The True Peace Washington, D.C., U.S. - Dec 20, 2008 - Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status in Washington D.C. following withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government. The withdrawal, hand delivered to Daniel Turner, Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the State Department, immediately and irrevocably ends all agreements between the Lakota Sioux Nation of Indians and the United States Government outlined in the 1851 and 1868 Treaties at Fort Laramie Wyoming. Indian activist Russell Means declared: "This is an historic day for our Lakota people, United States colonial rule is at its end!"
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