And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: Pat Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Indians decide to keep protest encampment
Thursday, August 19, 1999
Al Lundy
The protesters on La Framboise Island will stay on the
island for the time being. The plan is to stay at least until sometime in
September when
Congress is expected to act on the Energy and Water Appropriation Bill
still pending. "By consensus, the Black Hills Treaty Council has decided
to continue to support the camp," said Eileen Iron Cloud, Porcupine.
The camp was established on the island on March 22 to
protest the Mitigation Act which allows the transfer of land held and
managed by the corps along the Missouri River to the Cheyenne River and
Lower Brule tribes and to the state of South Dakota. The protesters have
said the transfer violates the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. The Mitigation
Act was originally approved by Congress in October of 1998. The U.S. House
of Representatives had voted July 27 to amend the
Energy and Water Appropriation Bill to provide for a repeal of the
Mitigation Act. Because of that and other differences with the Senate
version, the appropriation bill is still pending. On Aug. 5, just before
adjourning for the August recess, Congress again passed the Mitigation Act
through an amendment to the Water Resource Development Act of 1999.
According to staff members of U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., the approval
of the language of the Mitigation Act in WRDA means the Mitigation Act will
stand, even if its repealer is finally approved by both
houses in the appropriation bill.
Members of the Black Hills Treaty Council and
representatives from several of the tribes met in two separate meetings
Tuesday and Wednesday to consider what to do next. "We are continuing our
letter writing campaign including letters to the president," said Shirley
Marvin, administrator of the Department of Water and Natural Resources,
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. In addition, the tribal councils of the Oglala
Sioux Tribe, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe all plan to pass resolutions in opposition to the
Mitigation Act, Marvin said. "Under the 1868 Treaty, we still own the land
along the river," Marvin said. The resolutions will call for no land
transfers to occur under the Mitigation Act until the treaty issues are
addressed, she said.
The tribes opposing the Mitigation Act are planning a
trip to Washington the first week in September when Congress goes back into
session, Marvin said. "We'll talk to anyone who will listen," she said.
The protesters on the island have permission to camp there until Aug. 21 as
they protest the land transfer. Since March 22, the corps has allowed the
protesters to camp in the area normally off limits to overnight recreation,
and has renewed that permission several times.
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