Lakota tribe declares independence from the United States

I wonder how the Government is going to take this news. And where are they going to set up this new country? There's alot of things to consider with this announcement. Definately something I want to follow along in the news. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

This article is an excellant example of how the major media misreports and misrepresents the news. It is true that an activist named Russell Means and a group of Lakota Indians he represents have declared independence. However, the Lakota Indian tribe has done no such thing. Russell Means is not a chief or a part of the Lakota official leadership. He is a Lakotoa leader in the same sense Jesse Jackson is a Black Leader or a leader of the USA. That is, Russell Means is a self declared leader without offical capacity. His words mean nothing as to any action or declaration of the Lakota. Here is a quote from another article about the subject. "While the “official” Lakota tribes have not broken away, it is important to note that Means was once deprived of a tribal leadership role in a case involving voting fraud. While Means lost the election, a court upheld that vote fraud had occurred and ordered a new election. According to Wikipedia, that election was never conducted and the court never enforced its own decision. The organization Means currently represents is called the Lakota Freedom Delegation." So, while Russell Means may or may not have been cheated in an election, he has no more authority to make proclamations for the Lakota than Al Gore, who many also think was cheated in an election, has to make statements on the behalf of the USA. Here is the link to the article with the quote. http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/12/20/russell-means-challenging-150-years-of-broken-treaties/ I am really tired of sloppy and/or dishonest, incomplete reporting.

i wish them a lot of luck. The settlers came to America to steal our land and many of our women and children were raped and murdered. This wrong. all the land in America belongs to the american Indians.

Excellent! Maybe Britain should support this group against the American rebels! all the best urban

Good for them. Being part Native American I'm just so angered at how the tribes have been cheated, scammed, tortured, killed and countless other atrocities perpetrated by the US government. I just don't have any words for the treatment Native American have suffered by the hands of such awful, greedy murderous people.

Although it is always tempting to go back to ones roots of Native America, it is rarely practical. Unfortunately for Lakota this too shall pass into a memory one day. As a Tsalagi/Lakota I invest heavily in my heritage and teach it to my children. I give them the freedom to choose their direction. I wish the elders choosing this route tohidu and wisdom in their pursuit though from the sounds of it this has been a dream of many of my people for decades.

I tried to check your link but I couldn't get it to load but I did check the link provided by another poster. Without being able to compare the two accounts I won't be able to give an opinion if you got the "right" information but regardless, I think I agree with you that they have every right to make this move and they may garner international sympathy. Weren't they the tribe featured in Dances With Wolves? Annie

Redyellowblackdog has already pointed out your error so I will not belabor the point. It will be interesting to see if this does go anywhere. I doubt it though. This man does not have any backing to speak of and I do not think that the Lakota tribe is interested in this or him.

It dosent really matter the US Gov will just shut it down anyway

I did not know anything about this move but doubt if the government would allow another foreign nation inside our borders.Why are they trying to fight all this stuff from decades ago? It seems sort of fruitless to my way of thinking.What our forefathers did has no bearing on the people of today.