Lakota Freedom Delegation Website and Contact Info Hijacked?!?
 
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:57:40 -0600 (CST)

http://memes.org/lakota-freedom-delegation-website-and-contact-info-hijacked

According to Lakota Oyate (For a Free & Independent Lakota Nation),
on December 30, 2007, the Lakotah Freedom Delegation website and
contact info were hijacked by one delegation member without consent
of other delegates. Further, to quote Lakota Oyate, the "So-called
'Republic of Lakotah' and 'provisional government' is announced
despite the fact 'republic' is not a Lakota word and Lakota already
has a traditional form of government still in existence."  Here is
the new Lakota Oyate website, said to be supported by Canupa Gluha
Mani (Duane Martin Sr.) of the Lakotah Freedom Delegation.

Lakota Oyate http://lakotahoyate.net/index.html

While it is Russel Means that is talking to foreign energy investors
and it is the "Republic of Lakotah" that is doing things by the
international book (international law and norms - thereby facilitating
maximum international support) it is also Means that is the one
being recognized, for better or worse, as essentially being the
Lakotah Freedom Delegation by the very tribal governments that this
delegation was to break from.  Let me be clear: while I do not
assert ( I DO wonder though) that Means is seeking this recognition
as being the Lakotah Freedom Delegation, tribal councils (BIA
puppets) treat this as if it is all Means' work.  Meanwhile (no pun
intended), other members of the Lakotah Freedom Delegation seem to
be pointing the finger at Means for hijacking all of this.
Intriguing...

While it is exciting that this is all heating up and that this story
continues to unfold, the last thing that yours truly wanted to hear
today was that there was such a schizm manifest in the original
four delegates.

Secessions, Charlatans, and Statecraft
http://eeng.net/CS/blogs/smileycoyote/archive/2008/01/03/1246.aspx

Applying Some Critical Thinking to the Lakotah Secession Movement
http://eeng.net/CS/blogs/smileycoyote/archive/2008/01/05/1251.aspx

Tribal Gov'ts Announce They Don't Support the Lakota Freedom
Delegation (NO KIDDING!) http://indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416411

Map of the Lakota Nation Revealed
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/248353/Map_of_the_Lakota_Nation_Revealed

Wikipedia's Entry on the Republic of Lakotah (some good information
here) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Lakota

Here is a snip from that site:

The United States Department of State is referring queries on the
subject of Lakotah to the United States Department of the Interior,
which oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Gary Garrison of the BIA said that the group's withdrawal "doesn't
mean anything". "These are not legitimate tribal governments elected
by the people", he said, but cautioned that "when they begin the
process of violating other people's rights, breaking the law, they're
going to end up like all the other groups that have declared
themselves independent - usually getting arrested and being put in
jail".

Opinion on the Federal Government's expected reaction within the
Republic of Lakota leadership is divided; Russell Means has stated
that "I don't expect the federal government to do anything. I don't
believe they even know what to do", but Canupa Gluha Mani has said
that "we'll probably get killed for this".

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