“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,” –Russell Means
Finally!
“We have 33 treaties with the United States that they have not lived by. They continue to take our land, our water, our children,” Phyllis Young, who helped organize the first international conference on indigenous rights in Geneva in 1977, told the news conference.”
Along with personally delivering their statement for withdrawal to the State department, the Lakota have asked Venezuela, Bolivia, Ireland, and South Africa, among others, for recognition.
