And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kathy Kern, Rochester, NY) *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:27:46 CDT *Subject: Action Request: Call for hearings on Mitigation Act -- CPTnet June 22, 1999 Action Request: Call for hearings on Mitigation Act CPT has maintained a presence since April 5 with Lakota (Sioux) people camped on an island in the Missouri River to uphold their treaty rights. The camp is requesting that Congress hold oversight hearings on legislation passed last fall which transfers 92,000 acres of land along the Missouri River to the state of South Dakota for tourist development. Half of this land is part of the landbase guaranteed to the Lakota people "in perpetuity" by a treaty signed at Ft. Laramie in 1868. The bill, called the Mitigation Act, became law last October as Title VI of the 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act. Please write, fax, or call your senators and representatives asking them to call for oversight hearings on Title VI. Point out that: --The bill never received Congressional attention or debate thanks to the way in which it was passed, as a rider on a much larger bill. --Five out of seven Lakota tribes and the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council are opposed to Title VI, and have not had the opportunity to present their concerns to Congress. --Title VI directly violates a treaty signed in good faith with the Lakota nation and ratified by Congress, and thus violates Article VI of the US Constitution, which states that "treaties... are the supreme law of the land." Send copies of your letter to SD Sen Tom Daschle, SD Rep John Thune, and SD governor William Janklow. Letters on official church or other organization letterhead are especially effective. For more background on the Oceti Sakowin camp and CPT's presence: http://www.prairienet.org/cpt/southd.html http://www.fireonprairie.org http://www.communinet.org/News_Journal/lakota.html http://www.YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net/news.html Contact Information: Your Representative U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Your Senator U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Representative John R Thune 1005 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4101 Tel: (202)225-2801 Fax: (202)225-5823 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senator Tom Daschle 509 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4103 Tel: (202)224-2321 Fax: (202)224-2047 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Governor William Janklow 500 E Capitol Ave Pierre, SD 57501 Tel: (605)773-3212 Fax: (605)773-6115 __________________ Christian Peacemaker Teams is an initiative among Mennonite and Church of the Brethren congregations and Friends Meetings that supports violence reduction efforts around the world. CPT P. O. Box 6508 Chicago, IL 60680 phone:312-455-1199 FAX 312-666-2677 To join CPTNET, our e-mail network, fill out the form found on our WEB page. URL: http://www.prairienet.org/cpt/ __________________ Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
