And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
X-Originating-IP: [206.176.28.77]
From: "Robert Quiver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:40:34 PST
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-Comment: Nevada Indian Environmental Coalition
Hello all from the Lakota Student Alliance. 5 members of our Alliance
are the 7 warriors mentioned in this "official" press release. Thanks
Robert Quiver
coord/cofounder LSA
------------------------------------------
PRESS RELEASE
March 24, 1999
Porcupine, SD - Seven young Oglala warriors are manning a tipi camp on
La Framboise Island in the Missouri River to protest a planned turnover
of nearly 200,000 acres of Indian Treaty land to the state of South
Dakota. The �First Fire of the Oceti Sakowin� spiritual camp was
established after a March 22 demonstration that brought over 200
protesters to South Dakota�s capitol city of Pierre on a chilly, windy
day to protest the controversial �Mitigation Act� that was passed in
October 1998 despite strong tribal opposition, and without tribal
consultation
The young men staying on La Framboise say that the camp affirms the
Treaty rights of the Sioux Nation to the land along the Missouri River.
Like the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, and the Oglala,
Standing Rock, Rosebud, Crow Creek and Yankton Sioux Tribes, they base
the Sioux Nation�s claim to the land on the 1851 and 1868 Treaties and
on aboriginal rights. Tribes, Treaty Councils, and non-Indian
supporters including the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center are
calling for congressional oversight hearings to reconsider the Act, and
for a full-blown EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before the US Army
Corps of Engineers moves to transfer any land.
Demonstrators at the March 22 event in Pierre marched between the
Capitol and Federal buildings, to draw attention to the joint
partnership between SD�s Republican Governor William Janklow and Senate
Minority Leader, Tom Daschle (D, SD), who crafted the controversial
Mitigation Act (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and
state of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration Act) in secrecy.
The legislation was drafted and passed without consultation with opposed
tribes, although President Clinton�s 1994 executive order expressly
calls for such consultation.
After the demonstration, Chief Oliver Red Cloud, Chairman of the Black
Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, and Vincent Black Feather, a
spiritual leader of the Oglala Band, conducted spiritual ceremonies at
the �First Fire of the Oceti Sakowin� camp. A sacred fire was lit and
the camp stands as a public reminder that the aboriginal and Treaty
rights of the Sioux Nation are not extinguished.
For further information contact:
Emily Iron Cloud-Koenen 605/455-2193, Eileen Iron Cloud, 605/455-2999 or
Joanne Tall 605/867-2673.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
