Article I - Territory. Refers to the "diminished" reservation, which is inaccurate and misleading, especially for jurisdiction purposes.

It would appear that the International Borders of the Dakota Nation at Crow Creek far exceed what both the state of south dakota and the united states of america are willing to admit despite treaties being the "supreme law of the land" according to the constitution that governs the red, white and blue melted People of america.

The fight at Crow Creek is multilayered going through county, state and federal agencies and a civil war still rages for control of the ira goverment.... yet it amazes me that the taxpayers of the united states have no idea of where the money really goes when it gets sent to Crow Creek... the tribal council gets a $50,000 salary a year from general fund so 7 council members x $50,000 = $350,000 and THEN the tribal council also sits on every paying board in the Nation... that is the Housing Board for which they recieve 150 per mtg... the Casino Board for which they are also compensated and also on the School Board which pays $200.00 an hour for meetings when all but one of the council send their children and grandchildren to school in Chamberlain. I have ever seen a school district where you can be on the school board and not even have a child in the school system.

These are the things the People of Crow Creek are complaining about because average median income in Crow Creek is a little more than $4,000 while the tribal council draws almost a $100,000 a year... this is wrong on so many levels because these same men and one woman walk around saying they represent the will of the People at Crow Creek... when in truth the only thing they represent is themselves and putting money in their own pockets.

All of the council with the exception of the Chairman is in full campaign mode handing out money and favors for votes in the coming election. When the Constitution Committee tried to change the constitution to reflect the will of the People and what they wanted to see in the constitution the bia regional operations specialist immediately came back with the fact that some of the proposed amendements were not in compliance with american laws and customs.

We are not americans... We are a Dakota People and a Dakota Nation so what the People and government of the united states of america wants or says does not matter. For tens of thousands of years we have lived on this continent without american laws and customs.

"Somehow Tonto was always there. Like the Negro butler and the Oriental gardener. Tonto represented a silent, subservient subspecies of Anglo-Saxon whose duty was to do the bidding of the all-wise white hero."

Vine Deloria Jr. Standing Rock Sioux

"Each child should have the fundamental right, a constitutional right, whether it's a tribal constitutional right, federal or state constitutional right. It's time we made our constitutions have our children's rights in them so they can engage in those experiences that he or she is most anxious to explore, because it is having the right to choose that is truly indigenous to the democratic concept."

David Wilkins. Lumbee

The children of Crow Creek Dakota Oyate have the right as human beings descended from a Dakota People to live in a culturally respectfully and appropriate environment within the borders of their own Nation. The children also have the right to be taught their own Dakota Languge and and Dakota Cultural Values in the school system.

Those within our Nation at Crow Creek who think to further colonize the People with american values and standards need to think again... because it seems to me thats how all this poverty and misery amongst the People got started in the first place... by listening to the american wasicu.

Peter Lengkeek, Treasurer, Shannon Shields, Secretary, and Vice-Chairman Eric Big Eagle (Duane Big Eagle's son) are the Tontos' of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. Meeting with state and federal officials off reservation and behind closed doors. Where is the transparency that was promised to the People of Crow Creek? Where is the end to corruption that was promised? Where is the end to Nepotism and Croynism when the entire tribal government is appointed by the tribal council? Where is the resolution repealing the tax agreement between the state of south dakota and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, repealing that tax agreement should be a priority for this tribal council as the signatures of more than 400 eligible voters were attached to a petition and presented to the Crow Creek Tribal Council, which for those of you not familar with our form of government means these 6 men and 1 woman should have drafted and sent a resolution to the state of south dakota repealing the ill thought out and ill advised tax agreement Treasurer Peter Lengkeek worked out between himself and a lawyer, again behind closed doors without the knowledge or input of the Tax Commission. The People of Crow Creek have spoken... NO TAXATION. PERIOD.

The Dakota People of Crow Creek will continue to suffer under the same favorite ration chief system because these men and woman have been co-opted by trying to retain their $100,000 paychecks every year...meanwhile there are families who scrape by on $4,000 (american standards say $12,000 is poverty level, which speaks to less than the half to one thirds rations that General Nelson Miles alluded to in 1890 and this is 2011...121 years later) a year barely providing the minimal necessities like toilet paper, laundry power, food, clothing and other amenities that are a necessary part of life in a consumption driven american society. What makes me even madder is that these men and women who are on tribal council don't have any real world business experience or even a college education to be making decisions at a lemonade stand not to mention the financial and state affairs of an entire nation.

Shame on the People of the united states for continuting to contribute to the socio-economic problems at Crow Creek by allowing their elected officials to continue to try to Ethnically Cleanse the Dakota People of Crow Creek by leading the poorly educated so called leaders of Crow Creek down the path of american assimilation like well trained american lapdogs on a leash.

For those of you who wonder how i know these things... i was the Accounts Payable Officer for the government at Crow Creek from January 11, 2011 to September 22, 2011... and i know where the money was supposed to go and where it didn't. Why is money still being transferred around between federal programs accounts in the Finance Office at Crow Creek, which according to united states federal law is illegal. Always get tape and always get documentation and i have both.

"I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians i have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog."

Tatanka Iyotaka (Sitting Bull)

i am no assimilated hang around the fort agency mutt standing arounding waiting for the american wasicu and their colonial councils to hand out the goodies...i am a free human being...and i remember who i am and those who gave their lives that our way of life might still exist and i remember to put those Dakota Lifeways and Worldviews in my children and grandchildren simply because i love my children too much to fill my children's heads and hearts with lies about how honorable it is serving a red, white and blue rag flag in the name of freedom and democracy... i have too much respect for myself and for the sacrifice of my true Ancestors who fought to keep america and the american People off of our lands and out of the hearts, minds and spirits of the People to ever sell my soul to america for a paycheck.

This is the face of Ethnic Cleansing of Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota Lifeways and Worldviews by the american People of the state of south dakota:

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/25/141662357 ... ter-system

"There is no resource that is more vital to the continued existence and integrity of Indian tribes than their children and that the United States has a direct interest, as trustee, in protecting Indian children who are members of or are eligible for membership in an Indian tribe...an alarmingly high percentage of Indian families are borken up by the removal, often unwarranted, of their children from them by non-tribal public and private agencies and that an alarmingly high percentage of such children are placed in non-Indian foster and adoptive homes and institutions."

United States Congress

As members of the united states congress both Senators Johnson and Thune have a legal and moral obligation in addition to the aforementioned trust responsibility to put and end to these ongoing acts of Ethnic Cleansing by the People of the the state of south dakota.

Here are the web addresses for both senator johnson and senator thune of south dakota and the web address for governor duagaard of south dakota.

senator tim johnson's webpage: http://johnson.senate.gov/public/

senator john thune's webpage: http://thune.senate.gov/public/

http://www.sd.gov/governor/

It seems to me that Governor Duagaard of south dakota as the leader of south dakota's state government which encompasses the south dakota department of social services should be charged and tried in International Criminal Court for the crimes of Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide because the children of our Dakota, Lakota and Nakota Nations ARE the future and if they are stripped of their Indigenous Worldviews and Lifeways by being placed into white foster homes where the children are forced to learn american worldviews and lifeways then the children are indeed being ethnically cleansed by the american People of the state of south dakota.

In the face of all the facts and the truth governor dennis daugaard of south dakota's answer is to deny, deny, deny.

"Governor's office calls NPR foster care report flawed; congressmen seek review."

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/govern ... 002e0.html

"Unlike mass killings in Nazi Germany or Rwanda, the genocides of indigenous people are played out in hidden corners of the world, and escape public scrutiny and condemnation. Although their numbers are small, the result is just as final. Only when this persecution is seen as akin to slavery or apartheid will tribal peoples begin to be safe."

Stephen Curry, Survivor International.

Hau Koda,

It has been a long time since I visited your camp. My wife has been a bit more active than I have been. You are correct. It is genocide.

Q. Who was the director of the children's home society and lt governor of the state of south dakota when the children's home society got millions of dollars in funding?

A. south dakota governor dennis daugaard.

http://mitchell.areavoices.com/2011/10/ ... ds-to-npr/

Hau Woodrow...it is good to see you my friend... and yes you are right it has been too long... 700 Dakota, Lakota and Nakota children a year is not a loss that our Nation and People can endure and continue to exist.

Here is blog where some clearly euro centric americans try to defend governor dennis daugaard and the state of south dakota's actions when it comes to the Ethnic Cleansing of Dakota, Lakota and Nakota Children by the state of south dakota.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2 ... sponds.php

Hau, Ghostwarrior and Woodrow.

This topic reminds me of other posts; you both always fight the good fight.

Thank you Mollydee... your words are kind and appreciated.