A summary of the 1851 and 1868 treaties
The Great Sioux Nation, whose real name is the Oceti Sakowin, is comprised of seven sub-nations who spoke the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota language. The Tituwan sub-nation spoke the Lakota dialect and lived in the western most portion. The Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) occupied a vast land area that covered 24 American states and parts of 4 Canadian Provinces. Other smaller nations also lived within the area as the Indigenous concept of territory followed natural law and was much different than the European concept of territory. The people of the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) originated from the mouth of Wind Cave in the Black Hills. The Black Hills were so sacred that they were used for ceremonial, prayers, medicinal, and burial purposes only.
Read more: A Summary of the 1851 and 1868 Treaties
Spokesperson
Charmaine White Face Zumila Wobaga
| Hits: 2686Re: Financing of Reparations owed to victims of serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law
Dear Sir
This is submitted in response to your request for Inputs to examine the question of the financing of reparations owed to victims of serious violation of human rights and humanitarian law. The perspective of financing for reparations is incomplete. Reparations also present the opportunity for restoration and nation-building. You touch on this briefly in your questionnaire.
| Hits: 148A REPORT TO THE UN EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES REGARDING MILITARY ACTIVITIES ON THE LANDS OR TERRITORIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Jan. 30, 2023
The following is sent in response to your request for Input.
“Article 30.1 of UNDRIP states that “Military activities shall not take place in the lands or territories of Indigenous Peoples, unless justified by a relevant public interest or otherwise freely agreed with or requested by the Indigenous Peoples concerned.” Article 30.2 further explains that “States shall undertake effective consultations with the Indigenous Peoples concerned, through appropriate procedures and in particular through their representative institutions, prior to using their lands or territories for military activities.” The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which militarization has impacted the national implementation and consideration of the above and other Articles.”
The Sioux Nation is an Indigenous nation located in the middle of North America. Our Indigenous name is Oceti Sakowin. The Sioux Nation Treaty Council was established in 1894 in order for all people to remember that the Sioux Nation had a Treaty for peace, the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, with the United States (US). The Treaty was blatantly violated in the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 when more than 300 unarmed Sioux people were killed by the United States in the middle of the Treaty Territory. The 1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council has benn operating to the present and has been coming to the UN in Geneva and New York since 1982.
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Sioux Nation Treaty Council
PO Box 2003
Rapid City
SD 57709 USA
Email: cwhiteface@gmail.com
"...CONCLUSION Various historians has determined that the "Sioux Nation Treaty Council" formally formed in 1894, shortly after the Wounded Knee massacre. The Sioux Nation Treaty Council represents all of the Sioux Tribes (Approx 49 Tribes), and all other Sioux Treaty Councils would be subordinate to it, regardless of the Treaty Council's name...." See Bielecki Report pages 7 & 8, Oct. 5, 2008 (Bielecki Report)