> Wild Horse wrote: > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > January 23, 2000 > > Red Cloud Tribal Building, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, > South Dakota > > Today the Grass Roots Oglala Lakota Oyate celebrate seven > days of sovereign immunity from the oppressive, corrupt > Oglala Sioux Tribal Treasurer and members of the Tribal > Council. > > The Grass Roots Oyate believe that traditional law > supercedes I.R.A. (Indian Reorganization Act) government. > They are exercising their sovereign rights under the 1868 > Fort Laramie Treaty. In a January 20th tribal court > hearing, Grass Roots Oglala Lakota Oyate (Plaintiffs) v. > Oglala Sioux Tribal Treasurer, Wesley "Chuck" Jacobs > (Defendant), Chief Tribal Judge Patrick Lee did not ask > the plaintiffs if they wished to waive their sovereign > immunity. Therefore, the traditional leaders claim that > the tribal court has recognized the plaintiffs as an > entity, immune from removal, arrest, or prosecution. > > Today, sacred eagle staffs and a coup stick were brought > in, which represents the societies of our traditional law > of the sacred pipe that we stand under for guidance and > strength. Spirits remain high in the building and they are > standing on their original demands of removing the Tribal > Treasurer and members of the Tribal Council. > > The Grass Roots Oyate represent the silent majority of the > Pine Ridge Indian Reservation who believe they have > exhausted all their remedies in seeking the removal of the > Oglala Sioux Tribal Treasurer, Wesley "Chuck" Jacobs and > members of the Tribal Council. On January 16, 2000, this > group took peaceful control of the Red Cloud Tribal > Building in Pine Ridge Agency, SD for the sole purpose of > protecting financial records that incriminate the Tribal > Treasurer and several members of the Tribal Council. > > The Federal Bureau of Investigation did remove some > financial records from the Tribal Building on January 18, > 2000 at the request of the Grass Roots Oyate. They believe > that these records will be proof of the widespread > mismanagement and mishandling of federal monies allocated > to the members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. > > Mediators from the U.S. Department of Justice remain > on-site and will continue to work with both parties to > seek a peaceful resolution. At least one Tribal Council > member stated publicly that he did not want the Justice > Department here and they could go home and "those > troublemakers" will be physically removed from the > building. > > Meanwhile, the Grass Roots Oyate continue their peaceful > monitoring of the Tribal Building. > > For further information, please contact Floyd Hand, or > Dale Looks Twice, Media Relations Coordinator at (605) > 867-5303. > > As with all emails concerning the Occupation Peoples > please forward this in its entirety to any and all > interested parties > > Wadv > > Wild Horse > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/yatahey > www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications
