{"id":6486,"date":"2016-11-05T17:37:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T21:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/?p=6486"},"modified":"2016-11-05T18:14:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T22:14:21","slug":"lakota-nation-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/05\/lakota-nation-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"LAKOTA NATION CONFIRMED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/29\/gariwiio-is-natural-reality\/mnnlogo1-60\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5602\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5602\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mnnlogo1-150x150.png\" alt=\"mnnlogo1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please post &amp; distribute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MNN. Nov. 5, 2016.<\/strong> The story below* about the Lakota Nations was posted on December 25, 2007. They continue to set a precedent for all onkwe&#8217;hon:weh and all people t<span style=\"color: #333333;\">o take the necessary steps so that all life shall survive according to creation&#8217;s original instructions. Otherwise we will become extinct.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6487\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/05\/lakota-nation-confirmed\/stand-like-a-rock\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6487\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6487\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6487\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stand-like-a-rock.jpg\" alt=\"STANDING LIKE A ROCK.\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stand-like-a-rock.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stand-like-a-rock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stand-like-a-rock-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>STANDING LIKE A ROCK.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mass haka by Maoris for Standing Rock, The Gisborne Herald, Gisborne, New Zealand. 14,456 likes \u00b7 2,313 talking about this \u00b7<\/p>\n<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-faa66a7a9dcbd45bc28dcd7824f8bf94 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:1000px; height:1000px; max-height:1000px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Facebook\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" class=\"embera-facebook-iframe-faa66\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F112027595546124%2Fvideos%2F1149234385158768%2F&width=1000&height=1000&show_text=true\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Million Mask March, London, support Standing Rock Sioux.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o97R_tC9Mas\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ICD It\u2019s Going Down.\u00a0ATLANTA Pipeline equipment set on fire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ose-it&#039;s-going-down ose-uid-4244b637c4a8745c05a5afbaa333d29e ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:1000px; height:1000px; max-height:1000px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"SelfHosted\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bL3qD34pt3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsgoingdown.org\/igd-atlanta-pipeline-construction-equipment-blocked-barricades-set-fire-solidarity-nodapl\/\">IGD: Atlanta Pipeline Construction Equipment Blocked and Barricades Set on Fire in Solidarity with #NoDAPL<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"&#8220;IGD: Atlanta Pipeline Construction Equipment Blocked and Barricades Set on Fire in Solidarity with #NoDAPL&#8221; &#8212; It&#039;s Going Down\" sandbox=\"allow-modals allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/itsgoingdown.org\/igd-atlanta-pipeline-construction-equipment-blocked-barricades-set-fire-solidarity-nodapl\/embed\/#?secret=bL3qD34pt3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-secret=\"bL3qD34pt3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"1000\" marginheight=\"1000\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe[data-secret=\"\"+t.secret+\"\"]\"),o=l.querySelectorAll(\"blockquote[data-secret=\"\"+t.secret+\"\"]\"),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/itsgoingdown.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div>\n<p>The Parachute Club hits it on the head as they sing:<em><strong> &#8220;Rise up, rise up, oh rise and show your power. Rise up, rise up, we&#8217;re dancing into the sun. Rise up, rise up, it&#8217;s time for celebration. Rise up, rise up, spirits time has come&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> [Rise up].<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JcC-SbcihKI\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">REPRINT: December 25, 2007\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>MNN &#8220;Lakota Nation&#8221; confirmed &#8211; precedent for others?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8038\" class=\"yiv0071696893y_msg_container\">\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893\">\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8037\">\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8036\">\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>*\u201cLAKOTA NATION\u201d CONFIRMED &#8211; THEY <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>ARE NOT <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>PART<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>OF THE U.S.\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0\u00a0PRECEDENT <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>FOR OTHER <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>INDIGENOUS<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>PEOPLES?\u00a0 CAN <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>RETHINKING OF \u201c U.S. \u201d <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>&amp;\u00a0\u201c CANADA \u201d BE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: large;\"><strong>FAR BEHIND?\u00a0 [Story of the year]<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>MNN.\u00a0 Dec. 25, 2007. \u00a0The times, they are achangin\u2019.\u00a0 Go to the<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakotafreedom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>www.lakotafreedom.com<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong> website.\u00a0 There you\u2019ll see Canupa Gluha<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Mani of the Strong Heart Warrior Society of the Lakota Nation cutting<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>up his colonial driver\u2019s license.\u00a0\u00a0 He\u2019s doing this because on December<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8034\" class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8033\"><span id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8032\" style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8031\">17<sup>th<\/sup> 2007 the Lakota delivered their \u201cDeclaration of Continuing<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8046\" class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8045\"><span id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8044\" style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8043\">Independence \u201d, just in time for the Winter Solstice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The history of Lakota with the U.S. is long, complex and tragic.\u00a0 They<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>knew something had to change.\u00a0 After the Wounded Knee Occupation<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>of 1973, the International Indian Treaty Council was established.\u00a0 From<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>June 8 to 16 1974 the Council called for a \u201c Western Hemisphere \u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Conference at Standing Rock Sioux.\u00a0 Over 5000 delegates of 97<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Indigenous Peoples from the Americas gathered.\u00a0 The \u201cmanifesto\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>that was created on that occasion supports the rights of all Indigenous<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Peoples to live free and take whatever actions are necessary to uphold<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>our sovereignty.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>It is rumored that President of Russia , Vladimir Putin, a powerful world<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>leader,\u00a0said today <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>that he is considering recognizing\u00a0the Lakota as an i<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>ndependent <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>nation.\u00a0 Withdrawing from the treaties is entirely legal.\u00a0 It is<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>within the <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>laws on treaties passed at the Vienna Convention and put<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>into effect <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>by the U.S. and the rest of the international community in 1980.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The Lakota never relinquished their lands and have always refused<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>to accept payment estimated close to $1 billion to give up their<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>sovereignty and nationhood.\u00a0\u00a0 Offering to buy us out means they are<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>acknowledging our sovereignty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>They declared the obvious.\u00a0 The lands belong to the various Indigenous<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>peoples and are clearly defined by the treaties.\u00a0 Where there are no<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>treaties, the U.S. and Canada are squatters.\u00a0 Plain and simple!\u00a0 The<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>indigenous people have the same rights under international law as<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>anyone else, whether a country chooses to acknowledge it or not,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>as in South Africa .\u00a0 Our vast tracts of land, which have been cared<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>for by our ancestors, continue to be ours despite the delusional<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>fraudulent claims of the colonizing states.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Treaties concluded through bribery and with colonial puppets,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>instead of with valid representatives of our people, are not legal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>It should be borne in mind that most, not all, of the treaties ever<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>made with the colonizers granted them only very limited rights<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>that fall far short of the greedy advantages they imagined.\u00a0 They<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>had no intention of\u00a0ever living up to any treaty.\u00a0\u00a0They were hell<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>bent on stealing everything.\u00a0 The U.S. and Canada came as<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>profiteers and fraudulently tried\u00a0to steal all our assets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Such documents were concocted in clear violation of international<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>law then and now. This requires the informed consent of the people<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>concerned.\u00a0 No state can incorporate another unless a clear majority<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>of the people has expressed consent through fairly conducted<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>democratic processes based on a clear question.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The Six Nations Confederacy and the Algonquins are the title<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>holders of most of the eastern half of what is known as the colonies<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>of Canada and northeastern U.S.\u00a0\u00a0 Our Indigenous laws prohibit<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>alienation of our lands.\u00a0 We hold them as trustees for the coming<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>unborn generations.\u00a0 We refuse to surrender our lands.\u00a0 The<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>implementation of the Indian Act and federal Indian law is genocidal.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>According to article VI of the U.S. Constitution, treaties represent the<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Supreme Law of the Land binding each party to an inviolable<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>international relationship.\u00a0 Those without treaties with the colonists<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>hold their lands independent and free.\u00a0 The only legal authority is<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Indigenous.\u00a0 Article II sets out the primary nation-to-nation relationship.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>In Canada Section 109 of the British North America Act 1867 respects<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>the primary authority of the Indigenous peoples.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The U.S. and Canada have violated the independent Indigenous<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Peoples by \u201cclerical\u201d action, edicts and pronouncements\u00a0violating<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>our international treaty rights and authority.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The Lakota declaration of withdrawal from the Treaty of Laramie 1868<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>is vested in the power of the Lakota people and the children.\u00a0 One<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>individual does not represent the nation.\u00a0 The nation represents the<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>individual.\u00a0 The withdrawal is for the people, elders, mothers, fathers<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>and children including the unborn faces beneath the ground.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The Treaty of Laramie was never honored.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a colonial<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>catastrophe, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>which was not its intent on our part.\u00a0 Indigenous children<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>are still being taken away putting them out of balance from learning<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>the traditional life ways.\u00a0 The true way is to be free and left to govern<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>and look after our own with the teachings of the animal nations.\u00a0 This<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>is about the Lakota Nation and the Animal People who are no longer<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>here.\u00a0 \u201cWe are the Lakota Nation of Nebraska , North Dakota , South Dakota ,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Wyoming and Montana \u201d. \u00a0We are alerting the Family of Nations of our<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>action with the backing of Indigenous, international and U.S. law.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Should all Indigenous nations of Onowaregeh, Turtle Island , assert our<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>freedom and independence, what would happen?\u00a0 The action of the<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u201cLakota\u201d is going to have repercussions far and wide.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The colonists would go out of business, especially the oligarchs.\u00a0 They<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>would have to work out agreements with all the Indigenous people on<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>whose land they are squatting.\u00a0 Indigenous \u201cliens\u201d on buildings,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>development, resource extraction and all activities on our land will have<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>to be governed and executed by us.\u00a0 Each Indigenous nation will assert<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>our power over our lands, assets and resources.\u00a0 The colonies of U.S.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>and Canada will just have to become law abiding.\u00a0 They will have to learn<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>to respect indigenous and international law.\u00a0 This will not bring a<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>catastrophe for the ordinary people living on our land.\u00a0 They just have to<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>come to terms with the reality that they are living within our jurisdiction,<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>that they are visitors on our land and that they are required to follow our<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>law.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The pointlessness of their former reliance on their handpicked \u201cIndian\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">puppets set up by the colonial Indian Act band councils and federal<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Indian law tribal councils will become obvious. \u00a0These sell-outs will have<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">to live amongst their relatives without colonial power and support.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Whisky, money and guns will lose their mystical attraction.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Lakota call upon the world to support this struggle for sovereignty<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">and treaty rights.\u00a0 They pledge their assistance to all sovereign people<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">who seek their independence.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>The Lakota have invited those living on their lands to join them.\u00a0 Lakota<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>will issue permits to them, passports, driver\u2019s licenses and other<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>documents.\u00a0 Living there would be tax free providing the residents<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>renounce their U.S. citizenship.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Lakotah are to open negotiations with the State Department of the<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">U.S. government to establish diplomatic relations.\u00a0 They are setting up<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">offices in Washington and New York City .\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Are we going to see the other nations of Turtle Island asserting<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>sovereignty?\u00a0 Don\u2019t let those \u201cdirty rotten lawyers\u201d meddle or intervene.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>They\u2019re not the ones who decide what the law is.\u00a0 The law belongs to the<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>people.\u00a0 As our ancestors told us, \u201cOne nation will take the issue so far.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Then another will take it further.\u00a0 Until we all regain everything that is ours\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>So who\u2019s next? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>MNN Editor.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893\">\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8037\">\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"p1\">MNN Mohawk Nation News<a href=\"http:\/\/kahentinetha2@yahoo.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0kahentinetha2@yahoo.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for more news, to donate and sign up for MNN newsletters, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">mohawknationnews.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0More stories at MNN Archives.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thahoketoteh@ntk.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">thahoketoteh@ntk.com\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Address: Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0 or original Mohawk music visit<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thahoketoteh\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thahoketoteh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>LET\u2019S TELL THEM WHERE WE STAND:<\/strong> Politicians, Corporatists,\u00a0Band &amp; Tribal Councils and sell-outs\u00a0that are cooperating with pipeline companies;\u00a0ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS OF HOUSTON <a href=\"http:\/\/energytransfer.com\/contact_us.aspx\"><span class=\"s1\">http:\/\/energytransfer.com\/contact_us.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"t1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Jon Stewart<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0071696893yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478368252693_8036\">\n<div class=\"yiv0071696893MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6486?action=genpdf&amp;id=6486\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Please post &amp; distribute. MNN. Nov. 5, 2016. 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