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LAKOTAH
Mitaku Oyasin: We Are All Related

The Republic of Lakotah has come under fire, of late. Public opinion has counted them out. Here is why public opinion is wrong!

By now, most freedom lovers have read, or been told about, the Republic of Lakotah They know about the group of activists withdrawing from treaties with the US.

What they read, however, might be misleading.

The popular opinion, among non-Lakotah, is the Republic has no chance at success. Many authors have written about the division in the Lakotah, and lack of tribal support. Some have even accused Russell Means of hijacking the movement.

While accurate in some of their broad assumptions, these writers are missing the big picture. The Republic of Lakotah is alive and well!

The first point of concern among Lakotah, and non-Lakotah, is where the Tribal Government stands on the issue.

 "All tribal governments whether formal or de facto are organized as an undefined corporation under the restrictions of the Indian Reorganization Act." said Russell Means, Lakotah acivist and member of the Lakotah Freedom Delegation. "They are also bound by all of the subsequent rulings of the Department of Interior and it's Bureau of Indian Affairs". Read more...

Notice to All Foreign Governments and Private Owners
of Real Estate within the Republic of Lakotah  Download this PDF File

Republic of Lakotah

JAN  1,  2008

Notice to All Foreign Governments and Private Owners of Real Estate within the Republic of Lakotah

TO:      

The United States of America;

The States of:  Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska;

 The County and Municipal Governments Operating within the Republic of Lakotah; and All  Private Owners of Real Estate within the Republic of Lakotah

Lakotah, through its government, have appointed representatives to withdraw from all the treaties with the United States of America.

Lakotah, through such representatives, have formally withdrawn from all agreements and treaties with the United States of America.  The reinstitution of our freedom and independence is found in law.

Lakotah has reclaimed sovereignty as a nation and over its traditional lands.

Despite many years of repeated bad faith on the part of the United States government towards the Lakotah People, the Lakotah hold no animosity toward the American people, most of whom have had no part in the actions of their government.  We wish to deal with the American people in good faith and in a win-win manner.

While we have the right to impose liens on all of the real estate in our country, we prefer to come to resolutions with you all with out resorting to such measures.  Accordingly, at this time, we are only declaring liens on real estate held by governments foreign to the Republic of Lakotah, but not on real estate held by private parties.

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties substantiate this freedom.

 Lakotah welcomes the opportunity to meet and discuss this matter.  We are in the process of scheduling meetings and will issue public invitations.  Should you desire input with regard to scheduling these meetings, please contact us at the above.

Russell Means, Chief Facilitator
Provisional Government
Republic of Lakotah

Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US

Dec 19, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Lakotah Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday.

"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 told a handful of reporters and a delegation from the Bolivian embassy, gathered in a church in a run-down neighborhood of Washington for a news conference. more...

And So It Begins

In an incredible irony, the very people that the United States have most oppressed throughout our history may hold the key to freedom for all of us.

Few Americans remember the siege at Wounded Knee in the mid-1970s, but perhaps they should. Members of the AIM, or the American Indian Movement, occupied parts of Pine Ridge in protest over the brutal killings of two of their own, the disgustingly mild prosecutions for those murders, and the beating of the mother of one of those two when she attempted to seek justice from the U.S. government. The AIM were seeking their rights under U.S. law and for the U.S. government to honor treaties with the American Indian that had been ignored for more than a century. It was a lawful - and a peaceful until attacked - protest. more...