Lakotah Unilateral Withdrawal from All Agreements and Treaties with the United States of America

[Swamp Rat]

Video: http://www.republicoflakotah.com/

Lakotah Unilateral Withdrawal from All Agreements and Treaties with the United States of America

We as the freedom loving Lakotah People are the predecessor sovereign of Dakota Territory as evidenced by the Treaties with the United States Government, including, but not limited to, the Treaty of 1851 and the Treaty of 1868 at Fort Laramie.

Lakotah, formally and unilaterally withdraws from all agreements and treaties imposed by the United States Government on the Lakotah People.

Lakotah , and the population therein, have waited for at least 155 years for the United States of America to adhere to the provisions of the above referenced treaties. The continuing violations of these treaties’ terms have resulted in the near annihilation of our people physically, spiritually, and culturally. Lakotah rejects United States Termination By Appropriation policy from 1871 to the present.

In addition, the evidence of gross violations of the above referenced treaties are listed herein. Lakotah encourages the United States of America, through its Government ,to enter into dialogue with Lakotah regarding the boundaries, the land and the resources therein. Please contact the Republic of Lakotah at [phone] or [e-mail].

Should the United States and its subordinate governments choose not to act in good faith concerning the rebirth of our nation, we hereby advise the United States Government that Lakotah will begin to administer liens against real estate transactions within the five state area of Lakotah.

Lakotah, through its government, appointed the following representatives to withdraw from all the treaties with the United States of America based on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties entered into force in 1980 and the

U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007:

Tegheya Kte
Heretofore known as Garry Rowland
Oyate Wacinyapin
Heretofore know as Russell Means
Mni yuha Najin Win
Heretofore known as Phyllis Young

Republic Of Lakotah P.O. Box 99 Porcupine Lakotah 57772,
http://www.republicoflakotah.com

[Politicub]

1. It's ironic that they use a PO box

since mail delivery to it is a function of the US Postal Service.

But good luck to them.

[Swamp Rat]

2. Why don't you volunteer to collect mail for them?

Then they won't have to suffer this "irony."

[Politicub]

3. Why don't you?

You were the OP. I guess you feel like you're "doing something."

[Swamp Rat]

4. All you do is take.

[Justpat]

44. Swamp Rat,

Where could I get a copy of that print of the founding fathers? That is great.
I would love to have it in my home.

[Swamp Rat]

45. I found it by accident

I was working on a pic just like it, but then came across it (the pic in the above post) while Googling images, so I axed my project.

Maybe I'll go back to doing my own version, as it was sorta different.

[lfairban]

63. I have a T-shirt with a print like that one . . .

. . . at the Wall Drug Store in Wall, South Dakota:

http://www.walldrug.com/pc-1201-111-founding-fathers-t-shirt.aspx

Here is the poster:

http://www.walldrug.com/pc-1269-70-founding-fathers.aspx

[G_j]

60. no accident, of course

that they chose to carve these images (of the great white fathers) into the sacred Black Hills.

[Swamp Rat]

61. Exactly

And it is no surprise there are people detracting from the message posted in the op.

[lfairban]

64. Actually, . . .

. . . I believe that it was carved there because the granite in the area was appropriate for the project.

The carving of Crazy Horse is in the same area. The Stone Mountain Memorial is a relief structure, and not as demanding on the rock as it doesn't go as deep.

The fact that the area is sacred to the Lakota was not a consideration. It was very insensitive, but Native American sensitivity in the first half of the 20th century was confined to the Lone Ranger's sidekick.

[Freddie Stubbs]

33. UPS, DHL, and FedEx are available

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. "since mail delivery to it is a function of the US Postal Service."

Well golly gee, Wally... I hope I never have to send mail to another country since the US Postal Service is obviously (in your view) incapable of finding said country and getting the mail delivered there. We all know that US is the *only* country in the world with mail service anyways, right??

:eyes:

[Swamp Rat]

6. Can you believe that is the first response to this thread?

What a shame.

What an embarrassment.

[Ghost in the Machine]

11. Mind blowing, isn't it?

I don't know what else to say besides...


Get thee to the greatest page! kick & 5th rec...

Otherwise, I'm really at a loss for words here...

:hi:


PEACE!

Ghost

[Swamp Rat]

13. Thanks

:hug:

[Politicub]

37. Well, it *is* ironic - no judgement intended

Irony is neither good nor bad, it just "is"

[lonestarnot]

18. And they pay for that tooooo!

As you well know they are not free.

[EFerrari]

25. K&R

[Donnachaidh]

7. kickin it for the Lakotah Nation!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[laststeamtrain]

8. Red Cloud was a winner.

"In 1866, he began what has come to be known as Red Cloud's War, the most successful war an Indian nation ever waged against the U.S. military. He achieved several victories, resulting in a new Treaty of Fort Laramie by which the U.S. abandoned all forts on the Bozeman Trail and acknowledged Lakota possession of what is now the Western half of South Dakota, including the Black Hills, and much of Montana and Wyoming."...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cloud#Red_Cloud.27s_War

In commenting on a treaty Red Cloud said: " I thought forever meant forever, not until gold is discovered."

[Arctic Dave]

9. Good luck. I'm interested to see were this goes . n/t

[guitar man]

10. K&R

Go Lakotah!!!!! :applause:

[Olney Blue]

12. K/R

[kineneb]

14. kind of wishing some of the Cal tribes would do the same

then we could give DC a big fat raspberry... ack,thbbbbt (channeling Bill the Cat)

hmmm, the Elam Republic?

[Swamp Rat]

15. We should ALL join them and kick Bushler&Co off the continent.

[rosesaylavee]

16. This is wonderful!

Was wondering what was happening with this. I hope they have room for the hoards moving in if this election goes R in the fall.

Thanks for posting.

[lonestarnot]

17. K & R!

[bonito]

19. K&R

Wondering where you've been, me, just about everywhere, got sooo many bookmarks all over its mind boggling.

[Swamp Rat]

22. I've been swimming in the morass that is GD-P

:hi:

[unkachuck]

20. alright!!....K&R

[jberryhill]

21. Again?

When did these guys:

Tegheya Kte
Heretofore known as Garry Rowland
Oyate Wacinyapin
Heretofore know as Russell Means
Mni yuha Najin Win
Heretofore known as Phyllis Young

Get the authority to speak for the several autonomous Lakota tribes, and who elected them?


http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/01/07/news/local/doc478294bd25eb5785538970.txt

The leaders of two Lakota tribes released a joint written statement Monday opposing a controversial plan by a small group of activists to renounce treaties and secede from the United States.

http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416411

Withdrawal from US treaties enjoys little support from tribal leaders


Awww... screw the tribal leaders anyway. Who cares what the actual Lakota tribes think?

The Oglala band was too stupid to elect Means president, and voted him down, but I guess they are just dumb like that, and need non-elected people who know better to tell them what to do. Right?

[uppityperson]

23. They don't hold elections to elect leaders, traditionally.

Those who inspired a following were followed, rather than electing someone to lead. That said, they can only represent themselves and those who say so, not claim they represent all Lakotahs.

[PeanutGallery]

35. Out of the park, jberryhill

For all of those who are k&r and clapping their hands over this news, all I can do is shake my head. This is an activist who appointed himself as a spokesperson for a tribe. When I start hearing this type of statement from people who actually can change things, the tribal council, then all it is "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"

This is about as "intelligent" as the NCAA deciding to ban Florida State Univ. from using the Seminoles name and anything associated with it based on the opinion of one tribal member of the Seminole nation. Then the tribe councils in Florida and Oklahoma met and said that they had no problems with FSU using their tribal name. So, the NCAA allowed FSU to keep their name.

[Dhalgren]

36. Bite me, ass. Ignore.

[Swamp Rat]

39. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[rosesaylavee]

49. O. My. God.

You done it again. Ruined another keyboard.

:rofl:

[undergroundpanther]

24. Wonderful!!

I am so proud of the Lakota!! Thanks for having the courage so many do not have!! (I am behind your soverignity even though I ain't Lakota!)
:loveya:

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. Good for them!

[Orwellian_Ghost]

27. K&R n/t

[OneBlueSky]

28. now THERE'S a movement I could totally get behind! . . .

I wonder if you change your citizenship to Lakotah . . . even if you're not Native American . . .

[SalmonChantedEvening]

29. K&R! Throwing off the shackles of Tyranny

And leading the way for the rest of us.

Thank you Swampy :hug: :applause:

[Swamp Rat]

40. Hey SCE!

:hi::hug:

[Recursion]

30. In fairness, a lot of Lakotah are lukewarm at best about these guys

This isn't exactly the mainstream of the Lakotah nation.

[semillama]

34. Exactly.

This is a great grand political gesture, but anyone who thinks the US will voluntarily give up 77,000 square miles of territory, including Omaha, Nebraska, is dreaming.

it would be good to remember that when are feeling happy for the Republic of Lakotah/Lakotah Oyate (dissension in their ranks over the name), that they and the Lakota people are not synonymous.

In order for the Treaty of Laramie to be rescinded, they need a vote of 3/4s of the men of the tribes who signed the treaty. That's part of the treaty. Once the Lakota pull that off, then we'll have something interesting to watch.

However, this Republic of Lakotah thing has given me inspiration for a poll...

[Ghost in the Machine]

31. kick

[Freddie Stubbs]

32. Funny that the none of elected leaders of the any tribes reconize this

[Swamp Rat]

38. Neither will our elected leaders

Funny that.

[G_j]

62. funny that traditionally

they did not "elect" leaders in the way that tribal councils are today.
Not all traditionals recognize this imposed system.

[Octafish]

41. For centuries, to the Elite: Brown People = Target of Opportunity

Massacre at Wounded Knee

Thanks for the heads-up, SwampRat. It's good to know people -- no matter their flesh tone -- have spirit to oppose the Beast.

[Fire Walk With Me]

42. Thanks, Swamp Rat. I've put myself on their mailing list.

I've read just a touch of Lakotah myth and legend, and it is of extremely high moral character.

[progressoid]

43. Unfortunately it's sound and fury, signifying nothing.

[Bonobo]

46. People act like HISTORY is over and our subjugation of Native Americans is unrelated to the genocide

we practiced in the 17th, 18th and 19th century.

Well it isn't. It's the same. Treaties are treaties. We still haven't played fair.

That is why America will be nothing more than a blustery, nouveau-riche punk, fat on its ill-gotten gains until it makes good on Native American and African-American issues.

[rosesaylavee]

54. Few people understand that there wasn't ONE treaty honored by the US Govt.

Not one. All broken by our side first.

[northzax]

47. excellent

I assume this means that they will have no qualms about the following (standard treatment for non-US citizens):

an immediate cessation of all federal aid payments of any sort. (last year on Pine Ridge this amounted to about $150m, not a lot, not enough, but in a small economy, a big deal)

immediate revocation of the right to travel in the United States without a visa. I am unaware of any secure passport facilities on the Pine Ridge reservation, and until such time as the sovereign government of the Lakotah people can negotiate bi-lateral transit agreements with the United States to replace the ones that they just abrogated, it will be impossible to allow transit for non-US Citizens.

All Lakotah citizens currently in the United States will be offered US citizenship, based on renouncing the Lakotah Citizenship (when you succeed from the US, you don't get to keep both) those that wish to renounce US citizenship will have 30 days to leave US territory when their US emergency visas expire. Those that refuse will be deported.

as the Lakotah are not currently members of the WTO, there are no currently arranged trade agreements, so all imports from the US or goods passing the US in transit to the Lakotah will be subject to appropriate duties as dictated by current US federal law. Given the current inability of the Lakotah nation to raise credit on the international markets, basically this means everything will be paid for, in cash, on demand. That includes electricity, water, imported food, etc.

Now I am sure we can work something out, but true soveriengty means exactly that. enjoy.

[CreekDog]

48. This group doesn't represent the Lakotah Tribe

It appears they claim to, but that's not the same thing.

[Swamp Rat]

51. They represent me

[CreekDog]

52. yes, and that's a necessary clarification

:hi:

[ClayZ]

50. Walking the earth in a peaceful and good way...

Lakota Mecicine Wheel


Medicine Wheel teachings are among the oldest of First Nations people and are based on the seven directions (North, East, South West, Father Sky, Mother Earth, Centre.

They create a holistic foundation for human behaviour and interaction; the teachings are about walking the earth in a peaceful and good way; they assist in helping to seek healthy minds (North) strong inner spirits (South), inner peace (West), strong, healthy bodies (East). A Medicine Wheel can best be described as a mirror within which everything about the human condition is reflected back to each of us. It requires courage to look into the mirror and really see what is being reflected back about an individual's life because some of it is painful, while others joyful and reflective. However, it is ultimately facing the pain that makes each of us a stronger and better person.
http://www.shannonthunderbird.com/medicine_wheel_teachings.htm


K and R

[Swamp Rat]

57. Thanks for the link ClayZ

:hug:

[better tomorrow]

53. does this mean that I have to stop giving to....

St. Joseph Indian School? They were my favorite and preferred charity....

[pegleg]

55. One of the sad things about this is that they may lose all US aid

which would include the many American Indian community colleges on their reservations.

[Swamp Rat]

56. US "aid" killed most of their population, and continues to do so.

[otherlander]

58. No they're not.

That's not the leadership saying it, nor did the majority agree to it. It's just a group of Lakotah people. The fact that it's a .com is a dead giveaway.

[Swamp Rat]

59. Are you a tribal leader? Attend their meetings? Do you live on a reservation?

The fact that you are posting on a .com is a dead giveaway.