The Lakota Nation Secedes from the Occupational Government of the U.S. and Declares Independence.

[niankhsekhmet]

I am VERY happy to see this. Russell Means is one of my heroes as a kid. If this does go through, then I fully expect other Soveriegn Indigenous Nations to follow suit.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/21/5946/

I need to contact my brother, Bill, who is now living on the Rez in Cherokee, NC. I wonder how folks feel about it there.

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[ordos45.livejournal.com]

Ditto. It seemed to be a big story not to have any official comments...

[ordos45.livejournal.com]

However if it is official, and Lakota leaders back it as such, what will the U.S. government do? Sending in troops would hardly be politically correct in this day and age, with the respect for human rights and the sovereignty and freedom we so loudly proclaim for oppressed peoples...