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« on: December 20, 2007, 10:17:23 PM »

Source: FoxNews

WASHINGTON —  The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States.

"We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,'' long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means said.

A delegation of Lakota leaders has delivered a message to the State Department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the U.S., some of them more than 150 years old.

The group also visited the Bolivian, Chilean, South African and Venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months.

Lakota country includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

The new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there would be tax-free - provided residents renounce their U.S. citizenship, Mr Means said.

The treaties signed with the U.S. were merely "worthless words on worthless paper," the Lakota freedom activists said.

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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2007, 04:07:57 AM »

Sweet.  I guess that means we can take our reservation land back that we gave them after they lost, and that they will no longer be under the protection of the United States.  Say goodbye to the last of the Lakota.

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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2007, 10:34:30 AM »

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...the United Nations adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

I wonder if that means the jews are supposed to give Israel - whoops - I mean Palestine back to the original indigenous peoples, too.
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