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Lakota Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status
Topic: International Relations 1:24 am EST, Dec 24, 2007

I wonder why I haven't heard this anywhere? Is it just more evidence we all just ignore the indigenous Americans these days? Maybe it is just me. I'd have thought the mainstream news would cover something like this. They have the daily Britney after all.

Quote:
"Wednesday, December 19, a group that represents various reservations and states declared sovereign nation status and has withdrawn from all treaties with the U.S. government.

"For far too long our people have suffered at the hands of the colonial apartheid system imposed on the Lakota Sioux," a press release dated December 13 read, "Our treaties with the United States government are nothing more than worthless words on worthless paper - repeatedly violated in order to steal our culture, our land and our ability to maintain our way of life."

According to the organization, and the website www.lakotafreedom.com, Lakota men have a life expectancy of less than 44 years, the lowest of any country in the World, including Haiti. The infant mortality rate is 5x the U.S. Average and the Tuberculosis rate on Lakota reservations is approximately 800 percent higher than the U.S. national average. "

Lakota Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status



 
 
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