radiojake wrote:mandalorian2298 wrote:THORNHEART wrote:ok sorry for who ever asked for a link i dont have one i just read it off the fox news home page....
the fact is not that we took the land from them...which we did...which is debateable over ethics( personally i think it was ok since it was just country expansion as they and all ohter countries had participated in we just happened to win) the point of the post was to show the obserdity of them actually thinking the can leave the united states! and have their own little indian nation....umm didnt we already fight a war about this ...anyways i dont think anyone cares and doubt it will last a month before the come begging for their monthly social security pyments for their booze and cigs
I loved the underlined part. It made me recall all those nations that Lakotas have whiped out in their quest to create a vast Lakota Empire. However, as you have pointed out, that is debatable over ethics, so I will move on to the point that you have tried to make with your post and admit that you have indeed showed obserdity as it has rarely been shown before. Too bad that you have shown so very little in the spelling, interpunctions and/or history 1-on-1 departments.
Also, I like the 'umm' part of your post. While it is sad that even the slightest mental efforts (such as allowing your mental diarrhea to spill out in the literary form) cause you to grunt in pain, it is very generous of you to share the pain of using your atrophied brain with the rest of us. In conclusion of your post by concluding that 'you dont think that anyone cares' about the topic that has been viewed 380 times in 1 day, which was very insightful. Now stop wasting your time on that darn computer and go help your pa with the distillery.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22 ... 02,00.html
Here is a link...you see, the American media is really keeping this quiet so that it will take a while for it to spread word-of-mouth. This is a Aussie media source.
I don't know how serious this incident is, but I am keeping in contact with my Lakota freinds. As of right now it is more of a statement made by Russel Means, who is the father of the American Indian Movement (AIM).
If taken seriously, the Lakota Nation (which is a sovereign nation and may decide to do so under federal mandate, like it or not) may pick up its own reigns and become its own country. Of course the Federal Government holds the right to intervene militarily if it sees so fit. This is a very blatant and dangerous move on the Lakota people's part if such statements remain true. However, in South Dakota, there are many of us sympathetic to the Natives. Almost everyone I know around here has some type of Indian blood in their ancestory.
And if the Lakota Nation goes...guess what? The reservations near your home towns and cities will go as well. In theory, forming their own Native American States of America (NASA...not the space agency). Interlinked in sovereignty with the Lakota.
All Americans need to take this seriously and not laugh it off. They will gain more support than the secession of the Souht during the Civil War. And the difference here is that the South was the United States, but the Reservations are not considered part of the United States. They were considered dependant sovereign entities that are free to make their own choices concerning their sovereignty. And if that means for them to try and go off and be their own country, so be it.
If this is taken seriously, those citizens of the United States that live in Montana, NorthDakota, SouthDakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska would be allowed citizenry within the Lakota Nation under a renunciatory declaration of allegence with the United States government.
It is quite compelling, but can it work? I say that it can...depends on what form of government they decide to have. And what of a military? Do the Lakota form their own army, airforce, navy (kind of hard since they are land locked)? It is stated that their country would be taxfree...so then what would happen to the welfare of the people and the state itself?
I haven't heard too much more about this, so I am just thinking it is more of a stunt to grab people's attention...but if it is taken seriously, America might actually benefit. I mean taxpayers would have to be totally relieved of any support that is now given in subsidies, but, on the other hand, I believe, the Native Nations would hold Americans highly accountable for Trusts and Land that were given and stolen from them. There are large Trust accounts that are owed to Native Americans but the government never ever paid them out. That is what alot of lawyers now are going to court over.
If Lakota Nation became its own country, they would definitely push the Trust and Land issue. They would try to get other countries involved as well, just like the United States gets the United Nations involved with disputes.
This issue is interesting, and it was quite surprising to hear about it from CC, because the major media sources in the USA aren't making this information very prevailant. But now that it is coming home to roost a bit, I am starting to think it is perhaps just a stunt being pulled off by AIM. Something they can use as a way to get their voices heard.
I don't blame them...
Not to mention many of the plains tribes were enemies for centuries. With rival tribes living in the same reservation here in Wyoming, and they still don't get along well (to say the least.)
