CENSORED NEWS: Yankton police officer quits job, arrested, at hog farm protest

Call for Support by Indians in South Dakota
Latest message on the hog farm protest.
From: zephiero@hotmail.com
Subject: ILLEGAL ARRESTS OF NATIVES ON INDIAN LAND
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:52:56 -0600

Hello,
I am oitancan zephier. I am looking for all the support and publicity
I can get in the native community on this hogfarm protest in Marty, SD
on the Yankton Sioux Rez.
2 weeks ago the state moved in and started claiming our tribal road.
There is a hogfarm being built on state land, surrounded by indian
land. It is a tactic to take more land. The YST is in litigation with
the State of South Dakota now. They are saying we're a diminishing
tribe with diminished lands. Our boundaries are undefined so we're a
checkerboard rez.
Recently there has been nearly 50 of us thrown in jail for protesting
on the indian land (road) by state officers. They say it's their road,
when in reality we have had jurisdiction on it for the past 15 years.
However, there is no physical proof that either of us own it. That
would mean it goes back to the original owner in court. That makes us
the rightful owner from my understanding of the law. Below you will
find an email that I forwarded on to everyone I know. We need support.
Tuesday we have court and will be in jail because of the prejudice of
the local government. We need help! We need lawyers.
Wednesday the 30th of April we will be rallying at the site near
marty, sd. AIM is planning on coming as well as Dennis Banks. We are
awaiting confirmation on his arrival though. Please send to all your
friends. I would greatly appreciate it.
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People! We need your help! Come to Marty, SD now! We need the help of
every nation that is willing to help us! Don't wait for an invitation.
Please! Come help us now! We're too busy with things here to think of
everyone that can help us. We have our hands full with whats in front
of us. Call us. Make suggestions. Give us advise! Whatever it is, help
us! We need bodies. We need people! people! people! We need people
willing to fight! We need people willing to go to jail by a state
officer on indian land! Doesn't that seem wrong to you? I went to jail
while standing on a tribal highway by a South Dakota state deputy,
while the Bureau of Indian Affairs watches. That's what is happening!
It is wrong! We need money for bail. Many more of us will be going to
jail.

If we don't fight this indian people will continue to lose land. Next
time it will be your people. Remember when a cry for help came out
what 'reason' or 'excuse' you gave. You'll get it right back when you
need help.

The system keeps us locked in place. It keeps us working, paying bills
and plugged into society. In that mindset we're all robots programmed
to do what the government wants us to do pay taxes! Give them money!
'I gotta feed my family,' you're thinking. I know it. I was too but
overcame it. Tunkasina (the grandfather)knows that our fight is right
and honorable. Better things will follow for us.

This is really not about a hogfarm! This is about the racist state of
south dakota moving in the middle of indian country and saying, 'This
is our road!' Tomorrow it will be 'this is our land!' We need to
fight! We need your help!
View videos on youtube.com. Search for yankton sioux tribe hogfarm and
ihanktonwan nation illegal arrests.

Oi Zephier
Ihanktonwan Dakota
Yankton Sioux Tribe
PO BOX 192
Marty, SD 57361
Zephiero@hotmail.com

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