{"id":10326,"date":"2020-07-29T19:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/aftermath-trumps-black-hills-trip\/"},"modified":"2020-07-29T19:49:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:49:04","slug":"aftermath-trumps-black-hills-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/aftermath-trumps-black-hills-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Aftermath: Trump\u2019s Black Hills trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Uniformed professionals handcuff demonstrator Pte Oyate Win. <\/strong>Photo by Chynna Locket<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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KEYSTONE \u2013 When the dust settled from the demonstration against Donald Trump\u2019s reelection campaign stop here at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, a petition and a follow-up event rose from the civil disobedience action, as foretold.<\/p>\n

The petition<\/a> entitled \u201cReturn Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills to the Lakota!\u201d states:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1877, the U.S. federal government unilaterally seized the Black Hills \u2014 which contain Mt. Rushmore \u2014 from the Sioux, a direct violation of the Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1868. The treaty language stated that these lands should be reserved for the \u2018absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1980, the Supreme Court agreed that the Black Hills had been unconstitutionally taken. Rather than return the land, the court awarded the tribes a settlement of $120.5 million, equivalent to the value of the land at the time it was stolen.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the Sioux have never accepted that payment \u2014 now, with interest and increased dollar value, worth more than $2 billion \u2014 declaring instead that \u2018the Black Hills are not for sale\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we call on the federal government to right historical wrongs, and to move our society forward. The United States must return what its own judges admit it has stolen. Return the Black Hills to the Great Sioux Nation. Now is the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

These developments marked the words of national non-profit NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen, who said as he was escorted away from the civil disobedience in handcuffs, \u201cOur people have fought for this land and we will continue to. This won\u2019t be the last.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tilsen now faces some 15 years in prison for participating in the demonstration, while the other 19 indigenous and non-indigenous treaty land defenders face misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo police officers have been charged for their assault on innocent land defenders and indigenous people on their own land,\u201d NDN Collective said.<\/p>\n

When released after three nights in jail awaiting charges, Tilsen remarked, \u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, it was a successful demonstration of our voice. We let the world know and reminded the world who the rightful owners of the Black Hills are \u2013 the O\u010dh\u00e9thi \u0160ak\u00f3wi\u014b.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made it clear that the President of the United States was not welcome in our territory, without the free prior and informed consent of our people and of our tribal leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The July 3 civil disobedience, disrupting traffic on an access route to the campaign event, was \u201ca powerful experience and it instilled pride and hope and courage in myself. I got to see that same thing in all of my people\u2019s eyes that were there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank the brothers and sisters who made a commitment. And all of you that were listening and following on social media, I want to thank you because we felt that \u2026 each and every one of you was there to support us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Beyond allies, Tilsen said, \u201cWe need people that are going to be accomplices with us in the dismantling of white supremacy. And I ask those who are in the ally column to come over to the accomplice column because we need to do this together. It\u2019s going to take a generation to make this possible, but it\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond fighting a system, he said, \u201cWe are building a new system and a new world that is just and fair for everybody. And that is our goal here. We want to transform the education system. We want to transform the economic system. We want to transform all these systems of oppression to put the decision-making power back into the hands of the people who that power has been taken from over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The year 2020 is \u201chistoric\u201d for the country, he said, citing the ongoing global pandemic, social unrest, and \u201cone of the most important elections in the history of this nation.\u201d He gave a shout out to the Black Lives Matter movement and said, \u201cThere is a lot that everybody can do to make a difference in society today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a \u201cmessage to President Trump and Gov. Kristi Noem,\u201d he stated: \u201cPresident Trump, you got a little bit of what it tastes like to come to the O\u010dh\u00e9thi \u0160ak\u00f3wi\u014b. You are not welcome here. And it was our responsibility, as grassroots people, to stand together, because our tribal leaders had already<\/a> told you, you aren\u2019t welcome here. Don\u2019t come back here until you get permission from our tribal Leaders to come here.\u201d<\/p>\n

He accused Noem of \u201cperpetuating white supremacy and racism,\u201d adding, \u201cThere are a lot of people in South Dakota who aren\u2019t standing for it, and it\u2019s not just Indian people. And I ask those accomplices that are out there, throughout the state to speak up, to stand up, to not just sit on the sidelines, \u2026 because that\u2019s what it takes to change the reality and to make a better future for our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recalling his recent incarceration, he noted, \u201cI spent all of my time in praying for my children; that\u2019s because everything I\u2019ve ever done, I\u2019ve done for my kids, for my people and for my land and that\u2019s what this was all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cLastly, I just want to say words of encouragement to all of our incarcerated brothers and sisters. I know, right here in South Dakota, we make up 10 percent of the population and 37 percent of the men that are in prison in South Dakota are native. With women, it\u2019s 51 percent. I was in that jail for three days and I never saw a white person the whole time I was in there, except the people that are guards, and that\u2019s real.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw how our people were treated \u2026 and many of those young men and women, they\u2019re lost and they\u2019re just trying to find a way home. So, I want to say to the brothers and sisters that are in these places, keep your spirits up. Those of us that are on the outside, we\u2019re going to keep fighting for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tilsen concluded, \u201cAt the end of the day, this is about the kids. This is about the children. This is about the next generation and making a new path forward for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not get it twisted and get it wrong, we\u2019re not resisting for resistance sake. We\u2019re resisting because we want a better world. A world that works for everybody. And the pathway there is justice and equity, and that will give us an opportunity to really have an impact on society today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Contact Talli Nauman at talli.nauman@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Uniformed professionals handcuff demonstrator Pte Oyate Win. Photo by Chynna Locket PART 3 KEYSTONE \u2013 When the dust settled from the demonstration against Donald Trump\u2019s reelection campaign stop here at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, a petition and a follow-up event rose from the civil disobedience action, as foretold. The petition <\/p>\n

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