This was sent to me & was asked to "circulate" it. Please do the same, its important. Thank you Alli -------- Original Message -------- Subject: The Lakota Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:19:18 -0600 From: Ari Ma'ayan <amaayan@worldnet.att.net> To: aka2@magiclink.com Please circulate!!!! >X-Sender: asjourney@texramp.net >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) >Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:59:39 -0500 >To: administrator@campbell.senate.gov >From: Coyote Shadow Pons <asjourney@texramp.net> >Subject: The Lakota >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by host1.texramp.net id OAA22421 > >The Honorable Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Chairman >U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs > >Attention: Patricia Zell > >My Dear Honorable Senator, Fellow Citizen, and My Red Brother: > >The time to stop the compounding the pain of all the Red Peoples has long >passed unnoticed, as the pain continues, though far more covert to protect >the U.S. politicians. This behavior does not represent the people of this >great nation, Red or White. > >I suffer in silence because the politicians say my people do not exist and >my father will die with a broken heart. But I cannot be silent while your >Committee stands still and does not move against the actions being brought >about by Rep. Dashel's shameful maneuvering in Congress (referring to the >Restoration Act, passed as Title VI of the 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act, >giving 200,000 acres to the State of South Dakota to be used for >hydro-electric power, wildlife protection and recreational development). >The Act was drafted and passed without proper consultation with all of the >tribal leaders or bands >of the Great Sioux Nation. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 has been and is >still in effect. > >Tribal members are holed up on La Framboise Island, across from the South >Dakota State capitol in Pierre, since Monday, March 22nd. These Sioux will >maintain their peaceful witness until three things are done: > > 1) The legality of the Act which transfers this land to South Dakota is > examined. > 2) The Army Corps of Engineers are required to do an Environmental Impact >Statement (EIS) on the land. On 29 March, the Army Corps of Engineers, >which administers the land, released a press bulletin that it would begin >an EIS on the Missouri River, scheduled to be completed in nine months. > 3) Congressional hearings on the Act are held. > >These Sioux have a permit for their presence, but they are concerned because >the FBI is also there watching them. Given the FBIs role against activists >in the past, the Sioux have requested an outside independent witness, and >the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) have put some people in place there. > >What is going to be your part in setting this right for these decendents of >the First Citizens of this nation? > >Ms. Coyote Shadow Pons >Tsalagiyi Nvdagi >Figger-Dude Ranch >4501 Pyeatt >Gladewater, Texas 75647-9232 >asjourney@texramp.net >903-845-6693 >/\ > >