Friday, December 21, 2007

Lakota nation secedes from US

Dustin told me about this early this morning, but I see Democracy Now did not include it in its headlines today, so I felt compelled to post a few links...

Russell Means, an American Indian activist and member of the Lakota Sioux has led an effort to secede from the US. In a radical move, they have disbanded all treaties with the US signed in the past 150 years claiming that the US has not made good on them anyhow. They have renounced their American citizenship and declared full control over their government and lives. Seems both radical and unprecedented, but the state department has yet to make a formal reply.

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