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Date Posted: 14:45:14 01/01/08 Tue In reply to: Lotus Blossom 's message, "They do this every year, this is the 117th year." on 15:03:00 12/27/07 Thu Are you going to South Dakota? > I am going off line pretty soon so you will have to >keep up on your history on your own. Chief Big Foot >Riders Return To Wounded Knee, "We Want To Be Free"13 >Day Ride Began Under Bonds of U.S. Treaty, Ends On >December 29th With Free Nation21ST Annual Ride Returns >To New Life for Free Lakota People WOUNDED KNEE, >Lakota (formerly South Dakota)- December 27 - Thirteen >days and 287 miles ago, 44 people mounted horses and >began the Memorial Chief Big Foot Ride in honor of Si >Tanka (Chief Big Foot) and his unarmed band of >Mniconjou and Hunkpapa refuges who were slaughtered by >U.S. Calvary in 1890 at Wounded Knee. But while these >44 riders began their journey under the shadow of U.S. >Treaty, their numbers will swell to over 100 and end >under the protection of a free and sovereign Lakota >Nation. The ride began on December 15th in Standing >Rock, the anniversary of Sitting Bull's death, and has >traveled through fierce snowstorm and cold, the same >conditions faced by the 357 mostly women, children and >elder men at Wounded Knee Creek 127 years ago. "The >purpose of the ride is to ride the spirit trail of >Chief Big Foot," said Tegihya Kte also known as Garry >Rowland, leader of the riders and recent delegate of >the Lakota Freedom effort in Washington D.C.. "The >Tree of Life died in Wounded Knee in 1890, and the >ride was begun to mend the Sacred Hoop." Riders >ranging in age from 10 to 65 travel the footsteps of >their Ancestors, along the way offering prayer for the >women, children, the Elders, and the conditions the >Lakota people are forced to live under today. For the >children, the ride is also a powerful introduction to >the sacred relationship between the Lakota and the >horse and the courage their Ancestors took during >their 13 day walk from the site of Sitting Bull's >assassination to Wounded Knee. "My sons and now my >grandsons have participated in the ride," shared >Tegihya Kte. "They ride for our future and the >self-determination of our people." The >self-determination of the Lakota now takes on powerful >meeting as the Lakota Freedom Delegation traveled to >Washington D.C. and withdrew the Lakota from their >treaties with the United States Government. The ride >becomes an outward expression of sovereign Lakota >rights and spirituality. Tegihya Kte said, "We don't >want the government telling us what to do, we want to >be free." Lakota Freedom delegate and Cante Tenza >leader Canupa Gluha Mani (Duane Martin Sr.) agreed, >"The Lakota withdrawal in Washington D.C. brings real >protection for our people today, exactly the real >protection Big Foot sought for his people then." We >are the freedom loving Lakota from the Sioux Indian >reservations of Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota >and Montana who have withdrawn from the >constitutionally mandated treaties to become a free >and independent country. We are alerting the Family of >Nations we have now reassumed our freedom and >independence with the backing of Natural, >International, and United States law. For more >information, please visit our new website at >www.lakotafreedom.com. ### [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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