And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: Pat Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Protest delegation to visit Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, September 07, 1999
Capitol Journal Staff
A delegation representing the Great Sioux Nation will
leave La Framboise Island near Pierre at 10 a.m. on Thursday to embark on a
trip to Washington, D.C. According to a press release from the Black Hills
Sioux Nation Treaty Council, the delegation's purpose is to remind Congress
that the United
States still has a viable treaty, the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, with the
Great Sioux Nation.
A camp was established on the island on March 22 to
protest passage of the mitigation act entitled Title VI which was a part of
the large 1999 Omnibus Bill. The legislation allows for the transfer of
thousands of acres of land along the Missouri River from the federal
government to South Dakota and the Cheyenne River and Lower Brule Sioux
tribes.
Protesters maintain the law is a violation of the
treaty and they have called for congressional oversight hearings to discuss
it. In July the House of Representatives voted to repeal Title VI and the
repeal is scheduled for
review by a joint conference committee this month. However, the same
transfer legislation was inserted into the Water Resources Development
Authorization Act and it was signed by President Bill Clinton in August.
The press release states that the delegation will
consist of four generations of Lakota and Dakota people who will travel in
a small caravan to the capital to meet with various officials. The
delegation has scheduled stops along the way where presentations will be
given.
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