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27. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>March 30,
28. 1973</strong>
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30. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
31. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
32. <strong>That
33. Unfinished Oscar Speech</strong>
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35. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By MARLON
36. BRANDO
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40. <span style="font-family: times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
41. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- For 200 years we have said to the Indian people who
42. are fighting for their land, their life, their families and their right to be
43. free: ''Lay down your arms, my friends, and then we will remain together. Only
44. if you lay down your arms, my friends, can we then talk of peace and come to an
45. agreement which will be good for you.'' </span><br />
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50. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br />
51. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When they laid down their arms, we murdered them. We lied to them. We cheated
52. them out of their lands. We starved them into signing fraudulent agreements that
53. we called treaties which we never kept. We turned them into beggars on a
54. continent that gave life for as long as life can remember. And by any
55. interpretation of history, however twisted, we did not do right. We were not
56. lawful nor were we just in what we did. For them, we do not have to restore
57. these people, we do not have to live up to some agreements, because it is given
58. to us by virtue of our power to attack the rights of others, to take their
59. property, to take their lives when they are trying to defend their land and
60. liberty, and to make their virtues a crime and our own vices virtues. </span><br />
61. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
62. </span><br />
63. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But there is one thing which is beyond the reach of this perversity and that
64. is the tremendous verdict of history. And history will surely judge us. But do
65. we care? What kind of moral schizophrenia is it that allows us to shout at the
66. top of our national voice for all the world to hear that we live up to our
67. commitment when every page of history and when all the thirsty, starving,
68. humiliating days and nights of the last 100 years in the lives of the American
69. Indian contradict that voice? </span><br />
70. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
71. </span><br />
72. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It would seem that the respect for principle and the love of one's neighbor
73. have become dysfunctional in this country of ours, and that all we have done,
74. all that we have succeeded in accomplishing with our power is simply
75. annihilating the hopes of the newborn countries in this world, as well as
76. friends and enemies alike, that we're not humane, and that we do not live up to
77. our agreements. </span><br />
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80. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Perhaps at this moment you are saying to yourself what the hell has all this
81. got to do with the Academy Awards? Why is this woman standing up here, ruining
82. our evening, invading our lives with things that don't concern us, and that we
83. don't care about? Wasting our time and money and intruding in our homes. </span><br />
84. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
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86. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think the answer to those unspoken questions is that the motion picture
87. community has been as responsible as any for degrading the Indian and making a
88. mockery of his character, describing his as savage, hostile and evil. It's hard
89. enough for children to grow up in this world. When Indian children watch
90. television, and they watch films, and when they see their race depicted as they
91. are in films, their minds become injured in ways we can never know. </span><br />
92. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
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94. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Recently there have been a few faltering steps to correct this situation, but
95. too faltering and too few, so I, as a member in this profession, do not feel
96. that I can as a citizen of the United States accept an award here tonight. I
97. think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or
98. given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we
99. are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner. </span><br />
100. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
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102. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I would have been here tonight to speak to you directly, but I felt that
103. perhaps I could be of better use if I went to Wounded Knee to help forestall in
104. whatever way I can the establishment of a peace which would be dishonorable as
105. long as the rivers shall run and the grass shall grow. </span><br />
106. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
107. </span><br />
108. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I would hope that those who are listening would not look upon this as a rude
109. intrusion, but as an earnest effort to focus attention on an issue that might
110. very well determine whether or not this country has the right to say from this
111. point forward we believe in the inalienable rights of all people to remain free
112. and independent on lands that have supported their life beyond living memory.
113. </span><br />
114. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
115. </span><br />
116. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thank you for your kindness and your courtesy to Miss Littlefeather. Thank
117. you and good night.</span> <br />
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120. <em>This statement was written by Marlon Brando for delivery at the Academy
121. Awards ceremony where Mr. Brando refused an Oscar. The speaker, who read only a
122. part of it, was Shasheen Littlefeather.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/6884896572436579459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/03/this-day-in-1973-marlon-brando.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/6884896572436579459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/6884896572436579459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/03/this-day-in-1973-marlon-brando.html' title='This Day in 1973:  Marlon Brando'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmu7rfzSqOohDNPdrgCqv4nqdI5zRw3bF4vFZkkoZG2hX3T7e26L13vZ7lwopO__nNkiCYmuh_xUAnvD0nuH4shS9gXGD4kepZnxMgMtCFBompmOW7pK9SjPYWL4_C-ZeFWoV_y1XOn4/s72-c/brando.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-4985681940246423120</id><published>2014-03-28T07:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2014-03-28T07:30:00.622-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Statement from Leonard Peltier March 28,2014</title><content type='html'>Greetings my friends, relatives, supporters, and all those who support the cause of freedom, not only for Native Americans, but for all people.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it’s sometimes not easy being involved and staying involved, so for all of you that have done just that, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart to the top of my soul.&amp;nbsp; We need more people all over the world who not only care about the freedom of others, but who care about our future generations and what kind of Earth we leave behind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know there are prophecies and predictions and beliefs that predict the end times of life as we know it, and I want to say to you that all of these things that have been said are said for our benefit so that we may choose a different path.&amp;nbsp; All over the world there are people who seek to serve God or the Creator or the Great Spirit or whatever name you call that greater power that gives us life, and I want to say to you at this point in time, that our greatest enemy isn&#39;t some supernatural being with horns and a long tail or some other goolish spirit; our greatest enemy throughout the world is gluttony, people wanting and taking more than they need. That, is the cause of all the wars, the invasions and the dictatorships and the pollutions that face mankind.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is the way of our Native people that we should not take more than we need.&amp;nbsp; It is in the teachings of the Christians, it is in the teaching of the Muslims, and of the Buddhists.&amp;nbsp; It is a basic, fundamental teaching of all the major approaches to spirituality throughout the world that we do not take more than we need. It is also a teaching of my people that when you take from the Earth you must give back something back in return. Mankind has built up a great debt to the Earth, and a great debt to Nature and whether we like it or not or recognize it or not, that debt will be repaid one way or another.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When people set off explosions underneath the Earth, this Earth we call our Mother, when they make poisons and radiation and other deadly things and put them within our mother, then they cause birth defects for all of nature, including man. This may not sound very scientific and quite simplistic, but it is a truth and that truth is being born out in obvious ways throughout all mankind. We see it in birth defects in animals and fish of the ocean, birds of the sky and the reptile. We see it in our waters and in our air.&amp;nbsp; We must find a way to stop these corporations whose CEOs live in air-conditioned penthouses and chalets inside an artificial environment that only they can afford.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We must convince them, in whatever way we can, to respect our Earth and to respect us, and not allow them to destroy our Mother the Earth with fracking and oil-filled pipelines crossing the land, and steel platforms in the ocean that spill oil, or pesticides that kill the bees and destroy the food chain of the birds. Our Mother the Earth is a living creation, and we are all part of that life cycle, all dependent on one another.&amp;nbsp; Every time I turn on the television in the day room or pick up an international magazine of some sort, I read about and see the evidence of this destruction. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know sometimes we feel that there is nothing we can do; but there is, if each one of us does something then together we can and will make a change.&amp;nbsp; It might be doing a demonstration and carrying a sign or it may be writing your Senator or Congressmen or it may be voting for a person who supports natural, renewable energy from the wind and the sun or other sources. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whatever it is you choose to do, choose something, make a difference, make your life count for something.&amp;nbsp; Right now in various part of the United States and Canada there are people of all ages and all races trying to stop these oil pipelines that will carry sludge, and this fracking that sets off explosions under the Earth which also causes earth tremors and quakes.&amp;nbsp; This is an immediate danger; it is very real, and you can do something about it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to remind you that if it wasn&#39;t for people like yourselves that have taken a stand for something, we wouldn’t have the national forests, the redwoods, there wouldn&#39;t be animals and various other forms of life, there would be no Yellowstone Park, and there would be a lot more species totally extinct than there are now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So taking a stand DOES make a difference.&amp;nbsp; How we pray to the Creator for help and how we thank the Creator for what we have is important, but what is truly more important, is that you demonstrate your faith and your belief.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You demonstrate it by protecting and respecting this very nature and Earth that we have been given to live upon.&amp;nbsp; Who you are is not defined by what you do when everything is in balance, who you are is defined by what you do when you are faced with imbalance when you are faced with a challenge that requires a sacrifice or some sort of intestinal fortitude, which we call courage.&amp;nbsp; THAT defines you.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not in this prison for anything that I did wrong. I am in this prison because I was a part of a people that tried to right a wrong.&amp;nbsp; I am in this prison as a statement by the corporation controlled government forces that want to say, “Give up your resources, give up your freedom, don’t stand against us”&amp;nbsp; That, is their message in keeping me in here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to tell you sincerely, this is not an easy place to be.&amp;nbsp; It is a terrible place to be, but when I chose to answer the call along with other Native people, many of us took a vow to stand up even unto death if necessary. Some were shot and killed and their lives were taken immediately. My life has been taken one day at a time.&amp;nbsp; But if I had it all to do over again I would still choose to stand up for my people and your people and our future generations to protect our freedoms and our Mother Earth, and in doing that I am honored that you remember me. I want to thank you for that remembrance and of all those before me, and the ones now that do the same and know that there will be others in the future. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can’t tell you that these choices will always make you feel good, I can’t tell you that these choices won’t hurt or cause moments of depression or sorrow, but I can tell you that there is a closeness with the Creator that is unlike any good feeling you could ever know anywhere else, a closeness with the Creator that no one can take away, and makes it all worth it. I am saying these things at this time because I get a lot of letters and communications now, from groups around the country that are facing crisis within their organizations in trying to stop these pollutions and destructions. As I have in the past, I want to encourage you to do your best to do what is right and right what is wrong and protect what we have and regain what we have lost. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to thank you for your support and I want you to know that as long as I walk this earth and have some say, myself and this committee will do the best we possibly can to always do what is right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Spirit of Crazy Horse&lt;br /&gt;Most sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;Leonard Peltier&lt;br /&gt;Mitakuye Oyasin</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/4985681940246423120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/03/spring-statement-from-leonard-peltier.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/4985681940246423120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/4985681940246423120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/03/spring-statement-from-leonard-peltier.html' title='Spring Statement from Leonard Peltier March 28,2014'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-4773076515942777597</id><published>2014-02-27T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2014-02-27T00:00:02.940-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Activism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="American Indian Movement"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Human Rights and Liberties"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sovereignty"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wounded Knee"/><title type='text'>27 February 1972:  Takeover at Wounded Knee (Audio)</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;169&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;http://player.history.com/pservice/embed-player/?siteId=hist&amp;amp;tPid=21099168&quot; width=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
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127. Greetings,<br /><br />The times they are a changing, indeed. Much has happened in the last few months in regards to the fight for Leonard’s Freedom.  We, as the new committee, wanted to send out a letter to all of you to give you an update and also to pass along a note that Leonard wanted you to read, in its original, hand-written form.  <br /><br />As you well know, Leonard Peltier has become a focal point of the injustices that have faced Native Americans at the hand of an unjust government. Though he has stood strong year after year, he now faces the challenges of age, declining health, and a political atmosphere which for 38 years has sought, and been successful at, blocking any semblance of justice for Leonard. <br /><br />His dedication to justice for all people has not wained. <br /><br />He is as dedicated as ever. His 38 years speak volumes to that end.  The reality is that he has done time for ALL of us, and now it is up to US to get him out. <br /><br />Leonard’s struggle is our struggle. If these unjust, egregious violations of the constitution go unchallenged by the citizens of the United States, in fact the world, then the only ones we have to blame are ourselves. There is no legal, moral, spiritual, economic, political or lawful reason for the continued incarceration of Leonard Peltier; WE must make the difference.  <br /><br />As Martin Luther King once said,  “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” <br /><br />There has never been a change to injustices without a challenge by some-“one”. The Freedom Riders challenged racism; women’s suffrage activists won the right for women to vote;  Ze Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, died fighting to try to save the Amazon; and Nelson Mandela, who stood strong under years of imprisonment’ was instrumental in the fight to end aparthied. To say the least, there have been millions of people who have died for freedom.  We must not let our own freedom within our own countries fall to the wayside for political reasons.<br /><br />We must continue the fight for ALL human, environmental, and social rights. We must not lose our sense of direction or our ability to work together to solve these issues. <br /><br />There have been many faces and people over this almost 40 years fighting for Leonard's freedom. When the day comes when we all see him free, it will be because THOUSANDS of voices have spoken up, volunteered, organized, marched, sang, shouted, painted, walked, prayed, and otherwise fought for Leonard to be a free man.  No one person, group, committee, or organization will free Leonard. We must fight for the rights of Leonard Peltier, but also for the rights of all people. <br />Chief Joseph once said “ Good words without action, don't last long” Thus,<br />we are asking you to join us in this fight for Leonard’s freedom. There are a myriad of ways in which you can be involved. We have developed a great tool to facilitate your assistance in this campaign, a brand new website that uses the latest in technology.  The strategy behind this campaign is similar to the philosophy and technology used to elect our current President. We watched how these systems worked, and now we are putting them into action to help free Leonard Peltier. <br /><br />Please see Leonard’s attached letter, work with his team and our strategy as he asks, help us answer his plea. <br /><br />-In Solidarity<br />The International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee<br />
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137. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/8342910945588351173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/02/handwritten-letter-from-prison-leonard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8342910945588351173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8342910945588351173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/02/handwritten-letter-from-prison-leonard.html' title='Handwritten letter from Prison, Leonard Peltier, Feb 16,2014'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cpJ26DZRrSv8t3Olkk6BYLgD5nXIDxYke2DRwzaPFD1-IkOLTuOeRB09bywE3TM80uOCeTcmQqHom-5UR_vJqGYpoRuQsI3IgahQEq6bY1UDiqGzVaS-Myt86HOpmgCXp_9S2HTfNaY/s72-c/Lpletterscan_Page_1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-5619187114226881426</id><published>2014-02-06T08:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2014-02-06T08:30:03.065-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Feb 6th Statement from Leonard Peltier</title><content type='html'>Greetings my Friends, Relatives and Supporters;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I always say it this way,&amp;nbsp; “ Friends, Relatives and Supporters” and all that, but in reality you are ALL my relatives. I know when we sweat lodge we always say “all my relations” and when we come out we say “all my relations” and at the end of my letters I say Mitakuye Oyasin and that means “all my relations” .&amp;nbsp; I am deeply, deeply thankful for you, my relatives. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So many of these days have come and gone, and it probably seems like I say the same things over and over but you have to realize that for 38 years, everyday for me is much the same; over and over and over and over, and for many of the indigenous people, their struggles against this world of technology and corporations is the same over and over and over.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I watch the news and it says the Christians against the Muslims and the Chinese against the Tibetans and relative against relative in some of these countries.&amp;nbsp; I cannot help but think,&amp;nbsp; “how does this keep happening??”&amp;nbsp; I know for a fact that the average Muslim in his homeland has nothing against a Christian, nor Christian against a Muslim in regards to their religion.&amp;nbsp; In America, Native people have nothing against non-native people for religious reasons.&amp;nbsp; I guess what I am trying to say is what we have in common is a belief in the right to pursue happiness in a respectful way, and I know the average person here in America has no reason to quarrel with any person in another land for religious reasons.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you imagine your children fighting with each other over how they would talk to you or respect you or seek your attention?&amp;nbsp; It would hurt your heart deeply if they were killing one another for these reasons.&amp;nbsp; What I am trying to say to you is, don’t let corporations and money- seekers destroy our commonality using religion as the excuse to take our lands and our resources.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; All too often people wanting the resources of another people send in soldiers to destroy the infastructure of a people.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A lot of times they will attack one group in the name of another, and then attack the other group in the name of the one most recently attacked causing, a divide.&amp;nbsp; This not only happens in nations but it happens on the most fundamental levels of organizations seeking to liberate themselves from oppression. There are those who would spread rumors, attempting to discredit and try to divide people from each other but we must keep in mind what we want to achieve and cultivate our friendships and respect for one another. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We must respect the efforts of others, and remember that words can bring joy and they can also bring pain and disunity.&amp;nbsp; I am saying these things because for me, at this juncture of my life, I am involved in probably my last possible chance at freedom.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The people I have gathered around me are people I know and trust.&amp;nbsp; They are my choice, and I want that to be respected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Throughout Indian country and throughout the world there are people who struggle for freedom daily.&amp;nbsp; America has more people in prison than all the rest of the world put together. The judicial system in America most obviously has become an industry, and not a tool for seeking justice.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These things that we face will not change unless we, the common people, stand in unison against these wicked affronts to our right to pursue happiness and live in a world that is not governed by ethics based on obtaining wealth.&amp;nbsp; I’d like to say things that would make you laugh and be encouraging and when you gather together remembering the cause that I am evidence of, the cause of putting an end to violations of your constitutional rights.&amp;nbsp; I want you to be cheerful and happy but I also want you to know quite truthfully that throughout the history of mankind, defending freedom and justice must be done in every generation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am 69 years old and I have done the best I could from where I am at, and I will continue to do so, and I encourage you to do so.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people in the course of a lifetime and in the pursuit of spirituality may come to a belief, or perhaps I should say, a realization that there is something in their life that they are called to do. If, for some reason, you have never had such a feeling, and you wanted to know what that was all about, you could, without any pursuit of spirituality, just using common sense, look around at the possibilities that face us. The depletion of our natural world, the loss of drinking water, clean air, natural foods, and you will find cause to be involved in protecting those things and preventing the further destruction of our natural Earth and nature.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;You could become involved in trying to save some of the endangered species, you could look at a newborn baby and ask yourself, “what future awaits them?” If this suicidal destruction of our natural Earth continues- we may not destroy the Earth,&amp;nbsp; but we could end up destroying the nature that we were designed to live within.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think is is important that within your thinking if you want to do something to make things better, you should make up your mind if you are willing to do it all by yourself or not, and then do the very best you can and I know others will join you who have the same insight and spiritual feelings that you have developed.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were created and born within a circle of life and all nature in that circle of life is dependent upon one another.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We must join together and repair that circle of life within our family and community circles.&amp;nbsp; We, as a common people, as descendants of other indigenous peoples no matter where we are from, NEED each other, and if some 69 year old man in prison can end up having his words read to you in a meeting like this, I know, I absolutely know that you can do much better. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May the Great Spirit bless you and give you strength and friends to&amp;nbsp; share your labors and happiness with and the knowledge and perseverance to help regain the things that we as citizens of the Earth have lost, and the strength to protect what we have left, and the foresight to prevent any future losses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sincerely hope at this time next year I can be at one of these meetings with you and we can have a good time together and until then…&lt;br /&gt;give one another a good hug for me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your relative always, in all ways&lt;br /&gt;In the Spirit of Crazy Horse&lt;br /&gt;Leonard Peltier&lt;br /&gt;Mitakuye Oyasin</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/5619187114226881426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/02/feb-6th-statement-from-leonard-peltier.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/5619187114226881426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/5619187114226881426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/02/feb-6th-statement-from-leonard-peltier.html' title='Feb 6th Statement from Leonard Peltier'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-7329126085040485941</id><published>2014-01-28T17:39:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2014-01-28T17:39:53.218-06:00</updated><title type='text'>On gratitude and the Passing of Pete Seeger</title><content type='html'>Greetings my friends, relatives, supporters:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to comment on a couple of different issues one is on a sad note, that Pete Seeger passed away.&amp;nbsp; When I say sad it is because we will miss the music he gave to the world, and gave to all the people who struggle against the injustices that take place throughout the world and humanity it seemed like he always had a song that would remind us of who we are and what our responsibility was/is to this existence.&amp;nbsp; I for one will miss him, he has been a strong supporter of the cause for justice in my case throughout many, many years.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will definitely miss Pete Seeger. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether he goes to heaven, someplace for a while or reincarnates I have no doubt a personality like his will ever be silenced by a mere passing of lifetime. &lt;br /&gt;Thank you for the lifetime you shared with us Pete Seeger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In keeping with being thankful, every day I wake up I am thankful for the many people who support Native American causes and the causes of all humanity thought the world. &lt;br /&gt;There is no one person or one group that is totally responsible for probably any one thing as we know it.&amp;nbsp; All life and experience and existence is built upon the foundation of something before it.&amp;nbsp; I am especially grateful, and I would like to say again to Mr. James Anaya and all the people who worked so hard to facilitate his coming to see me.&amp;nbsp; It really means a lot, because I know he represents the thoughts and prayers of Native people all across this country that went to his meetings and have shared their concerns in my case, and when I say ALL across this country, I mean the far North into Canada and the far south into South America.&amp;nbsp; I especially want to thank the International Indian Treaty Council, who worked so hard to help bring this about. I also want&amp;nbsp; to say a special thanks to all of our Sisters in the movement, in saying that I do mean Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunts, and ALL of the courageous women who have worked for so many years and who stand up in their respected communities and are so much an inspiration to the children and to the men. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The women have always been the backbone of any movement throughout the world for they are the givers of life and the ones who have the very first influence on our children. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;With that I will close for now.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Again, thank you Pete Seeger. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;May we all be inspired by Pete Seeger and others like him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your friend in the struggle&lt;br /&gt;In the spirit of Crazy Horse&lt;br /&gt;Leonard Peltier&lt;br /&gt;Mitakuye Oyasin&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/7329126085040485941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/01/on-gratitude-and-passing-of-pete-seeger.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/7329126085040485941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/7329126085040485941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/01/on-gratitude-and-passing-of-pete-seeger.html' title='On gratitude and the Passing of Pete Seeger'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-2679417275791883996</id><published>2014-01-24T13:49:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2014-01-24T13:49:10.409-06:00</updated><title type='text'>U.N. Special Rapporteur Visits Leonard Peltier in Prison</title><content type='html'>Media Advisory/Press Release&lt;br /&gt;Immediate Release: &amp;nbsp;01/24/14 &lt;br /&gt;Contact: Peter Clark, (505)301-5423, lpsupport@whoisleonardpeltier.info&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;… new consideration should be given to clemency for Leonard Peltier.”&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Professor James Anaya &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; On Friday January 24, 2014, United Nations Special Rapporteur, Professor James Anaya visited United States Penitentiary Coleman 1 in Florida, to meet with American Indian political prisoner Leonard Peltier.&amp;nbsp; Professor Anaya was accompanied by Leonard &quot;Lenny &quot; Foster, member of the Board of Directors of the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), Supervisor of the Navajo Nations Correction Project, and Spiritual Advisor to Mr. Peltier for nearly 30 years. The historic, nearly four hour meeting began around 9 am. While the discussion Friday morning was meant to focus on executive clemency for Leonard Peltier, the conversation touched on many subjects, as Mr. Peltier was eager to hear the Special Rapporteur’s perspective on the worldwide condition of indigenous peoples.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;In a trial that is widely recognized as a miscarriage of justice, Leonard Peltier was convicted in 1977, in connection with a shootout with US Government forces, where two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and one young Indian man lost their lives. Every piece of evidence to convict Mr. Peltier has been since proven false. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Professor Anaya is currently serving his second term as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People. In September 2012, following a series of consultation sessions with Indigenous Peoples throughout the United States, the Special Rapporteur produced &amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp; “&amp;nbsp;Country Report&amp;nbsp; on the Situation of Indigenous Peoples In the United States of America&quot; (A/HRC/21/47/Ad)]. In the report, Professor Anaya called for freedom for Leonard Peltier, and stated:&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Pleas for presidential consideration of clemency…have not borne fruit. This further depletes the already diminished faith in the criminal justice system felt by many indigenous peoples…”&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; The effort to engage the United Nations&amp;nbsp;Special Rapporteur in the struggle to address justice for Mr. Peltier began in 2008, during a discussion between Lenny Foster and Alberto Salomando, former attorney for the IITC. Following the visit Lenny Foster stated:&lt;br /&gt;‘The visit today by U.N. Special Rapporteur James Anaya to Leonard Peltier in prison is very significant and historic for us.&amp;nbsp; We thank him for working..to make this possible. This will support efforts for Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier and promote reconciliation and justice in this case&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Leonard Peltier said Friday “if&amp;nbsp;the Constitutional violations that took place in my trial are allowed to stand, it will&amp;nbsp;set precedence for future trials, and jeopardize the freedom and constitutional rights of all Americans.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Also in attendance of the meeting Friday were:&amp;nbsp; David Hill, Director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (ILPDC), Peter Clark, ILPDC Chapter Coordinator and Unoccupyabq.org member.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;David Hill stated “that&amp;nbsp;Americans can no longer afford to tolerate this&amp;nbsp;miscarriage of justice and we shall make every effort to bring these judicial violations to the attention of all Americans, as well as internationally&quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Hill is the Director of the newly formed International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee and recently opened ILPDC Head Quarters near USP Coleman, at 255 Primera Blvd., Suite 160, Lake Mary, FL 32746.&lt;br /&gt;(407)641-5089&amp;nbsp; www.leonardpeltier.info</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/2679417275791883996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/01/un-special-rapporteur-visits-leonard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/2679417275791883996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/2679417275791883996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2014/01/un-special-rapporteur-visits-leonard.html' title='U.N. Special Rapporteur Visits Leonard Peltier in Prison'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-6973124970422505015</id><published>2013-12-31T11:19:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2013-12-31T11:19:27.848-06:00</updated><title type='text'>On the Passing of Carter Camp a great Warrior and Brother.</title><content type='html'>Statement from Leonard Peltier on the passing of Carter Camp. &lt;br /&gt;USP Coleman Prison December 31, 2013&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings my Relatives, friends and supporters, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an open letter to Carter Camp’s family and loved ones. &lt;br /&gt;I have just heard the news of my brother&#39;s passing. I want to send a condolence message. I want to begin with how sad this is for me to hear that another one of our elder warriors has passed on. I want people to know that I considered Carter to be one of our GREAT warriors; a man who when called upon would travel great distances to give assistance to native people who needed help. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carter was known among us as someone who would stand up for what he believed in and put his life on the line if need be. He was an eloquent speaker and political strategist and also known for being quite blunt at times, which is refreshing considering today’s world of where people say one thing and do another. Carter lived his beliefs and honored his family. Carter was a leader, a spokesperson, a teacher, and an inspiration to others, especially when it came to taking a stand for what was right. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOT once had I ever heard that Carter had RUN FROM A FIGHT. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He will never be forgotten as we will always remember him in our songs and when we sit around our fires while the rocks are heating for our inipi ceremonies. &lt;br /&gt;We will always speak good things about him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will miss you Carter, but some of us will see you soon, so be waiting for us. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the spirit of Crazy Horse &lt;br /&gt;Leonard Peltier&lt;br /&gt;Mitakuye Oyasin&lt;br /&gt;
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144. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On December 29, the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry surrounded a band of Ghost Dancers under Big Foot, a Lakota Sioux chief, near Wounded Knee Creek and demanded they surrender their weapons. As that was happening, a fight broke out between an Indian and a U.S. soldier and a shot was fired, although it's unclear from which side. A brutal massacre followed, in which it's estimated 150 Indians were killed (some historians put this number at twice as high), nearly half of them women and children. The cavalry lost 25 men.</span><br />
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146. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The conflict at Wounded Knee was originally referred to as a battle, but in reality it was a tragic and avoidable massacre. Surrounded by heavily armed troops, it's unlikely that Big Foot's band would have intentionally started a fight. Some historians speculate that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry were deliberately taking revenge for the regiment's defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876. Whatever the motives, the massacre ended the Ghost Dance movement and was the last major confrontation in America's deadly war against the Plains Indians.</span><br />
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148. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to many of the cavalrymen who fought at Wounded Knee. Despite the current view that the battle was a massacre of innocents, the Medals still stand. Some native American and other groups and individuals continue to lobby Congress to rescind these "Medals of dis-Honor."</span><br />
149. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/5535243048610296556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/29-december-1890-wounded-knee-massacre.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/5535243048610296556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/5535243048610296556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/29-december-1890-wounded-knee-massacre.html' title='29 December 1890:  Wounded Knee Massacre'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYU-n75NVNq9Jknurfa6EgIMktlQGRWRnZ3LeDAbDpMIROOKpLWSwtdKSFV-RUL1KR8DzbvnWgs94_1GF9w4_VDHcGMlz7oJO5M_BK1S44e4p_YdK-nKoyNMwOQd9zSKXaoRbIClk-Jg/s72-c/wounded+knee.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-7234435034404543191</id><published>2013-12-26T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2013-12-26T00:00:08.313-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dakota Uprising"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mankato"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mass Execution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Minnesota"/><title type='text'>26 December 1862:  Largest mass execution in American history</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
150. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-h0cIo67MlZTy5MYMjnHABxZcIg0qcPV8LXUbLxIIhV8W0wuShZSgivj0gPQDcn37S3rfVISaEySPFAvirNbSTdgKv8g5cKimHpvxLk9i31pdSjk0EyiH0h8FM33NkjlkPbT6zocgXY/s1600/hanging1862childs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-h0cIo67MlZTy5MYMjnHABxZcIg0qcPV8LXUbLxIIhV8W0wuShZSgivj0gPQDcn37S3rfVISaEySPFAvirNbSTdgKv8g5cKimHpvxLk9i31pdSjk0EyiH0h8FM33NkjlkPbT6zocgXY/s320/hanging1862childs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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152. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In peace and friendship the Dakota ceded 21 million acres, over half the territory of Minnesota, many waters in Dakota language; in the 1851 Traverse des Sioux Treaty of Peace and Friendship. Despite federal promises of protection and assistance, at the Minnesota River reservations, the Dakota Santee were badly mistreated by corrupt federal Indian agents and contractors. This non-fulfillment of treaty promises issue resulted in the Dakota Santee Sioux being found guilty by military court of joining in the so-called "Minnesota Uprising." This avoidable tragedy was actually part of the wider Indian conflicts that plagued the West during the second half of the nineteenth century. For nearly half a century, the US govt. had been selling land in the west to pay for past and current wars domestic and abroad. Anglo and German settlers invaded the Dakota Santee Sioux territory in the beautiful Minnesota Valley, and government pressure gradually forced the Dakota Indians to relocate to smaller reservations along the Minnesota River.<br /><br /> Abuses continued at the Minnesota River reservations during July 1862 with the agents pushing the Dakota Indians to the brink of starvation by refusing to distribute stores of food because they had not yet received their customary kickback payments. The contractor Andrew Myrick callously ignored the Santee's pleas for help. He said, “Let them eat grass.”<br /><br />Outraged and at the limits of their endurance, the Dakota Santee finally struck back, killing Anglo settlers and taking women as hostages. The initial efforts of the U.S. Army to stop the Santee warriors failed, and in a battle at Birch Coulee, Dakota Santee Sioux killed 13 American soldiers and wounded another 47 soldiers. However, on September 23, a force under the leadership of General Henry H. Sibley finally defeated the main body of Dakota Santee warriors at Wood Lake, recovering many of the hostages and forcing most of the Indians to surrender. The subsequent five-minute trials of the prisoners gave little attention to the injustices the Indians had suffered on the reservations and largely catered to the popular desire for revenge. Injustice moved very rapidly through the trials of the accused. Here, in its entirety, is Case # 241: Pay-pay-sin<br /><br /> Prisoner states, “I was at Fort Ridgley and stood near the stable. I fired three shots.”<br /><br />The Military Tribunal found him guilty and ordered he be hanged.<br /><br /> The revered Anglo- Saxon principle of law that a person is considered innocent until proven guilty was reversed in the case of the Indians. Authorities in Minnesota asked President Lincoln to order the immediate execution of all 303 Indian males found guilty. President Lincoln was under heavy political pressure to acknowledge states rights but he objected to what he viewed as wholesale slaughter. Lincoln was concerned with how this would play with the Europeans, whom he was afraid were about to enter the war on the side of the South. He wired the commanding officer to stay the executions and forward the "full and complete record of each conviction." He also ordered that any material that would discriminate the guilty from the questionable be included with the trial transcripts. Lincoln and Justice Department officials reviewed every case. Episcopalian Bishop Whipple pleaded for clemency but Military leaders and the Minnesota state politicians warned Lincoln that anything less than large-scale hangings would result in widespread white outrage and more violence against the Indians. After review, the president pardoned 265 of the 303 condemned Indians, approving a total of 38 executions. He offered the following compromise to the politicians of Minnesota: If they would pare the list of those to be hung down to 39. In return, Lincoln promised to kill or remove every Indian from the state and provide Minnesota with 2 million dollars in federal funds. This eagerness to buy cooperation from the state in spite of the fact that the Federal government still owed the Sioux 1.4 million for the land is both tragic and ironic.<br /><br /> So, on December 26, 1862, the Great Emancipator ordered the largest mass execution in American History, where the guilt of those to be executed was entirely in doubt. After 38 of the condemned men were hanged on the 26 of December, the day after Christmas, in 1862 in what remains the largest mass hanging in United States history, the other prisoners continued to suffer in the concentration camps through the winter of 1862-63.</span><br />
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154. <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NAMES OF THE EXECUTED INDIANS</span></strong><br />
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156. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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159. <tr><td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></td><td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
160. <tr><td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></td><td><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></b></td></tr>
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162. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 1. Ta-he-do-ne-cha, (One who forbids his house.)</span></div>
163. <div>
164. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Plan-doo-ta, (Red Otter.)</span></div>
165. <div>
166. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Wy-a-tah-ta-wa, (His People.)</span></div>
167. <div>
168. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Hin-hau-shoon-ko-yag-ma-ne, (One who walks clothed in an Owl's Tail.)</span></div>
169. <div>
170. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Ma-za-bom-doo, (Iron Blower.)</span></div>
171. <div>
172. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Wak-pa-doo-ta, (Red Leaf.)</span></div>
173. <div>
174. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Wa-he-hua, _____.</span></div>
175. <div>
176. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Sua-ma-ne, (Tinkling Walker.)</span></div>
177. <div>
178. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Ta-tay-me-ma, (Round Wind) -- respited.</span></div>
179. <div>
180. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Rda-in-yan-ka, (Rattling Runner.)</span></div>
181. <div>
182. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Doo-wau-sa, (The Singer.)</span></div>
183. <div>
184. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Ha-pau, (Second child of a son.)</span></div>
185. <div>
186. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. Shoon-ka-ska, (White Dog.)</span></div>
187. <div>
188. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Toon-kau-e-cha-tag-ma-ne, (One who walks by his Grandfather.)</span></div>
189. <div>
190. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. E-tay-doo-tay, (Red Face.)</span></div>
191. <div>
192. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16. Am-da-cha, (Broken to Pieces.)</span></div>
193. <div>
194. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17. Hay-pe-pau, (Third child of a son.)</span></div>
195. <div>
196. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18. Mah-pe-o-ke-na-jui, (Who stands on the Clouds.)</span></div>
197. <div>
198. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19. Harry Milord, (Half Breed.)</span></div>
199. <div>
200. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20. Chas-kay-dau, (First born of a son.)</span></div>
201. <div>
202. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21. Baptiste Campbell, _____.</span></div>
203. <div>
204. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22. Ta-ta-ka-gay, (Wind Maker.)</span></div>
205. <div>
206. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23. Hay-pin-kpa, (The Tips of the Horn.)</span></div>
207. <div>
208. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24. Hypolite Auge, (Half-breed.)</span></div>
209. <div>
210. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25. Ka-pay-shue, (One who does not Flee.)</span></div>
211. <div>
212. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26. Wa-kau-tau-ka, (Great Spirit.)</span></div>
213. <div>
214. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27. Toon-kau-ko-yag-e-na-jui, (One who stands clothed with his Grandfather.)</span></div>
215. <div>
216. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28. Wa-ka-ta-e-na-jui, (One who stands on the earth.)</span></div>
217. <div>
218. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">29. Pa-za-koo-tay-ma-ne, (One who walks prepared to shoot.)</span></div>
219. <div>
220. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30. Ta-tay-hde-dau, (Wind comes home.)</span></div>
221. <div>
222. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31. Wa-she-choon, (Frenchman.)</span></div>
223. <div>
224. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">32. A-c-cha-ga, (To grow upon.)</span></div>
225. <div>
226. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">33. Ho-tan-in-koo, (Voice that appears coming.)</span></div>
227. <div>
228. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">34. Khay-tan-hoon-ka, (The Parent Hawk.)</span></div>
229. <div>
230. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">35. Chau-ka-hda, (Near the Wood.)</span></div>
231. <div>
232. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">36 Hda-hin-hday, (To make a rattling voice.)</span></div>
233. <div>
234. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">37. O-ya-tay-a-kee, (The Coming People.)</span></div>
235. <div>
236. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">38. Ma-hoo-way-ma, (He comes for me.)</span></div>
237. <div>
238. <div>
239. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">39. Wa-kin-yan-wa, (Little Thunder.)</span></div>
240. </div>
241. <br />
242. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In late April of 1863 the remaining condemned men, along with the survivors of the Fort Snelling concentration camp, were forcibly removed from their beloved homeland in May of 1863. They were placed on boats, which transported the men from Mankato to Davenport, Iowa where they were imprisoned for an additional three years. Those from Fort Snelling were shipped down the Mississippi River to St. Louis and then up the Missouri River to the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/7234435034404543191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/26-december-1862-largest-mass-execution.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/7234435034404543191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/7234435034404543191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/26-december-1862-largest-mass-execution.html' title='26 December 1862:  Largest mass execution in American history'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-h0cIo67MlZTy5MYMjnHABxZcIg0qcPV8LXUbLxIIhV8W0wuShZSgivj0gPQDcn37S3rfVISaEySPFAvirNbSTdgKv8g5cKimHpvxLk9i31pdSjk0EyiH0h8FM33NkjlkPbT6zocgXY/s72-c/hanging1862childs.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-3126381311596908432</id><published>2013-12-24T11:28:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2013-12-24T11:28:11.491-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Seasons Greetings!</title><content type='html'>Greetings my relatives, friends, and supporters:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this season of giving, receiving and acknowledgement of blessings, I want to acknowledge all of the people who have helped me all of these years and I want the supporters outside the U.S. to know I appreciate them also.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sometimes I am at a loss for words. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of you probably have experienced moments like that when you are overwhelmed with thoughts and remembrances of loved ones that for some reason you cannot see or who have gone on.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;I know a lot of you are concerned about the children and getting them gifts for Christmas; I was listening to a program recently that was talking about just such things and how everyone was so concerned at this time of year.&amp;nbsp; I want to just touch on that for a moment.&amp;nbsp; I would like to say there are so many of our children around the world that need our help ALL the rest of the year, and that their disappointments do not just come on Christmas or some other holiday- they come EVERYDAY when they do not have enough to eat or they do not have someone to care for them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I want to encourage you all to think of these things and also about our elders, and the people suffering in hospitals, and of course in prisons, where just receiving a letter in the mail is like a holiday to them, or an elder who sees a familiar face and it is like a holiday to them, or a child who gets to eat all he wants ... that’s a holiday.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among our people there was always a celebration of the Solstice which usually falls around the 21st or somewhere about there. There were always prayers at these times and often ceremonies; but gift-giving was a year-round thing that our people did.&amp;nbsp; Maybe I am being a bit over sensitive or sentimental at this time of year, as are a lot of people, but again I want to thank you for ALL the support you have given to me,&amp;nbsp; and for the gifts you have given the children on the reservations and the letters you write to me and to other men and women in prisons.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I know there are groups that get together, like the one in Portland Oregon,&amp;nbsp; that regularly writes letters to prisoners.&amp;nbsp; These things are greatly appreciated and I have no doubt that you will be blessed by these good things you do. I know some of you in your giving sometimes might be extending your resources, but I recall one time in a fasting ceremony that I was doing; I was told, those who give of their extra are appreciated and blessed but those who give what they cannot afford-- that&amp;nbsp; is sacred.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pray in a sacred way, that each of you will be blessed this coming year.&amp;nbsp; Find a sacred way you can help heal the Earth, heal our troubled children and make a better place on this planet for ALL to dwell.&amp;nbsp; Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha,&amp;nbsp; Gandhi,&amp;nbsp; Black Elk, Chief Seattle, all of the well known spiritual leaders in the past had one thing in common: they were willing to think and act outside the box. In a world filled with materialism, those of you that have been helping protect the Earth, the children, the elders and victims of injustice are of that same caliber.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pray that you enjoy your holidays, that you feel the blessings of your actions, and that the Creator speaks to you in a kind and gentle way.&amp;nbsp; Give someone a hug for me, and tell them, “This is from Leonard Peltier.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your friend always,&lt;br /&gt;In the spirit of Crazy Horse&lt;br /&gt;Leonard Peltier&lt;br /&gt;Mitakuye Oyasin&lt;br /&gt;
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245. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/3126381311596908432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/seasons-greetings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/3126381311596908432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/3126381311596908432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/seasons-greetings.html' title='Seasons Greetings!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_iaFb1Ef_HYWfNvnxPS0rxj4hCYB9Mq14denPGnsEhXRHvJnzdCDmjEfLWiZxvkJCrrcQHb_QdRu2UwEFx_w_r3UE8-Y6YpRhefbAmqvU72b3gezgNNaFgreUlDVQxCaFX3c9p7SLno/s72-c/Image-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-8708441401106917344</id><published>2013-12-05T20:20:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2013-12-05T20:23:48.702-06:00</updated><title type='text'>On the Passing of Nelson Mandela  From Leonard Peltier December 5, 2013  6:30 PM</title><content type='html'>Greeting my relatives, friends, and supporters:&lt;br /&gt;
246. <br />
247. It saddens me to hear that a great man like Nelson Mandela has departed from this lifetime.  He was a man who was truly inspirational and showed us the possibilities of how a continued struggle by indigenous people could manifest itself in levels of freedom that have been marred by centuries of oppression. <br />
248. <br />
249. Our Native people suffered the same types of oppression many times.  It is not as overt and as easily distinguished as in some places; however, if you are dead because a policeman shot you, or dead because you could not stand the racial and cultural genocide, so you committed suicide-- you are just as dead either away.   Nelson Mandela is known for leading the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.  America talked about ending apartheid and put sanctions on South Africa.  Not being all that adept at the English language, it is my understanding that (apartheid) means to keep someone apart from something; my people have been kept apart purposely from the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota. There was, and still are, measures that keep us apart from our true history, perpetrated by an education system that limits the truth of our being.  Right now, here in America, right now in Canada,  right now in South America, there is apartheid that seeks to separate us from our sacred places,  our lands, and our resources.  Right now in Canada Native people are struggling to protect their aboriginal lands from fracking which destroys the water tables and disturbs the natural balance of the Earth.   Right now with an apartheid mentality, they seek to build pipelines across Native lands that have the potential of great ecological destruction.  Right now there is an apartheid that seeks to separate us from the protection of the constitution of the United States which says treaty law is the supreme law of the land; which also says you have a right to an unbiased fair trial; which also says you have a right to a jury of your peers. Right now our young Native people are tried as adults THREE times more than other groups and kept apartheid from their families and kept apartheid from competent legal representation. <br />
250. <br />
251. I could go on and on, but you can see where I am heading with this. The struggle from apartheid, I am sure, is not over in South Africa, nor is the struggle against apartheid and slavery over in America. We must all consider Nelson Mandela an inspiration, but I am also inspired by the least of our people who stand up for what is right, like  the young man or young woman who peacefully mans a roadblock against developers or fracking companies or some factory that hurts our air.  While I am at it,  in all this chaos, I also want to remember a brother by the name of Wanbli Tate who tirelessly championed the rights of indigenous people through radio programs, writings, and the internet, to bring attention to the wrongdoers represented in government and corporations.  <br />
252. We have lost a lot of our people in their last years, and again I remember my brother Russell Means who was also tireless in his efforts in trying to bring about an end to this American version of apartheid that faces Native people. <br />
253. In the spirit of all those who have gone before us in this struggle, I would like to say stay strong and NEVER, NEVER give up. <br />
254. <br />
255. Your friend always,<br />
256. In the spirit of Crazy Horse,<br />
257. <br />
258. Leonard Peltier<br />
259. Mitakuye Oyasin</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/8708441401106917344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/on-passing-of-nelson-mandela-leonard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8708441401106917344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8708441401106917344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/12/on-passing-of-nelson-mandela-leonard.html' title='On the Passing of Nelson Mandela  From Leonard Peltier December 5, 2013  6:30 PM'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-1353815924327158971</id><published>2013-11-28T08:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2013-11-28T14:04:40.768-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Day of Mourning Statement from Leonard Peltier November 2013</title><content type='html'>Greetings my relatives friends and supporters&lt;br /&gt;It is yet another year.&amp;nbsp; It seems like a thousand years ago but only a year in time in reality from the last time I dictated one of these statement for the day of mourning&lt;br /&gt;so, again, I want to say as last time, that I am honored that you would want to hear my words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes when I lay on my bunk and I am between sleeping and awake, for a small moment of time, I am free and I am there with you. I know this sounds kind of melodramatic and I am not trying to be so, but things affect you differently inside of here and things affect you differently as you get older.&amp;nbsp; But I want to say with all my strength, some things don’t change, at least not for me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I think about all we have lost to this corporate world, when I think about the losses of clean water and rivers and oceans and when I think about the losses of clean air when I think about the losses of freedom for hard working families that once had a father that could take care of his family with as single job but now has to work two or three jobs and the mother must work too and the children that come home from school with their own key and have to wait the return of one of their parents.&amp;nbsp; When I think of these losses, when I think of the wage slaves that are being created daily all over the world in the name of progress, when I think of these losses I think... we damn sure have a good reason to mourn, but I really believe that the word mourn should have a different meaning for us, not something where we cry and throw our hands up and say “ WHY WHY, WHY ME,&amp;nbsp; WHY US, WHY THIS”&amp;nbsp; but something that we say NO MORE to. Something we make a vow to, renew our efforts, renew our minds, renew our directions to take back our water take back our air take back our forests and our mountains and valleys, restore this mother earth to the natural balance the creator meant it to be. We need to talk to the churches, talk to the various religions, we need to get them to recognize that the strongest form or worship isn’t singing songs and bowing your head, the strongest form of worship is to respect and restore to balance the beauty of nature and the earth that was given to us, that is part of us, that we are a part of, and to be responsible for.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This may sound like the ramblings of some old 69 year old man in prison for 38 years but I have had a lot of time to think about these things and when my grandchildren come to visit me, it gives me a sense of urgency for all of us to start doing something NOW! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If each one of you would take a vow to get six other people along with yourself to do at least ONE meaningful thing to restore this balance and get each one of those people to network and get 6 more people and let it go out from there like the branches of a tree then together we can make a difference.&amp;nbsp; We can make a difference starting today.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;This day of mourning would become the morning of a new day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have quoted others before and I do so again because I respect the wisdom of elders and people long past. Someone once said and I don’t remember who said it, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;“All evil needs to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” &lt;br /&gt;If this is more than you care to do, or if you think you can’t be involved with others for some reason, I respect that, but I would encourage you to at least plant one fruit bearing tree that someone in the future, perhaps some child would have something to eat. That maybe some other living creature might have a place of shelter and food to eat. there will always be changes throughout the earth and throughout mankind, some uncontrollable and some with design. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know we can make a change for the better if we put our hearts and minds together and let this day of mourning be a time of renewal, we can spread the concept that mankind must live in harmony with the creators handy-work and with one another.&amp;nbsp; If this time I have spent here in prison could produce anything of value I pray that it would move you to become involved. Find the right things within government and support them,&amp;nbsp; and find the wrong things in government and change them.&amp;nbsp; This government as it stands right now is on the verge of losing what constitutional rights people have.&amp;nbsp; This government is violating the constitution over and over and over.&amp;nbsp; These violations started before you or I were even conceived.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As some of you may know the Constitution is a copy of the Iroquois 6 nations Confederacy law.&amp;nbsp; The constitution originally was designed so that men would have maximum freedoms as long as they did not infringe on the natural rights of others or in essence harm someone else. The freedoms and respect that the law implies that we should have for one another in this nation should extend to all those outside of this realm because what is right for one man should be right for others.&lt;br /&gt;We should allow other people to be free from fear.&amp;nbsp; I remember an old jewish man I once met in hardware store,&amp;nbsp; I engaged in conversation with him.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; He had fought in WW2 and he said to me, and I always remember his words, “this isn’t the nation I fought for, this nation has become a nation of people who are afraid of their gov’t and anytime the people are afraid of their gov’t they are not free and I have noticed that what people will do to someone else wrongfully, sooner or later if circumstances change they will do it to you also.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These violations of human rights must stop.&amp;nbsp; I know the task may seem overwhelming and I can’t say that I have the answer for success at making a change but I do know the answer for failure.. thats to do nothing. &lt;br /&gt;So if my imprisonment serves nothing else but to be living proof of these violations, then so be it,&amp;nbsp; but it is a reality.&amp;nbsp; Right now, it has been selective violation, but there are powers at hand that seek to inflict those violations upon everyone.&amp;nbsp; This reminds me of a story that I heard once where a man said:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;“First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ask you to remember these things because they are truisms that have happened and they will happen again to you and your children and your children’s children if we do not take a stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; a famous&amp;nbsp; warrior named Emiliano Zapata from the Mexican revolution once said “I would rather die on my feet then live on my knees” .... I could go on and on but I suppose you get my meaning.&amp;nbsp; I encourage you to be active, to stand your ground and help us recover the ground we have lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God, I wish I could be there with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am going to close for now.&amp;nbsp; Be thankful you have the time you have,&amp;nbsp; be thankful you have each other,&amp;nbsp; and give each other a hug for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will see you when I see you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your friend&lt;br /&gt;Leonard Peltier. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/1353815924327158971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/day-of-mourning-statement-from-leonard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/1353815924327158971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/1353815924327158971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/day-of-mourning-statement-from-leonard.html' title='Day of Mourning Statement from Leonard Peltier November 2013'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-7340550687565219602</id><published>2013-11-11T12:39:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2013-11-11T12:41:35.763-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Statement from Leonard Peltier 11/11/2013 &quot;Inside Looking Out&quot;</title><content type='html'>Greetings my relatives, friends and supporters,&lt;br /&gt;
260. <br />
261. I am communicating to you today to address some of the concerns about the changes that have taken place within the organization that leads the efforts to bring about my freedom. I am referencing the LPDOC as you well know, those of you who are familiar with the organization, there have been changes every two or three years.  Sometimes people feel this is too much and some feel it is too little and this is why I am having this comment sent out.  <br />
262. <br />
263. First of all I want you all to know that I deeply deeply appreciate ALL the people who have given parts of their lives to help bring about my freedom and enhance the lives of my people all over the world.  I know it has been difficult for many, in fact for most because it is a drain on ones resources, ones time, and often times takes away from a persons family and personal life to be involved in movement activities.  I appreciate that, I don’t know how to impart to you how deeply I appreciate that. There is no one who has come through the doors of the LPDOC that has all the answers or could possibly make all the right decisions, all we can really do is do our level best to do what is right, and try to right what is wrong. This kind of work wears on people and I do not expect any person to devote their ives to me.  This isn’t all about me. This is about the constitutional violations toward americans that put me here. This is about the violations that keep me here. This is about the human rights violations that put AND keep me here. This is about the human rights that indigenous people all over the world deserve to have honored. This is about the treaty rights that the indigenous people of america have with the United States that are being violated feloniously today. This is about the legal procedures that were violated in my case that stand as possible precedents in the cases of others to come. Of all these things I mentioned, I am legally adjudicated evidence of those violations.  I am not the only person who is evidence of these violations however, because of your struggles and those before you, and those who struggle now I am probably more visible than most of the others.  As I said before people coming to the defense committee are not expected to devote their whole lives to me and I fully realize they have families and children. The older members of AIM and the struggle have grandchildren they are taking care of now.  I guess what I am trying to say to you is that it is not unusual nor inappropriate for there to be changes within the Peltier Defense Committee.<br />
264. <br />
265. As native people, and as movement people we represent in most cases the poorest of the poor in America and we are dealing with the most powerful, politically strong, well financed organization in the world today and so its not so difficult to see how we can be stressed from time to time and have changes from time to time for we are in fact the most vulnerable ALL the time.  We don’t have enough money to always fund the most needed lawyers and legal workers or secretaries or web managers or whatever.  We rely mostly on the good hearts of people who volunteer and we have never had enough money to pay these good people what their efforts are worth so it is easy to see why people at some point might choose to travel a different path in due time because they all have families and their own lives to live.  People come into this organization with various skills and skill levels and most times they further those skills and skill levels and it enhances the strength of all of us whether they stay within this committee or not because of their involvement in their community using those skills. <br />
266. <br />
267. In the near future you will see some changes in our website, and our level of activities, and our promotion, even more so of all our concerns for our mother earth, and our children’s future. I have personally, grand children and great grandchildren at this time and I know that you would understand my concerns for their future and my concerns for the future of all of our children.  If it were not for our indigenous cultures which are totally linked to the natural environment the creator gave us than I would have had no reason to be at Oglala that day nor would the other native people on Pine Ridge have a reason to remain where they live today.  That area is still the poorest of the poor the suicide rates there among children are epidemic and among adults its the same. The Cathedral, the Temple of their way of life, the Black Hills of South Dakota has the faces of those who led the destruction of their lives carved upon them.  The Black hills of South Dakota was forcibly leased from the Lakota people, that lease has been up for over 40 years and yet America does not return it.  The Lakota people have not accepted money for it and yet this injustice continues while all the while people of America turn a blind eye to this violation of religious freedom.  This is only one example that I mention because of the size and how blatant it stands out and how most americans are not aware of this. We truly want changes in America, we want changes in the Americas from the far north to the extreme far south. We want a turnaround in the destruction of our natural environment.   On the dollar bill it says in “God we trust” it should say something to the effect in God’s handy-work we MUST trust. <br />
268. <br />
269. I could go on and on but I feel like I am getting to preachy. Forgive me if I have rambled, if you can imagine sitting in a building that you don’t like, for ONE day imagine how it would be to sit in there for approx 13688 days plus and think about these things and try to work on these things.   So I would like to sincerely encourage you to try and mend your differences and join with me to make this a better place for the future of our children and all natural life. And if you so decide to be involved with some other group I totally respect that,  but I encourage you,  deeply encourage you, to always be doing something to make a difference in our world. A difference for the better. <br />
270. <br />
271. Forgive me if this seems a bit lengthy but the future of my involvement is very important to me and when you get to be 69 years old, one day could be a lifetime.   If you have any doubts about this statement- just as one of your grandparents.  In saying this I want you to understand why we are gearing up to do everything as soon as possible.   I don’t know what else I can say to get you to better understand this situation at the moment but again I want to say I appreciate all your efforts,  all the things you have done, and for the indigenous people of the United States I want to echo the words that they say over and over again in their own way   <br />
272. <br />
273. WE ARE STILL HERE.<br />
274. <br />
275. This is our home, this is our past, this is our present, and this is our future. <br />
276. <br />
277. May the great spirit bless you with the things you need and enough to share with others who have needs also. <br />
278. <br />
279. In the spirit of crazy horse and all our people of the past who have given unselfishly that we might exist today and have values that are worth living for. <br />
280. <br />
281. Your friend always, IN all ways <br />
282. Mitakuye oyasin<br />
283. Doksha<br />
284. Leonard Peltier</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/7340550687565219602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/statement-from-leonard-peltier-11112013.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/7340550687565219602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/7340550687565219602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/statement-from-leonard-peltier-11112013.html' title='Statement from Leonard Peltier 11/11/2013 &quot;Inside Looking Out&quot;'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-3961340980867074709</id><published>2013-11-08T16:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2013-11-09T15:56:25.386-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Direction for the LPDOC</title><content type='html'>&lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;November 8, 2013&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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289. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Supporters of Leonard Peltier,</span></span></div>
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294. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After three years of being a part
295. of the campaign to free Leonard Peltier,  I am closing that chapter of my
296. life and moving on.  We have had a  chance to  use our
297. creativity in bringing awareness to this important case of constitutional
298. violations  to the forefront, not only in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> but in many countries as
299. well.  Through the use of multia media,  people around the world had
300. an opportunity to see and hear the Walk that my family and many friends did in
301. the name of Leonard.   Our Team also had a successful concert at one
302. of the biggest venues in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:city>,
303. the Beacon Theater, talked about before but never done until our team. 
304. You will also get to witness more of our work in the upcoming Infomercial. </span></span></div>
305. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
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307. </span><br />
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309. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From a business standpoint, it is
310. good policy to replace managers every three years, just to keep ideas fresh and
311. so it is that David Hill will guide the new freedom campaign.  This is
312. truly Leonard’s wish and we respect his right to choose  the people who
313. will be surrounding him.  </span></span></div>
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318. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our Team will not disappear
319. from  the heart of Indian Country.  It is our belief  that out
320. fight is not just about one man’s freedom  but about the injustice and
321. total disregard for the rights of Native people in and on our own
322. homeland.   We have always been guided by our ceremonies  and
323. Spiritual leaders and we will continue forward, following a path that our
324. Creator has made for us.   </span></span></div>
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329. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please continue to support Leonard
330. Peltier’s fight for freedom, as we will as well.  It is our prayer that
331. one day soon, he will walk free and have the ability to share his good words
332. and gratitude with the people who have his best interest and have been a part
333. of this struggle for so many years.   I wish you all the best and
334. thank you for the support and kindness you have shown to our Team.  </span></span></div>
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339. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May you forever walk in peace
340. toward the place where there is justice and equality for all of creation.</span></span></div>
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345. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the Spirit of Our Warriors,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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350. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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352.  
353. <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Dorothy Ninham</span></span><br />
354. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="mailto:dorothyninham@yahoo.com">dorothyninham@yahoo.com</a></span></span><br />
355. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/3961340980867074709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-new-direction-for-lpdoc.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/3961340980867074709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/3961340980867074709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-new-direction-for-lpdoc.html' title='A New Direction for the LPDOC'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-4799004217915136604</id><published>2013-11-05T11:47:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2013-11-05T11:47:34.811-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Abraham Lincoln"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dakota Uprising"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mankato"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mass Execution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Minnesota"/><title type='text'> Native History: More Than 300 Dakota Sentenced to Death </title><content type='html'>&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
356. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Date in Native History: On November 5, 1862, a five-man military commission  convicted 319 Dakota men in connection with a series of armed conflicts in  southwestern Minnesota. Of the 392 tried, 307 were originally sentenced to  death—later reduced to 303—and 16 to prison terms. Ultimately, 38 men were  hanged after a review of those 303 cases by President Abraham Lincoln. <br />
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358. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read more at </span><a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/05/native-history-more-300-dakota-sentenced-death-152079"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/05/native-history-more-300-dakota-sentenced-death-152079</span></a></address>
359. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/4799004217915136604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/native-history-more-than-300-dakota.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/4799004217915136604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/4799004217915136604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/native-history-more-than-300-dakota.html' title=' Native History: More Than 300 Dakota Sentenced to Death '/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-8190630789777854014</id><published>2013-11-04T12:50:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2013-11-04T12:50:19.330-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leonard Peltier"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oglala Commemoration"/><title type='text'>The Oglala Commemoration Auction is Now Open</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
360. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySvXapj9FL1xpaC801tTjVVv2dJoFpy6LjLI0qGlnEe2Y7LEEPDb2Ao61S_iZ-7kLQkOwipq1VOEu86LWCDItWAkAQ2AOra9yZGtvvIIyfYlJMIMbzt6arGEfY2NNnxynPH3ITJMhS8s/s1600/oglalacommemoration.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySvXapj9FL1xpaC801tTjVVv2dJoFpy6LjLI0qGlnEe2Y7LEEPDb2Ao61S_iZ-7kLQkOwipq1VOEu86LWCDItWAkAQ2AOra9yZGtvvIIyfYlJMIMbzt6arGEfY2NNnxynPH3ITJMhS8s/s200/oglalacommemoration.gif" width="200" /></a></div>
361. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
362. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Oglala Commemoration Auction is now open to raise funds for the 2014 Oglala Commemoration in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 26 June 2014.  </span><br />
363. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
364. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.oglalacommemoration.com/auction.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.oglalacommemoration.com/auction.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.  </span><br />
365. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
366. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E-mail all bids to </span><a href="mailto:Oglala_commemoration@yahoo.com"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oglala_commemoration@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">; Subject line:  "BID"; Body: List the item and the amount of your bid.</span><br />
367. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Payment by money order or via PayPal.</span><br />
368. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
369. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These current auction items can be had in time for Christmas.</span><br />
370. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
371. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oglalacommemoration.com/auction&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;www.oglalacommemoration.com/auction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/8190630789777854014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-oglala-commemoration-auction-is-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8190630789777854014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8190630789777854014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-oglala-commemoration-auction-is-now.html' title='The Oglala Commemoration Auction is Now Open'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySvXapj9FL1xpaC801tTjVVv2dJoFpy6LjLI0qGlnEe2Y7LEEPDb2Ao61S_iZ-7kLQkOwipq1VOEu86LWCDItWAkAQ2AOra9yZGtvvIIyfYlJMIMbzt6arGEfY2NNnxynPH3ITJMhS8s/s72-c/oglalacommemoration.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-6928302255973046691</id><published>2013-11-03T13:37:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2013-11-03T13:37:38.123-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Activism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="American Indian Movement"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bureau of Indian Affairs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Human Rights and Liberties"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Trail of Broken Treaties"/><title type='text'>03 November 1972:  Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington, DC</title><content type='html'>On Nov. 3, 1972, protesters from the Trail of Broken Treaties Caravan occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) offices in D.C. for six days. Read the 20-Point Manifesto, it begins: &quot;We seek a new American majority - a majority that is not content merely to confirm itself by superiority in numbers, but which by conscience is committed toward prevailing upon the public will in ceasing wrongs and in doing right.&quot;&amp;nbsp; See&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aimovement.org/ggc/trailofbrokentreaties.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.aimovement.org/ggc/trailofbrokentreaties.html&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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374. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3OY4Y-5GY6t92PU5coUgIA4YE8Ts6I9U1dOo1Tuu83x2iKlpZ7-bFAb5sgazdZcH1VkHgEdtNmDQJlUA_Uffw0oiKbb8Np2gtpe8oHrN6NbkzzN2SDSQmGkEBkmk-2Wnb7M9AsV9IoY/s1600/Trail+of+Broken+Treaties.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3OY4Y-5GY6t92PU5coUgIA4YE8Ts6I9U1dOo1Tuu83x2iKlpZ7-bFAb5sgazdZcH1VkHgEdtNmDQJlUA_Uffw0oiKbb8Np2gtpe8oHrN6NbkzzN2SDSQmGkEBkmk-2Wnb7M9AsV9IoY/s400/Trail+of+Broken+Treaties.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
375. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/6928302255973046691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/03-november-1972-occupation-of-bureau.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/6928302255973046691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/6928302255973046691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/03-november-1972-occupation-of-bureau.html' title='03 November 1972:  Occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington, DC'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3OY4Y-5GY6t92PU5coUgIA4YE8Ts6I9U1dOo1Tuu83x2iKlpZ7-bFAb5sgazdZcH1VkHgEdtNmDQJlUA_Uffw0oiKbb8Np2gtpe8oHrN6NbkzzN2SDSQmGkEBkmk-2Wnb7M9AsV9IoY/s72-c/Trail+of+Broken+Treaties.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-4764513334910136289</id><published>2013-11-01T15:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-11-01T15:02:02.563-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Barack Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="National Native American Heritage Month"/><title type='text'>President Barack Obama Proclaims November Native American Heritage Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;ItemCenter&quot;&gt;
376. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</span></div>
377. <div class="ItemCenter">
378. <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> A PROCLAMATION</span></div>
379. <div class="ItemCenter">
380. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div>
381. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Alaskan mountain peaks to the Argentinian pampas to the rocky shores of Newfoundland, Native Americans were the first to carve out cities, domesticate crops, and establish great civilizations. When the Framers gathered to write the United States Constitution, they drew inspiration from the Iroquois Confederacy, and in the centuries since, American Indians and Alaska Natives from hundreds of tribes have shaped our national life. During Native American Heritage Month, we honor their vibrant cultures and strengthen the government-to-government relationship between the United States and each tribal nation.</span><br />
382. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
383. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we observe this month, we must not ignore the painful history Native Americans have endured -- a history of violence, marginalization, broken promises, and upended justice. There was a time when native languages and religions were banned as part of a forced assimilation policy that attacked the political, social, and cultural identities of Native Americans in the United States. Through generations of struggle, American Indians and Alaska Natives held fast to their traditions, and eventually the United States Government repudiated its destructive policies and began to turn the page on a troubled past.</span><br />
384. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
385. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Administration remains committed to self-determination, the right of tribal governments to build and strengthen their own communities. Each year I host the White House Tribal Nations Conference, and our work together has translated into action. We have resolved longstanding legal disputes, prioritized placing land into trust on behalf of tribes, stepped up support for Tribal Colleges and Universities, made tribal health care more accessible, and streamlined leasing regulations to put more power in tribal hands. Earlier this year, an amendment to the Stafford Act gave tribes the option to directly request Federal emergency assistance when natural disasters strike their homelands. In March, I signed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, which recognizes tribal courts' power to convict and sentence certain perpetrators of domestic violence, regardless of whether they are Indian or non-Indian. And this June, I moved to strengthen our nation-to-nation relationships by establishing the White House Tribal Council on Native American Affairs. The Council is responsible for promoting and sustaining prosperous and resilient Native American communities.</span><br />
386. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
387. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we observe Native American Heritage Month, we must build on this work. Let us shape a future worthy of a bright new generation, and together, let us ensure this country's promise is fully realized for every Native American.</span><br />
388. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
389. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2013 as National Native American Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate November 29, 2013, as Native American Heritage Day.</span><br />
390. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
391. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.</span><br />
392. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
393. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/4764513334910136289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/president-barack-obama-proclaims.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/4764513334910136289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/4764513334910136289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/11/president-barack-obama-proclaims.html' title='President Barack Obama Proclaims November Native American Heritage Month'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-8099133545553630110</id><published>2013-10-29T23:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-10-29T23:44:54.284-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Activism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Barack Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="District of Columbia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leonard Peltier"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="White House Tribal Nations Conference"/><title type='text'>Free Leonard Peltier:  White House Tribal Nations Conference (Flyer)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
394. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtMK5bWbDrBo2cVvwTts2N9sXpanHTJ2VywP4yl2UnaHBy5BLyOiL935ViMEmvaEzVcdYAZGTzOQ4gNtMnoCF9Lg9hCEU2UuFCD1RhcYXhjjFSQHNUJgoH10NpQr1Y-0BFLQL2sTUmsU/s1600/11-13-13LPPalms2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtMK5bWbDrBo2cVvwTts2N9sXpanHTJ2VywP4yl2UnaHBy5BLyOiL935ViMEmvaEzVcdYAZGTzOQ4gNtMnoCF9Lg9hCEU2UuFCD1RhcYXhjjFSQHNUJgoH10NpQr1Y-0BFLQL2sTUmsU/s400/11-13-13LPPalms2a.jpg" width="315" /></a></div>
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398. Download and post/distribute in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.<br />
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400. <li><a href="http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/download/11-13-13LPPalms.pdf" target="_blank">1-Side</a> </li>
401. <li><a href="http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/download/11-13-13LPPalms2.pdf" target="_blank">2-Sides</a></li>
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403. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/8099133545553630110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/free-leonard-peltier-white-house-tribal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8099133545553630110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/8099133545553630110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/free-leonard-peltier-white-house-tribal.html' title='Free Leonard Peltier:  White House Tribal Nations Conference (Flyer)'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtMK5bWbDrBo2cVvwTts2N9sXpanHTJ2VywP4yl2UnaHBy5BLyOiL935ViMEmvaEzVcdYAZGTzOQ4gNtMnoCF9Lg9hCEU2UuFCD1RhcYXhjjFSQHNUJgoH10NpQr1Y-0BFLQL2sTUmsU/s72-c/11-13-13LPPalms2a.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-6755622730558881901</id><published>2013-10-29T16:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-10-29T16:02:41.276-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Activism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dine (Navajos)"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sacred Sites"/><title type='text'>Protest Planned to Stop Further Desecration of Burial Sites on Black Mesa</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What:&lt;/strong&gt; Rally Against the Theft of Antiquity, Stop Peabody’s Restraint on Black Mesa Navajo History.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
404. <span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
405. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>When:</strong> October 30, 2013 - 11AM-2:30PM</span><br />
406. <br />
407. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Where:</strong> Museum of Northern Arizona's Colton House, Flagstaff, AZ (3101 N Fort Valley Rd) 86001</span><br />
408. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
409. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Why:</strong> Millions of Indigenous remains, artifacts, and sacred objects have been desecrated by Peabody Energy's coal mining at Black Mesa, Arizona. All these are being withheld in vaults at closely associated universities. Peabody's recent expansion plan threatens to further desecrate hundreds more ancient sites. </span><br />
410. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
411. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Flagstaff, AZ - Concerned Diné (Navajos) and other indigenous rights supporters will be holding a protest to expose Peabody&#39;s deliberate process of confiscating Indigenous History.&amp;nbsp; More:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://intercontinentalcry.org/protest-planned-stop-desecration-burial-sites-black-mesa/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;http://intercontinentalcry.org/protest-planned-stop-desecration-burial-sites-black-mesa/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/6755622730558881901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/protest-planned-to-stop-further.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/6755622730558881901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/6755622730558881901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/protest-planned-to-stop-further.html' title='Protest Planned to Stop Further Desecration of Burial Sites on Black Mesa'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-642911478567400409</id><published>2013-10-28T16:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-10-28T16:46:43.699-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Black Hills"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Environment"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Uranium"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Water Rights"/><title type='text'>Uranium, water, and the future of the Black Hills</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Today marks the beginning of the water permit hearings for the proposed Dewey-Burdock Project, Powertech’s proposed uranium mine in the southern Black Hills here in South Dakota. You can read the water rights permit applications &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://denr.sd.gov/des/wr/ptech.aspx&quot; sl-processed=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;, the groundwater discharge permit application &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://denr.sd.gov/des/gw/Powertech/Powertech_GW_Discharge_Permit.aspx&quot; sl-processed=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;, and the consolidated case webpage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://denr.sd.gov/powertech_wmb.aspx&quot; sl-processed=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
412. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
413. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are so many problems with this proposed mine, it is hard to pinpoint just one major issue. But the amount of water being requested by Powertech might just qualify.</span><br />
414. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
415. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;More:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://legislation.dakotarural.org/2013/10/28/uranium-water-and-the-future-of-the-black-hills/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;http://legislation.dakotarural.org/2013/10/28/uranium-water-and-the-future-of-the-black-hills/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/642911478567400409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/uranium-water-and-future-of-black-hills.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/642911478567400409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/642911478567400409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/uranium-water-and-future-of-black-hills.html' title='Uranium, water, and the future of the Black Hills'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-3086610061982120381</id><published>2013-10-28T16:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-10-28T16:24:06.269-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Barack Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Indigenous People"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="White House Tribal Nations Conference"/><title type='text'>Tribal Leader Registration for the 2013 White House Tribal Nations Conference</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Announcement from the White House&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
416. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
417. <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tribal Leader Registration for the 2013 White House Tribal Nations
418. Conference</span></strong><br />
419. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
420. </span><br />
421. <div class="webform-description">
422. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
423. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On behalf of President Obama, the White House Council on Native American
424. Affairs cordially invites each federally recognized tribe to send ONE [emphasis added] 
425. representative to the 2013 White House Tribal Nations Conference. 
426. The Conference will be held at the Department of the Interior's Sidney R. Yates
427. Auditorium.  Only tribal leaders authorized by their tribe as the designated
428. representative to the White House Tribal Nations Conference are permitted to
429. register.  Register here: </span><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/webform/2013-White-House-Tribal-Nations-Conference"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.whitehouse.gov/webform/2013-White-House-Tribal-Nations-Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">      </span><br />
430. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
431. </span><ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
432. </span>
433. <li class="p1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DATE: Wednesday, November 13, 2013</span></li>
434. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
435. </span>
436. <li class="p1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LOCATION: Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW,
437. Washington, DC 20240</span></li>
438. </ul>
439. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
440. </span><div class="p1">
441. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Please register by 10:00pm ET on
442. Friday November 1, 2013</strong>.  Please ensure your e-mail address is correctly entered as your confirmation and all further instructions will be sent via
443. e-mail. </span></div>
444. <div class="p1">
445. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div>
446. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
447. </span><div class="p1">
448. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Conference's Breakout Sessions will be built around the input
449. received from tribal leaders so please list below the two topics you would most
450. like to see covered during these sessions. </span></div>
451. <div class="p1">
452. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div>
453. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
454. </span><div class="p1">
455. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For any questions please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:IndianCountry@who.eop.gov"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IndianCountry@who.eop.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
456. </div>
457. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/feeds/3086610061982120381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/tribal-leader-registration-for-2013.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/3086610061982120381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2068439709849643212/posts/default/3086610061982120381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2013/10/tribal-leader-registration-for-2013.html' title='Tribal Leader Registration for the 2013 White House Tribal Nations Conference'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068439709849643212.post-1486206234880514026</id><published>2013-10-28T13:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-10-30T12:42:16.395-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Barack Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clemency"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leonard Peltier"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Op-Ed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="South Dakota"/><title type='text'>Celebrate South Dakota statehood by letting Leonard Peltier go</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;October 28, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
458. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
459. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrate South Dakota statehood by letting Leonard Peltier go</span><br />
460. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Steve Hickey, State House District 9</span><br />
461. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
462. <div class="author_image">
463. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s hard to throw a party when some in the room don’t share your excitement, or worse, when they resent the occasion or even your very existence.</span></div>
464. <div class="author_image">
465. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div>
466. <div class="entry_content">
467. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is so much to celebrate in South Dakota’s 125 year state history and yet there are painful atrocities in our past and lingering present issues we ought not ignore. </span><br />
468. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Revisiting them can facilitate healing. If not this year, when?</span><br />
469. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
470. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We share this state with Native Americans who have a very legitimate historical and ongoing beef with us wasi'chus. When Governor Daugaard announced he was setting up a commission to plan our statehood celebrations, he asked for public input to solicit ideas of things we could include. It provoked this </span><a href="https://twitter.com/stevehickey/status/380325394333065217"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">September 18 tweet from me</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:</span><br />
471. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
472. <blockquote style="border: currentColor; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;">
473. <h2 class="username" style="background-color: #444444; color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; unicode-bidi: embed;">
474. <span class="screen-name"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><s style="text-decoration: none;">@</s>stevehickey</span></span></span></h2>
475. <em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SD seeks ideas to celebrate statehood. Giving the Black Hills back ain't happning but how about a meaningful reparation gesture of some sort. </span></em></blockquote>
476. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
477. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the last number of weeks I’ve given prayerful thought as to what might constitute a meaningful gesture. Since the offenses are by and large justice-related, key pardons come to mind. What if we let Leonard Peltier go free? In native circles here and far abroad, Leonard Peltier has become a modern symbol of a couple centuries of horrific Indian injustices by our government.</span><br />
478. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
479. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sick and now just shy of seventy, he’s not hurting anyone and since his kangaroo trial nearly forty years ago, reasonable doubt has surfaced that he ever did. At best he was convicted on circumstantial evidence and since his incarceration several decades ago, the case against him has been seriously compromised. In 1986, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged there had been the fabrication of evidence, withholding of exculpatory evidence, coercion of witnesses, improper conduct by the FBI and willful illegality on the part of the government. His trial is certainly one of the lower moments in American justice.</span><br />
480. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
481. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if you are of the opinion this guy killed two FBI agents, and there is no evidence he pulled the trigger or even had the gun, my plea to let him go is an appeal to the fact that these murders were in the midst of a civil war-like situation aggravated by FBI agents terrorizing the Pine Ridge reservation in the wake of Wounded Knee II. Certainly, as a judge stated in 1992, the government is “equally responsible” for the death of its own agents.</span><br />
482. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
483. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My appeal is also in consideration of that fact that there were more than a couple hundred natives mysteriously murdered during this period of time in hits and drive-bys—- some would say plausibly committed by U.S. Marshalls, tribal police, state-sanctioned paramilitary GOON squads, white vigilantes and government agents. If we are judging people on circumstantial evidence as we did with Peltier, why stop with him?</span><br />
484. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
485. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Letting Peltier go is not about what he did or didn’t do, it’s an acknowledgment and admission of so much that “we did do” and so much that we have done.</span><br />
486. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
487. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently I've floated this idea with elected officials in our state. I'd like to think Senators Johnson and Thune, Congresswoman Noem, Governor Daugaard and my colleagues in the South Dakota legislature would join me in formally seek Presidential clemency for Leonard Peltier. Only President Obama can make this happen and he could do it today. </span><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24019350/obama-if-i-were-redskins-owner-would-think-about-changing-name"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If our Great Chief in Washington is truly empathetic toward the plight of the <em><strong>REDSKINS</strong></em></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, he will do it.</span><br />
488. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
489. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can’t go back and fix Wounded Knee I, but it’s still not too late to redress Wounded Knee II. If we want to move into a new era, we need to let go of some things from the previous one. Time to let Leonard Peltier go and let that wound heal.</span><br />
490. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">_____________________________________</span><br />
491. <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
492. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An addendum for my conservative friends: Every ammo-stocking, liberty-loving conservative in South Dakota fearing the Federal government (NSA overreaches, enemy lists, infringements by law enforcement and the like) needs to look past their Indian animosities for a moment and take a long hard look at what happened to Leonard Peltier. Martin Niemöller’s line comes to mind and so I’ll redact it for use here… <em>first they came for [Leonard Peltier] and I did not speak out… then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me</em>. Yes, the genocide of American Indians does warrant a likening to the eradication of the Jews.</span><br />
493. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
494. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source:  </span><a href="http://www.voicescarryblog.com/celebrate-south-dakota-statehood-by-letting-leonard-peltier-go/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.voicescarryblog.com/celebrate-south-dakota-statehood-by-letting-leonard-peltier-go/</span></a><br />
495. <br />
496. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In response:</span><br />
497. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
498. <a href="http://www.southdakotamagazine.com/steve-hickey-peltier" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Free Leonard Peltier," Says SD Republican</span></a></div>
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