial systems of the United States Government. So we travel to Washington D.C. to withdraw from our treaties with the United States and announce full return of our sovereign status under Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution, International and Natural Law.
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, D. C. to wit hdraw 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
http://www.lakotafreedom.com
Lakota; 444 Crazy Horse Drive; P.O. Box 99; Porcupine, SD 57772.
Spiritual freedom is my birthright. I am a free thinker. I am able to rise above mental prejudices and stereotypes of others. I am a free thinker. Nobody and nothing can manipulate me or deceive me. I am a free thinker. I freely choose truth and love. Today, I embrace a greater degree of spiritual freedom.
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Lakota Indians break away from USA
http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/742440.htm
Informant: John Calvert
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Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US
The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVC1KMTOgwiSoMQyT2LwZc9HyAgA
Lakota group pushes for new nation
A group of "freedom-loving" Lakota activists announced a plan Wednesday for their people to withdraw from treaties.
http://snipurl.com/1vmjq
From Information Clearing House
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Lakotas secede from U.S.
Raw Story
12/20/07
The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday. ‘We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,’ long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means told a handful of reporters and a delegation from the Bolivian embassy, gathered in a church in a run-down neighborhood of Washington for a news conference. A delegation of Lakota leaders delivered a message to the State Department on Monday, announcing they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the United States, some of them more than 150 years old. … Lakota country includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming...
http://tinyurl.com/ynwdhn
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Lakota Sioux: The Bravest Americans
When I get some rebuttal of all of this that doesn't pretend this was a delegation of only Russel Means, I will address it. Any that deliberately ignore this fact will be, in turn, ignored.
http://eeng.net/CS/blogs/smileycoyote/archive/2007/12/24/1042.aspx
Now let's think this through: five days have elapsed and if any major First Nations spokesperson or group or tribal council is standing against the Lakotah secession, they remain unheard. This is extremely auspicious inofitself. I don't think I am off base when I say that there are responsible individuals and groups amongst First Nations tribes and that, therefore, were this not something everyone concerned really wanted to work then we would have heard something by now. I have personally sent messages to John Trudell and Honor the Earth and this was two days ago. Still nothing.
To my knowledge, each and every of the accumulating mound of objections from many online (any from native leadership remain an exception) cite Russel Means' personal problems as reason to ignore this and, consistently, what is deliberately ignored by these unverifiable sources is that there are three others that will have to be discredited to debunk all of this and, to tell you the truth, now that we can see than nearly everyone (with the exception of some heads of state and some of the world's best known news services) is silent on this all then any sudden proclamation of invalidity would indicate, in all likelihood, that someone sensed a turning of the tide.
Doesn't anyone remember how the French revolution started? We have become such spectators in our very lives that when called to action the people all stand and wait to see if anyone else will answer. Is anyone answering? Word out of Lakotah country seems mixed as well and if nothing else, this stands to be remembered as a few people with chutzpah standing up and challenging the people to take what was theirs and the sheeple answering, "Baa-aaahhh!"
Still, I have hope. After all, each minute that ticks by further validates all of this.
Please see:
Lakota Sioux - The Bravest Americans
http://eeng.net/CS/blogs/smileycoyote/archive/2007/12/24/1042.aspx
From
http://www.lakotafreedom.com/
Cante Tenza Grandmothers consulted, message released by Canupa
Gluha Mani regarding purpose of Treaty Withdrawal MORE...
http://www.lakotafreedom.com/media.html
Delegation representatives held meetings for over three years
leading to Monday's withdrawal MORE...
http://www.lakotafreedom.com/history.html
Lakota to reveal land boundaries on eve of Wounded Knee
anniversary. Check back for updates!
Lakota delivers introductory Portfolio Packet to State
Department and foreign embassies READ THE PACKET...
http://www.lakotafreedom.com/portfolio.html
The Lakota Freedom Delegation acknowledges the rumors of
Russian Government support. In addition, Lakota has been in contact
with other Nations who are considering Lakota sovereignty.
Press Conference Photos...SEE THE GALLERY...
http://picasaweb.google.com/LakotaFree/PressConference121907
Interview with Canupa Gluha Mani - Lakota Freedom Delegation
http://memes.org/audio-interview-canupa-gluha-mani-lakota-freedom-delegation
I have been in contact with someone very close to all of this. Here are the words of Canupa Gluha Mani (Duane Martin Sr.). The interview is a little over thirty minutes long but the file size is relatively small - less than 6MB. It is an MP3. Does anyone notice that Russel Means is doing precious little of the talking on all of this?
DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/anonymous@radio4all.net/16-1-20071225-Canupa_Gluha_Mani_interview_12-25-07_24kbps.mp3
Informant: smileycoyote
