Russell Means & the Lakota tribes apparently secede from US
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVC1KMTOgwiSoMQyT2LwZc9HyAgA
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/12/20/news/top/doc476a99630633e335271152.txt
Makes me want to call my grandmother and see what's actually going on.
ETA:
Ah. Further reading shows this is something that's really being done true to how the tribes have always worked: it's not the "official" government that's making this claim, it's a group of activists who've gone off on their own. It's always been up to people to make up their own minds, to go follow this leader or that one, to go to war or not.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NEWS/712200347/1001
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/12/20/news/top/doc476a99630633e335271152.txt
Makes me want to call my grandmother and see what's actually going on.
ETA:
Ah. Further reading shows this is something that's really being done true to how the tribes have always worked: it's not the "official" government that's making this claim, it's a group of activists who've gone off on their own. It's always been up to people to make up their own minds, to go follow this leader or that one, to go to war or not.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NEWS/712200347/1001