See Sioux and the Banshee!

[lordandrei]

Yesterday the Sioux nation dropped a bomb on the United States that more than decimated a 5 state area in the northern central plains. It pretty much destroyed Nebraska, took away the famed Devil's Tower (from Close Encounters) and almost affected Iowa.

Horrors!

Oh, wait.. Maybe I'm overreacting.

Let's look at what really happened.

A group of

Comments

[fraterseraphino]

I only heard about this in the periphery; I didn't know the details. But I should have guessed the folks who gave us the American Indian Movement (*puke*) was behind this stupid move.

My bet: the American government will tell the folks who are claiming Lakota succession to go fuck themselves. After all, Indian territorial sovereignty is on par with state sovereignty (meaning the Lakota 'nation' is the equivalent to the State of California), with well defined responsibilities and well defined limitations under U.S. Title 25 law--and solid precedence against succession, established about 140 years ago with the Late Unpleasantness.

[jedi_dad]

According to the article I read on USA Today's website, if the Federal government does not enter into immediate negotiations with the Lakota, "liens will be filed on property in the five-state area", in other words, they will try to get back-mortgages from those who have 'squatted' on Lakota land for the past century-and-a-half