Native Americans Declare Independence from the United States
In a historic summit meeting in South Dakota, leaders of the Lakota
Sioux, Cheyenne and other Native American tribes will declare their
total separation from the United States, denouncing their "illegal"
citizenship according to 19th century treaties.
A worldwide press conference will be held by the Chiefs on July, 14,
1991 at Bear Butte Mountain in the Black Hills of western South
Dakota, announcing in detail their complete rejection of all American
laws and borders, reinstating the ancient and traditional boundaries
under indigenous caretakership in the natural Black Hills bioregion.
These Boundaries were established in government to government treaties
between the fledging United States and Native Americans beginning in
1825 and culminating in the famous 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty which was
ratified by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President U.S.
Grant.
This Treaty, upheld in 1980 by the U.S. Supreme Court, was signed by
elements of the Sioux and Arapaho under Red Cloud and Spotted Tail,
victors in a long running war in Wyoming Territory against General
William T. Sherman and the U.S. Army.
The borders claimed by the Sioux and Arapaho , along with their
traditional allies the Cheyenne, include the Missouri, Yellowstone,
and North Platte Rivers. Portions of the States of Nebraska, North
and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming are included in this bioregion,
with the Black Hills as the central ceremonial and sacred burial ground.
A provisional multitribal government will be established at the Bear
Butte Council until a permanent Elders Council can be established. A
Declaration of Independence has been drawn up, with extensive policies
relating to disengagement from all federal, state, and Bureau of Indian
Affairs jurisdictions. De-privatizing of all lands will be instituted,
with an eventual return to a "Buffalo Commons" economy for the region,
implemented naturally over the next (25) years.
Alcohol will be declared illegal in the new nation, and the spiritual
path of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Pipe will be the prevailing structure
of the peaceful societies of the ancient Plains cultures. All other
belief systems will be tolerated. All current citizens of the U.S.
may remain living on the Lakota Nation, either as foreign nationals,
or they may apply for Lakota citizenship. A passport and immigration
and naturalization service will be implemented.
A complete restructuring and reform of the medical, educational,
economic, and ecological management systems will be developed over a
(5) year program.
For more information, contact:
The Lakota Sovereignty Organizing Committee
Box 5686, Rapid City
South Dakota 57709
(605)348-9463
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