Time to call in the Cavalry.
Air Cav this time.
Take THAT Sitting Bull!
Posted on 12/19/2007 9:58:16 PM PST by Dundee
THE Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the US.
"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," Indian rights activist Russell Means said.
A delegation of Lakota leaders has delivered a message to the State Department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the US...
The group also visited the Bolivian, Chilean, South African and Venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months.
Lakota country includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
The new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there would be tax-free provided residents renounce their US citizenship...
The treaties signed with the US were merely "worthless words on worthless paper"...
"This is according to the laws of the United States, specifically article six of the constitution," which states that treaties are the supreme law of the land...
"It is also within the laws on treaties passed at the Vienna Convention and put into effect by the US and the rest of the international community in 1980. We are legally within our rights to be free and independent,"...
The Lakota relaunched their journey to freedom in 1974, when they drafted a declaration of continuing independence...
Thirty-three years have elapsed since then because "it takes critical mass to combat colonialism and we wanted to make sure that all our ducks were in a row,"...
One duck moved into place in September, when the United Nations adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples...
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
If it's not, somebody needs to remind them of what happened to the last lot who decided to leave the Union.
This is nutty.
Goody. So the treaties are void, and all the special rights granted are revoked. No more reservations, no more tax free status, no more federal pork. Get a job Tonto, and be sure to file that 1040 come April.
That’s the logical end result of multicultural BS. That’s exactly what would happen if we don’t teach immigrants how to speak English.
Right, you want to go back to the way it was before the US was here? Get ready for shorter life spans, higher infant mortality, and, uh....
Indians on the warpath devolve, snicker.
Better yet, ask them if they will renounce alcohol.
Let’s see if this country can handle its “tribal regions” any better than Pakistan can. (hint: will they be hosting bin Ladin any time soon?)
Please! Everyone's ancestors were "indigenous peoples" somewhere. And how far back do you have to go to be "indigenous"? Didn't "Native" Americans originally come to the Americas from Asia?
What's next? A UN declaration on the rights of indignant peoples?
Got that right.
It’s time to take back those $$$$ casinos.
Apparently, they are testing the PC side of us. Will be interesting what happens. In Canaduh, they just gave in, and provided broader rights. I’m going to assume that the same will happen here, as this country grows spineless by the day.
Were they cannibals too?
Disconnect them from the power grid. Disconnect them from outside telephone, cable, water, oil and gas. No emergency services and no healthcare services. No anything.
Close all the roads entering “their country”. Let them go back to the “old ways” and provide for themselves.
And last but not least, no beer.
Indian Reservations are independent nations. So sorry, but it is entirely possible.
Unfortunately for the Lakota, this will probably kill most political support from non-Indians and definitely bodes ill for reservation members who recieve money from the U.S. Govt. A withdrawal should absolutely equate to NO MONEY! I sometimes think Russel Means is delusional.
That is why we should have nothing to do with the U.N.’s declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. That document’s sole purpose is to attack the sovereignty of the United States, and to destroy us from within.
bmp for later
Why that means their congress critters are kicked out... who’s got the majority now?
Somebody have too much fire water. Want to go see big spirit.
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