– it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
December 21, 2007
We are a Sovereign Nation
A Declaration of Independence from the USA
By LAKOTA FREEDOM DELEGATIONLakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday’s 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.
“This is an historic day for our Lakota people,” declared Russell Means, Itacan of Lakota. “United States colonial rule is at its end!”
I hope they succeed.
Two things surprise me
[1] that they haven’t yet sent in the army,
[2] that this hasn’t been around the upper-right-quadrant talk show circuit at least twice branding them as insurgents.
The brand “insurgent” has always bothered me. How is someone an “insurgent” in their own country?
I hope they succeed too.