And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: "Robert Quiver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Update on Pierre SD Laframboise Island Occupation Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 13:04:23 PST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain PRESS RELEASE: Top Regional Corps of Engineers Officer Meets with Sioux Nation members in tipi camp on La Framboise Island March 30, 1999 Porcupine, SD - In an historic meeting reminiscent of those that occurred between high ranking US Army officers and the Sioux over a century ago, Colonel Robert Volz met with members of several bands of the Sioux Nation inside a tipi on La Framboise Island on the Missouri River just south of Pierre, SD on March 27. Colonel Volz, dressed in combat fatigues and accompanied by the Corps� tribal liaison David Vader, joined the circle around the sacred fire in the center of the tipi and fielded a series of questions about how the Corps plans to implement the �Mitigation Act� that calls for the transfer of around 200,000 acres of land along the Missouri River to the state of South Dakota. Volz assured camp members and their supporters that the Corps was committed to conducting a fair and comprehensive EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) prior to any transfer of land to the state of South Dakota, and that he wanted to meet with tribal leaders and Treaty Councils soon to discuss the EIS process. Governor William Janklow (R,SD) and Senator Tom Daschle (D,SD), who worked together to author the controversial legislation, are pushing for quick transfer of land to the state. But an EIS would take a minimum of 9 months, Volz said. Questioned about that estimate, Volz agreed that the EIS process could take a period of years. The First Fire of the Oceti Sakowin camp was established on on La Framboise Island just south of Pierre, SD on March 22 in protest of any transfer of land to South Dakota, land that camp residents and their supporters, including 5 tribes in South Dakota maintain that they have prior rights to under the 1851 and 1868 Treaties. Colonel Volz said La Framboise Island is exclusively under federal jurisdiction. He presented camp members with a letter authorizing the camp to stay there for fourteen days after his visit, and indicated that extensions of that period would be authorized. Rick Two Dogs, a Lakota spiritual leader, reminded Volz that the camp was there under the authority of the Treaty, and that was all the authority that was needed. For more information contact: Eileen Iron Cloud 605/455-2999, Emily Iron Cloud-Koenen 605/455-2193 or Joanne Tall 605/867-2673. Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
