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  • Lakota Indians Withdraw Treaties Signed With U.S. 150 Years Ago

    12/20/2007 5:36:13 AM PST · by Sopater · 349 replies · 1,012+ views
    Fox News ^ | Thursday, December 20, 2007
    WASHINGTON — The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States. "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,'' long-time 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 U.S., some of them more than 150 years old. The group...