He-Dog
NAME: SUNKA BLOKA..
The Sioux Nation Treaty Council was established in 1894 by He Dog shortly after the Wounded Knee Massacre. It was established at a time when it was very dangerous to speak of the Treaty. He Dog knew the people would forget about the Treaty as the forced assimilation efforts were very strong at that time, and would get stronger. The work of the Treaty Council, to support each other and to continue to educate the Sioux people quietly, had to be accomplished underground. It is only in these last few years that more people have become aware of the continued work of the Sioux Nation Treaty Council. Antoine ‘Tony’ Black Feather was the Spokesperson from 1984 to 2004 when he passed away. Charmaine White Face, Zumila Wobaga, was given the lifetime appointment as the Spokesperson by the Treaty Council in 1994, and after Mr. Black Feather’s death in 2004, she continued the work to today.
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
A skit
By Charmaine White Face
Preface:
Colonization has been the actions that have been used to change Native Americans, or American Indians, into Caucasian or Euro Americans. This has been a very painful process for Native Americans. But in order to heal the wounds, the act of Decolonization might begin the healing. This is a spoof not meant to be disrespectful to all the pain that is here, but to allow humor to begin the healing. Colonization has hurt all in the process, both Euro-Americans and Native Americans.
Saturday 20 June 2009
by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Read piece with photo here
The Fort Laramie Treaty once guaranteed the Sioux Nation the right to a large area of their original land, which spanned several states and included their sacred Black Hills, where they were to have "the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation" of the land.
However, when gold was discovered in the Black Hills, President Ulysses S. Grant told the army to look the other way in order to allow gold miners to enter the territory. After repeated violations of the exclusive rights to the land by gold prospectors and by migrant workers crossing the reservation borders, the US government seized the Black Hills land in 1877.
May 1, 2012
Welcome, Professor Anaya, to the last Territory of the Oceti Sakowin, the Great Sioux Nation. Thank you for accepting our invitation to visit our Territory.
My Tituwan name is Zumila Wobaga and my American name is Charmaine White Face. I am the Spokesperson for the Sioux Nation Treaty Council which was established in 1894 by He Dog, a Headman.
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PO Box 2003, Rapid City, SD 57709.
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Contact
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)