Post by peacekeeper on Sept 3, 2005 9:59:00 GMT -5
September 17th - 1851 Treaty Day!
This is from a good friend of mine. I thought it might interest others.
The Treaty of Long Meadows
The 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie is known as the “Treaty of Long Meadows” to the Nakota (Nakota, DaNakota, Dakota, Lakota; misnomer “Sioux”) Nation and as “The Great Horse Creek Treaty” to the great ally of the Nakota people - the Cheyenne Nation. This most important document was agreed upon and forged by eight Indigenous Red Nations with the United States government on September 17, 1851, where nearly 100 thousand Indigenous Red Peoples of the Crow, Hidatsa, Mandan, Arikara, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Nakota Nations gathered to secure “on paper” the most internationally legal, binding document, still in effect - although violated daily by u.s. government officials.
For the Nakota Nation, the 1851 Treaty was the last official Treaty to be agreed upon through the ancient Nakota “Oyate Omniciye” or “Circle Meetings of the People.” Through this ancient process, each and every adult in each and every community gathered together to first decide to make a Treaty, then develop a consensual, national policy which would be reflected in the Treaty itself. It would not be legal if only a few “selected paper chiefs” signed a paper under pressure from government officials, although this happened and caused great confusion later for the people.
The 1851 Treaty defined and protected Indigenous homelands and only allowed the u.s. to build roads across Indigenous lands. It guaranteed forever the right of these nations to hunt, gather, travel, and otherwise live wherever they had previously upon Great Turtle Island (the “western hemisphere”).
The sacred White Buffalo Calf Canunpa (misnomer “peace pipe”) of the Nakota Nation was present during the 1851 Treaty signing, as well as the Sacred Arrows of the Cheyenne and the Sacred Bundles of each of the other Nations present.
During the Treaty gathering, which had been planned for over four years and known as the “Big Issue” the immense encampment had to move its location three times from near the actual site Fort Laramie itself, east down the Platte River to the site where the Treaty document was finally agreed upon on September 17th, at the joining of the Platte River and Horse Creek (near present day “Morrill, Nebraska”).
In 2003, Kimimila Waci Win (“Dancing Butterfly Woman”; the first female to be born in the last 100 years and given only a Lakota name and no “european sir name”), a direct descendent of the famous Hehaka Wanbli (“Eagle Elk”), made a spiritual pilgrimage to this sacred 1851 Treaty site along Horse Creek. Walking along the banks of Horse Creek, Kimimila seen large fish spawning in the clear creek water, while geese and ducks splashed happily in the waters of the Platte River and Horse Creek confluence.
Hehaka Wanbli was a Chief Spokesperson of a community encampment of the Brule “Rosebud Lakota” and relative of Tasunke Witko “Crazy Horse.” Eagle Elk was one of the eight men who cared for the body of Tasunke Witko just after he was assassinated by u.s. government agents in 1877. He and the other men and the immediate family took Crazy Horse’s remains to a secure location so that his body would not be disturbed or exploited by the government, tourists, or scientists.
The ancient Indigenous manner of governing dictated the process by which the 1851 Treaty itself was created. The Treaty was approved by “Oyate Omniciye”- the circle meetings of the men and women from each camp of each of the signatory Indigenous Red Nations - true democracy. The process of the 1851 Treaty represents one of the last times that real, original, female-inclusive “democracy” was practiced in the occupied territories of what is now often referred to as the “United States of America.”
It is hoped that the land can be secured from current “occupation” so that this most historic landmark and Sacred Site of the Nakota can be forever accessed. The true story of the world’s largest, most powerful Indigenous Treaty must be shared with all who come.
Trillions of dollars in gold and resources were and are exploited from 1851 Treaty Nation Homelands – yet the Indigenous Peoples remain oppressed and poor. Often, Indigenous peoples are unaware of their own true history and rights, such as the ones afforded in the great 1851 Horse Creek Treaty. Preserving this area and recognizing that there are no broken, but violated Treaties will create the awareness needed to insure the redevelopment of thriving Indigenous Red Nations once again.
Jackie
This is from a good friend of mine. I thought it might interest others.
The Treaty of Long Meadows
The 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie is known as the “Treaty of Long Meadows” to the Nakota (Nakota, DaNakota, Dakota, Lakota; misnomer “Sioux”) Nation and as “The Great Horse Creek Treaty” to the great ally of the Nakota people - the Cheyenne Nation. This most important document was agreed upon and forged by eight Indigenous Red Nations with the United States government on September 17, 1851, where nearly 100 thousand Indigenous Red Peoples of the Crow, Hidatsa, Mandan, Arikara, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Nakota Nations gathered to secure “on paper” the most internationally legal, binding document, still in effect - although violated daily by u.s. government officials.
For the Nakota Nation, the 1851 Treaty was the last official Treaty to be agreed upon through the ancient Nakota “Oyate Omniciye” or “Circle Meetings of the People.” Through this ancient process, each and every adult in each and every community gathered together to first decide to make a Treaty, then develop a consensual, national policy which would be reflected in the Treaty itself. It would not be legal if only a few “selected paper chiefs” signed a paper under pressure from government officials, although this happened and caused great confusion later for the people.
The 1851 Treaty defined and protected Indigenous homelands and only allowed the u.s. to build roads across Indigenous lands. It guaranteed forever the right of these nations to hunt, gather, travel, and otherwise live wherever they had previously upon Great Turtle Island (the “western hemisphere”).
The sacred White Buffalo Calf Canunpa (misnomer “peace pipe”) of the Nakota Nation was present during the 1851 Treaty signing, as well as the Sacred Arrows of the Cheyenne and the Sacred Bundles of each of the other Nations present.
During the Treaty gathering, which had been planned for over four years and known as the “Big Issue” the immense encampment had to move its location three times from near the actual site Fort Laramie itself, east down the Platte River to the site where the Treaty document was finally agreed upon on September 17th, at the joining of the Platte River and Horse Creek (near present day “Morrill, Nebraska”).
In 2003, Kimimila Waci Win (“Dancing Butterfly Woman”; the first female to be born in the last 100 years and given only a Lakota name and no “european sir name”), a direct descendent of the famous Hehaka Wanbli (“Eagle Elk”), made a spiritual pilgrimage to this sacred 1851 Treaty site along Horse Creek. Walking along the banks of Horse Creek, Kimimila seen large fish spawning in the clear creek water, while geese and ducks splashed happily in the waters of the Platte River and Horse Creek confluence.
Hehaka Wanbli was a Chief Spokesperson of a community encampment of the Brule “Rosebud Lakota” and relative of Tasunke Witko “Crazy Horse.” Eagle Elk was one of the eight men who cared for the body of Tasunke Witko just after he was assassinated by u.s. government agents in 1877. He and the other men and the immediate family took Crazy Horse’s remains to a secure location so that his body would not be disturbed or exploited by the government, tourists, or scientists.
The ancient Indigenous manner of governing dictated the process by which the 1851 Treaty itself was created. The Treaty was approved by “Oyate Omniciye”- the circle meetings of the men and women from each camp of each of the signatory Indigenous Red Nations - true democracy. The process of the 1851 Treaty represents one of the last times that real, original, female-inclusive “democracy” was practiced in the occupied territories of what is now often referred to as the “United States of America.”
It is hoped that the land can be secured from current “occupation” so that this most historic landmark and Sacred Site of the Nakota can be forever accessed. The true story of the world’s largest, most powerful Indigenous Treaty must be shared with all who come.
Trillions of dollars in gold and resources were and are exploited from 1851 Treaty Nation Homelands – yet the Indigenous Peoples remain oppressed and poor. Often, Indigenous peoples are unaware of their own true history and rights, such as the ones afforded in the great 1851 Horse Creek Treaty. Preserving this area and recognizing that there are no broken, but violated Treaties will create the awareness needed to insure the redevelopment of thriving Indigenous Red Nations once again.
Jackie