And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: "Robert Quiver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fwd: CPT propaganda :-) >From: CPT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: CPT propaganda :-) >Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 20:52:03 > >hi; > >have had the dickens of a time trying to transfer this file from ibm to mac >to print out; figured i'd just e-mail it to you for review if you have time >before it goes to chicago to be sent out on our network. > >jake > >================================================= >For Immediate Release >5 April 1999 >CPT Provides Presence at Native American Encampment in South Dakota >by Joanne "Jake" Kaufman > >Pierre, SD, USA -- CPTers set up a tent alongside a tipi camp of >Lakota Nation Native Americans on an island across from the South >Dakota, USA, state capitol in Pierre on Saturday, April 4. The Lakota >people have set up the spiritual camp-in as a peaceful protest to call >on the U.S. Congress to rescind legislation transferring 200,000 acres >originally belonging to the Lakota to the state of South Dakota. The >land still belongs to the Lakota according to the Treaty of 1868, a >Treaty reaffirmed by U.S. courts in the early 1980s. > >CPTers were invited to be present at the site as international >observers by Lakota tribal leaders and the campers, who were concerned >about local non-native and police harassment. Federal Bureau of >Investigation (FBI) agents have been staked out near the encampment. >FBI presence recalls tensions between the agency and Lakota people in >the early 1970s. > >State patrol and Pierre city police stopped the campers and checked >their identification when they crossed the causeway connecting >La Framboise island with the mainland to wash clothes, shower, get food, >etc. One man had an unrelated warrant outstanding from 10 years ago, and was >imprisoned. They have photographed local people who visit and bring >food to the campers. Local non-Native people have driven or boated by >the island, yelling taunts and things like "White Power." > >Lakota Nation people had fought the land transfer legislation, called >the Mitigation Act, in the U.S. Congress for two years. The House did >not pass the bill, which returned $57 million and land along the >Missouri River to two Lakota bands, as well as mandating the transfer >of land and funds to the state of South Dakota. However, Senator Tom >Daschle (D-SD) introduced the Mitigation Act as a rider onto a huge >budget appropriations bill (weighing 40 pounds) the night before it >was passed in October 1998. > >The legality of the bill, called Title VI of the Omnibus Appropriations Act >of 1999, is questionable, since as passed it never had hearings in the >Senate or House. Lakota leaders were not consulted, and the requirement >that three-quarters of the men of the Sioux Nation sign the transfer was >not met. > >Several Lakota men decided to remain on the island after the bands held a >demonstration against the bill March 22. They, along with other supporters >plan to stay on the island until the bill is overturned. > >The Army Corps of Engineers, which administers the land in question, >has "granted" the camp-in protestors 14 days to be on La Framboise Island. The >Lakota people did not ask the Corps' permission since they consider the 2000- >acre island theirs by Treaty. The "permission" lasts until Friday, >April 9, and the campers are uncertain of what will happen then. >Dissidents from the two bands that were included in the land deal are >planning to ride from their reservations to the campsite, to be with >the campers when the Army Corps' "permission" runs out. > >The Great Sioux Nation, or Lakota People, as the Native American >nations here refer to themselves, have at least #? different nations >on eight reservations in South Dakota. The majority of Lakota tribal >members oppose the treaty, although the leadership of two tribes >agreed to the Act. > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
