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WE,
THE
UNDERSIGNED,
demand
an
end
to
the
ongoing
genocide
of
the
Lakota
Oyate
(People),
a
sovereign
Indigenous
First
Nation
of
North
America
LakotaGrandmothers.org
(Turtle
Island)
who
have
existed
on
the
continent
since
time
immemorial.
Lakota
Wagunpi
Woashake
Ikicupi
is
Lakota
Elders
taking
WE
RECOGNIZE
the
Lakota
Oyate,
as
represented
by
their
customary
back
their
strength
to
end
the
genocide
of
the
Lakota
people
matriarchal
system,
have
the
unassailable
natural
right
to
their
sovereign
and
renew
matriarchal
territory,
to
political
self-determination,
and
to
freely
pursue
their
Grandmother
leadership
on
economic,
social,
and
cultural
development
without
interference.
Pine
Ridge
and
across
the
Lakota
Nation.
Stand
Behind
the
Lakota
Grandmothers!
WE
RECOGNIZE
the
Lakota
are
still
in
active
resistance
to
the
colonial
invasion
of
their
sovereign
ancestral
territory
by
Euro-American
settlers,
the
Lakota
Solidarity
Project
P.O.
Box
881
United
States
military,
and
corporations
given
standing
by
U.S.
law.
Asheville,
NC
28802
Phone:
828-338-9781
WE
RECOGNIZE
the
Lakota
Oyate
are
traditionally
a
matriarchal
people,
led
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by
the
Elder
Grandmothers,
and
this
matriarchal
leadership
has
been
forced
underground
by
patriarchal
systems
of
the
United
States
Government.
Cante
Tenza
Okolakiciye
Lakota
Strong
Heart
Warriors
Independent
Lakota
Oyate
WE
RECOGNIZE
in
the
past,
and
continuing
into
the
present,
the
Lakota
P.O.
Box
512
Oyate
are
being
deliberately
inflicted
with
conditions
of
life
intended
to
Hill
City,
SD
57745
mentally
and
physically
destroy
their
people
and
prevent
them
from
Phone:
605-517-1547
Lakota
Oyate
on
Facebook
preserving
and
developing
their
sovereign
culture.
Projects
WE
RECOGNIZE
genocidal
conditions
of
life
have
created
a
minority
of
Stand
Behind
the
Lakota
traditional
and
grassroots
Lakota
Oyate
who
are
the
remaining
6000-8000
Grandmothers
Lakota
language
speakers,
culture
holders,
and
freedom
fighters
within
a
Lakota
Elders
Truth
Tour
majority
of
Lakota
forcefully
assimilated
into
American
lifestyles.
Red
Cry
Documentary
LSP
Elder
Support
Solidarity
WE
RECOGNIZE
the
average
age
of
these
traditional
Lakota
language
Networks
speakers
and
culture
holders
is
65
years:
Elders.
Grandmothers
Create
the
Circle
Gathering
WE
RECOGNIZE
that
while
genocidal
conditions
of
life
exist
against
the
Decolonization
&
Solidarity
majority
of
Lakota
people,
the
traditional
and
grassroots
Elders
and
Oyate
Training
face
disproportionate
levels
of
violence,
abuse,
neglect,
enforced
poverty,
and
deprivation
of
basic
human
needs
as
retaliation
for
their
continued
resistance
to
forced
assimilation,
racism,
and
systemic
corruption.
WE
HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE
those
who
bring
about
these
genocidal
conditions
of
life
on
Lakota
Elders
and
Oyate
including:
United
States
Government
policies
and
actions
originating
from
the
Office
of
the
President,
the
U.S.
Congress,
U.S.
Supreme
Court,
U.S.
State
Department,
STAND
BEHIND
THE
LAKOTA
GRANDMOTHERS
COMMUNITY
TOOLKIT
DECLARATION
OF
SOLIDARITY
&
SUPPORT
LakotaGrandmothers.org
WE
HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE
the
United
Nations
and
International
Criminal
Court
for
failing
to
uphold
and
enforce
the
1948
Convention
on
the
Prevention
and
Punishment
of
the
Crime
of
Genocide,
the
1948
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights,
the
1969
Vienna
Convention
on
Treaties,
and
the
2007
Declaration
on
the
Rights
of
Indigenous
Peoples.
WE
DEMAND
AN
END
to
all
policies
and
practices
bringing
about
genocidal
conditions
of
life
against
the
Lakota
Oyate,
and
by
consequence,
all
Indigenous
nations
on
Turtle
Island.
WE
WILL
PRESSURE
the
United
States
Government,
state
governments,
and
International
governing
bodies
to
meet
with
delegations
of
traditional
and
grassroots
Lakota
Elders,
to
end
genocidal
policies
and
practices,
and
return
stolen
Lakota
territory.
WE
WILL
SUPPORT
the
traditional
and
grassroots
Lakota
Oyate
in
the
renewal
of
their
customary
matriarchal
system
led
by
the
Grandmothers.
WE
WILL
SUPPORT
an
immediate
end
to
the
systems
that
abuse,
neglect
and
harm
Lakota
Elders,
so
they
may
be
free
to
share
Lakota
language,
culture,
and
knowledge
with
future
generations
of
their
people.
WE
WILL
STAND
BEHIND
THE
LAKOTA
GRANDMOTHERS
with
integrity
and
perserverance,
in
togetherness
with
those
creating
a
free
and
sovereign
future
for
the
Lakota
Oyate.
To
sign,
visit
www.LakotaGrandmothers.org/signon
or
email
lakotasolidarity@gmail.com
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Department of Justice, Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, and others; The failed and corrupt United States tribal government system, represented by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Tribal Council (OST), that was illegally imposed by the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 without the consent of the Lakota people; Policies of the U.S. state governments of South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana; The unregulated actions of U.S. and foreign Corporations on sovereign Lakota territory unceeded by Treaty agreements; Missionary Christian churches, religious institutions, and non-profit groups that continue to spiritually colonize Lakota lands and people; All other persons, institutions, and criminal organizations that are complicit in the physical destruction, impoverishment, exploitation, or assimilation of the Lakota Oyate to the complete termination of sovereign Lakota lands, culture, and identity.