Honor The Treaties video from Youtube   HONOR THE TREATIES by Eric Becker (2012) Honor the Treaties is a short film that captures the journey of photographer Aaron Huey as he explores and reveals the struggles of the Native Lakota people of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/iloveancestry https://www.youtube.com/iloveancestry https://twitter.com/LovingAncestry http://iloveancestry.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/iloveancestry For those who don't know and still believe that it is OK to pretend that the U.S is the greatest country on earth. REALTY CHECK! Watch this video NOW. This is how The First People of This Land are treated TODAY. Spread the word and Share this video now! It began as just a project to capture poverty across the country, but turned into something much more meaningful than that. This is a truly compelling story that deserves to be shared. Doesn't hurt to have Shepard Fai

From Law Professor Frank Pommersheim's article: "LAND INTO TRUST: AN INQUIRY INTO LAW, POLICY, AND HISTORY" in Idaho Law Review vol 49. View the Article Online PDF file .

Press Release: Treaty Meeting, Wounded Knee Site, Saturday July 13, 4:44 p.m. Contact: Scott Barta (1851 Treaty) 218-204-1384 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE There will be a Treaty Meeting at the Wounded Knee Massacre site on Saturday afternoon at 4:44 p.m. Families, women, and men are invited to participate in this spiritual Treaty Talking Circle to discuss strategies for getting the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie honored and respected. Currently, nine (9) trillion dollars in Black Hills gold sits as stolen property in Fort Knox, Kentucky, while millions of dollars a day is spirited off of Treaty Lands from Wyoming in train cars to supply the electricity needs (coal gasification plants) for millions of americans - without one (1) cent going to the Treaty Signatory Nations and the N/DN/D/Lakota people for their Treaty Resource. There will be a Canunpa Circle Ceremony as well as discussion about utilizing Treaty Land for a spiritual encampment/Treaty Reclamation project - the 40 acres of Tre

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Informal Science Seminar and Youth Concert: Summary and Report 40th Anniversary of Wounded Knee 1973 Liberation Day.   February 27 2013 Annual 4 Directions Walk to Wounded Knee commemorating Liberation Day: February 27, 1973.   Mato Najin of Indigenous performs Tuesday night. Michael Bucher Margo Thunderbird, Shinnecock Nation of New York. Milo Yellowhair and Dennis Banks, Concert MCs Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Porcupine SD: “Empowering the Youth of the Lakota Nation,” was the theme for an Informal Science Seminar and Concert that took place Tuesday February 26th, 2013.  Over 300 people gathered in the community of Porcupine, SD to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Wounded Knee 1973.  It was a day to look forward from the outcomes of the Wounded Knee Occupation that took place in 1973.  40 years after the occupation the Lakota Oyate and Indigenous Nations from across the North American Continent as well as Europe gathered to learn about the Oglala L

Agenda for Tuesday. February 26 Informal Science Seminar @ Porcupine College Center 1:00-1:30pm: Opening prayer-TBA Welcome- Dr. Hannan LaGarry, Math and Science Chair & Clyde Bellecourt, AIM Grand Governing Council 2:00pm: Math and Science Intern Research: 1. GIS and LIDAR - Willis Zephier; 2. Uranium Research - Elisha Yellow Thunder; 3. Fluoride additive to Water-LaDonna No Neck; 4. Electromagnetic Radiation-Ika Werner 3:00-3:10 pm: Break 3:10-3:40pm: The Tar Sands - Aaron Rasor 3:40-3:50pm: Keystone XL Pipeline - Louis Brings Plenty, Terrance Nelson (AIMGGC Canada) 3:50- 4:20pm: Traditional Digital Mapping 4:20-4:00pm: Leksi Ed Bear Runner-Life of the Beaver 4:40-5:00pm: Closing By Ed Bear Runner Traditional feast @ Porcupine Clinic     5:00 pm Meal served. Concert @ Porcupine School Gym. 6:30pm: Doors open at Porcupine Day School booths will be running   6:30-8:00pm: Information Booths   7: 00pm : O pening prayer and honoring song by Midnight Ex

Let us come together, as the past present and future generation of Indigenous People of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre -1973 Wounded Knee Occupation and now 2013 Wounded Knee Commemorative 40 years later 123 years later. Let us come together as one strong voice,and that one strong voice will be heard for our people! In the spirit of Crazy Horse Free Leonard Peltier. Roberta Crazy Thunder, 1973 Wounded Knee Veteran

Empowering the Youth of the Lakota Nation Informal Science Seminar and Concert February 26, 2013 (Tues) - Porcupine SD Honoring the Youth Concert Featuring:  Michael Bucher (3 time Native American Music Award Winner)  |  RedSoul  |  The Margo Thunderbird Band  |  Vaugn Vargas  |  Scatter Their Own  |  folk singer Larry Long  |  World Class Northern Singing Champions: Midnite Express  |  World Renowned rock/blues band: Indigenous   |  and your MC's for the Concert Milo Yellow Hair & Dennis Banks  .. . and many more.   Schedule of Events 1pm - 5pm: Informal Science Seminar @ Pahin Sinte College Center . Topics include: Math and Science Student Research, Environmental Issues in Lakota Land, Conservation Biology (Life of a Beaver) 5pm: Traditional Feast @  Porcupine Clinic 6:30pm - Doors Open @ Porcupine School.   Youth Information Booths, NASA-SEMAA StarLab, Little Shop of Physics 7pm - 11pm: Concert @ Porcupine School.