[Ppnews] Leonard Peltier Resolution - Black Hills Sioux Nation

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We are forwarding the attached Resolution that 
was passed today by consensus by the Black Hills 
Sioux Nation Treaty Council representing the 
traditional, non-colonial government of the 
Lakota Oyate.  It was also supported by delegates 
from the treaty councils of Dakota and Nakota 
relatives.  We send it out to the world with 
prayers for Leonard Peltier and call for his 
immediate release while acknowledging all the 
sacrifices of our warriors fighting for freedom.  Hecetu.
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Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council 
Resolution Condemning the Illegal Imprisonment of
Leonard Peltier and Demanding His Immediate Release

January 29, 2011 – Prairie Winds Casino, Pine Ridge Reservation

WHEREAS, the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty 
Nation Council assembled in quorum along with
representatives of the Lakota, Nakota and Dakota Nations present from
January 27-29 2011 at the Prairie Winds Casino on 
the Pine Ridge Reservation, and

WHEREAS, the United States has violated Article I 
and Article II of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868,
by faling to remove and, or, punish “bad men” who 
commit wrongs against the Lakota people and by failing to
remove non-tribal members illegally residing in the treaty territory, and

WHEREAS, Leonard Peltier was one of a number of 
warriors who came to the defense of the Oyate and the
traditional government after repeated acts of 
violence by agents of the United States government and others
subject to U.S. government jurisdiction, and

WHEREAS, Leonard Peltier’s conviction is built 
upon fraudulent affidavits coerced by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and bolstered by 
falsified physical evidence from the F.B.I. lab, and

WHEREAS, Leonard Peltier has been illegally held 
as a political prisoner by the
United States government since 1976,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Black 
Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council declares
that the continued imprisonment of Leonard 
Peltier by the United States government is illegal,
immoral and unjust, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council
demands the immediate release of Leonard Peltier.

I, the undersigned Secretary of the Black Hills 
Sioux Nation Treaty Council, do hereby certify that
the above resolution has been approved by consensus of all delegations of the
Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, effective January 29, 2011.

ATTEST:  Chief Oliver Red Cloud, Itancan - Frederick Cedar Face, Secretary



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