“…On December 20, 2007, Means announced the withdrawal of a small group of Lakota Sioux from all treaties with the United States government. Means and a delegation of activists declared the Lakota a sovereign nation with property rights over thousands of square miles in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana. The Republic of Lakota website asserts that their group met with what they termed “traditional treaty councils” in eight communities. However, they admit their delegation does not act for elected tribal governments, or as they described them “IRA Indians, ’stay by the fort indians’, or other Lakota people unwilling to be free.” At a D.C. presentation Means also stated that his group does not “represent collaborators, the Vichy Indians and those tribal governments set up by the United States of America,” comparing tribal leaders to the French leaders of Nazi Germany-Occupied France headquartered at Vichy, France.

Following the (non-binding) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in September of 2007, a group of American Indian activists presented a letter to the US State Department indicating they were withdrawing from all treaties with the US Government, and began the process of contacting foreign governments to solicit support as of December 17th, 2007

On January 8, 2008 two Lakota tribal leaders released a written statement against any plan to renounce treaties with the United States, saying the issue was enforcement of existing treaties…”

In addition, the evidence of gross violations of the above referenced treaties are listed herein. Lakotah encourages the United States of America, through its Government ,to enter into dialogue with Lakotah regarding the boundaries, the land and the resources therein. Please contact the Republic of Lakotah at (605) 867-1111 or info@republicoflakotah.com.

Should the United States and its subordinate governments choose not to act in good faith concerning the rebirth of our nation, we hereby advise the United States Government that Lakotah will begin to administer liens against real estate transactions within the five state area of Lakotah.

Lakotah, through its government, appointed the following representatives to withdraw from all the treaties with the United States of America based on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties entered into force in 1980 and the

U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007:”

We provided two links Chummer, both to recognized NEWS agencies.. Perhaps your not aware that all news agencies are owned by entertainment companies..? For example: CNN is owned by Turner Broadcasting… Who in turn are owned by Time Warner..

Perhaps the question you should be asking is, why did they ignore the story?
In any case, I wish you luck in tracing this out. When you do, send us a link to updated info. We are curious where this sits months later.