ICTMN Staff
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (click here) is celebrating the 147th anniversary of the signing of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty by … enforcing it.
Invoking their rights under article one of the treaty, the tribe voted to reject the Keystone XL pipeline and evict TransCanada from its lands “in direct response to the unethical business practices that TransCanada has demonstrated over the last six years,” the tribe said in a statement.
“As descendants of the people of this land we have witnessed destruction of many magnitudes,” said Acting Chairman Kevin Wright in the Lower Brule Sioux statement. “We are concerned for our land, water, and most importantly not only the physical wellbeing of our people but spiritual wellbeing as well. I am first a human being, not a politician, when it comes to these matters. I believe in protecting our people and look to more ecological ways of living.”...
