{"id":388,"date":"2017-02-03T00:03:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippy.com\/hip\/uncategorized\/lakota-sioux-declare-independence-from-usa\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:03:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T00:03:02","slug":"lakota-sioux-declare-independence-from-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/news\/lakota-sioux-declare-independence-from-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakota Sioux Declare Independence from USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tFreedom! 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. \u2013 Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday\u2019s 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.

\u201cThis is an historic day for our Lakota people,\u201d declared Russell Means, Itacan of Lakota. \u201cUnited States colonial rule is at its end!\u201d

\u201cToday 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,\u201d shared Garry Rowland from Wounded Knee. \u201cThey never honored the treaties, that\u2019s the reason we are here today.\u201d

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.

\u201cIn order to stop the continuous taking of our resources \u2013 people, land, water and children- we have no choice but to claim our own destiny,\u201d 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 [historic owner]. 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, \u201cThe actions of Lakota are not intended to embarrass the United States but to simply save the lives of our people\u201d.

Following Monday\u2019s 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\u2019s efforts are gaining traction as Bolivia, home to Indigenous President Evo Morales, shared they are \u201cvery, very interested in the Lakota case\u201d while Venezuela received the Lakota delegation with \u201crespect and solidarity.\u201d

\u201cOur meetings have been fruitful and we hope to work with these countries for better relations,\u201d explained Garry Rowland. \u201cAs a nation, we have equal status within the national community.\u201d

Education, energy and justice now take top priority in emerging Lakota. \u201cCultural immersion education is crucial as a next step to protect our language, culture and sovereignty,\u201d said Means. \u201cEnergy independence using solar, wind, geothermal, and sugar beets enables Lakota to protect our freedom and provide electricity and heating to our people.\u201d

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%.

\u201cAfter 150 years of colonial enforcement, when you back people into a corner there is only one alternative,\u201d emphasized Duane Martin Sr. \u201cThe only alternative is to bring freedom into its existence by taking it back to the love of freedom, to our lifeway.\u201d

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<\/A>.<\/p>\n

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