TIMELINE:
U.N. Manifesto on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, 19-30 –
July 1993 – Chief Richard Grass was part of the Working Group DRAFTING U.N. Manifesto on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, 19-30 –
“I want to thank you and the distinct Indigenous Nations of the World Community and other Nations and States involved in the Working Group, on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. As I am here on behalf of the Lakota Nation and on behalf of my great Grandfather, Chief John Grass, and his grandfathers as they were Sovereigns of the Lakota Nation as Sovereigns were handed down from generation to generation. Since I am the eldest male descendant, I have inherited the Sovereign of the Lakota Nation as Sovereign of other Nations and States are recognized in International law by the Law of Nations, so henceforth, I will be standing on my God given inalienable rights that cannot be taken away or transferred. So henceforth, I will be working at that capacity on behalf of my people, the Lakota Nation…”
Chief Grass’ continued to work, speak, write to regain the sovereign rights of his people and all Indigenous Peoples around the globe.
September 2008 – United Nations passes the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Click here to download PDF of this Declaration and Resolution
October 10, 2010 – A scanned copy of letter mailed certified U.S. mail to President Barak Obama and other U.S. Government Officials July, 2010 – Click here to read the letter in it’s entirety.
December 2010 – (almost 20 years after Chief Grass began this process at Geneva in July 1993!) President Obama adopts U.N. Manifesto on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which reads in part…
“Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired,” according to Article 26. Article 28 states that qualified groups “have the right to redress,” which can include “restitution” or “just, fair and equitable compensation” for land or resources that have been “confiscated, taken (or) occupied”… see entire document at http://social.un.org/index/IndigenousPeoples/DeclarationontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples.aspx
May 2012 – Report to the U.N. May 2012
Press Release on U.N. Officials’ Response
OUR LAND, WATER, RESOURCE RIGHTS BY United Nations’ STANDARDS – See Rights of Indigenous Peoples U.N. Document regarding Free, Prior and Informed Consent and our nations’ statement of full legal rights are covered within document “Reclaiming the Black Hills”
To read timeline of our nations’ history with the United States Government – click here…..
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I want to thank you and the distinct Indigenous Nations of the World Community and other Nations and States involved in the Working Group, on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
As I am here on behalf of the Lakota Nation and on behalf of my great, great Grandfather, Chief John Grass, and his grandfathers as they were Sovereigns of the Lakota Nation as Sovereigns were handed down from generation to generation. Since I am the eldest male descendant, I have inherited the Sovereign of the Lakota Nation as Sovereign of other Nations and States are recognized in International law by the Law of Nations, so henceforth, I will be standing on my God given inalienable rights that cannot be taken away or transferred. So henceforth, I will be working at that capacity on behalf of my people, the Lakota Nation.
Our objectives as a Lakota Nation are freedom from servitude, same as bondage or slavery, freedom from oppression, freedom from depression. As a Lakota Nation we have declared Independence July 14, 1991 for our 1851-1868 boundaries retroactive to the Louisiana Purchase, we want complete autonomy. As a Lakota Nation, we have been involved in securing not only the territories of the United States, but also the territories of our Lakota Nation boundaries and also, we have been involved in all wars the United States has initiated to help liberate the European countries and the Asian countries, which includes Russian and China. So all we are asking from other countries in return is for help for our liberation as a Lakota Nation.
Also, I want to mention not only the Lakota Nation were involved, but all the Indigenous World Community was also involved in these wars, the Blacks, the Mexicans, the Hawaiians, just to mention a few. Although as a Lakota Nation were were not citizens of the United States, we still volunteered on our free will to serve the Military Service. So I would like to share the history starting from my great great grandfather Chief John Grass, as he stood the ground for the rights of the Red Race in the Americas and was the main strategist for the defeat of General George Armstrong Custer and his famous 7th Cavalry.
For the implementation of genocide by the United States, one more thing I would like to state, that as a Lakota Nation, we have 85% unemployment, the poorest country in the U.S.A.; one doctor to serve 20,0000 Lakotas and the United States have 79,000,000 homeless; the deficit of the U.S.A. is 40 trillion and 40 trillion not talked about, not 4.5 trillion.
Geneva, July 26, 1993
Peace Chief, Richard Grass
INTERNATIONAL LAW: The branch of law that governs the relationships of nations to each other. International law stared about the sixteenth century. Its sources are customs and usages, treaties, and the decisions of such tribunals as the International Court of Justice and the International Court of Human Rights. International law is also based on various diplomatic papers written over the centuries.