Lakota Sioux
Published Wednesday, January 09, 2008 by Dan Gainsford | E-mail this post 
I heard murmurs of this when I was up on the Piikani Reservation in Southern Alberta. There is a global movement taking place among First Nations, backed by international, mainly South American Governments. It's all very interesting in this time of global instability.
Lakota Sioux Indians declare Sovereign Nation StatusI feel, when you consider the reality of history, white land-grabs, and the current living conditions, what do the Lakota Sioux really have to lose? The other question becomes, what natural resources lay in waiting within the landscape of the Lakota Sioux Nation?
"Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight."
- Bob Marleypeace,
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