Re: Lakota Declaration
Don Black (dblack@leroy.cc.uregina.ca)
Wed, 21 Sep 1994 08:15:36 -0600
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> On July 14, 1991 the Lakota Confederacy of the Black Hills (Lakota,
>Northern Cheyenne, and Arapahoe) made a "Declaration of Sovereignty" based
>on jurisdictional grounds which terminated the "colonial occupation and
>interests of the territory defined as 'permanent indian territory'" in the
>1851 and 1868 Treaties of Fort Laramie.
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> In the Fort Laramie Treaty of April 29, 1868 it was pledged by
>Wasichu .... rest of message deleted.
Could you tell me what "Wasichu" means and to whome (or what) it refers?
Thanx very much. Is it a term that has any relevance in Canada???
Don Black