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I have recently become aware of the plight of the Crow Creek Siuox. The IRS is trying to take their land.
These folks seem to be extremely impoverished, and I wonder if they have the resources to defend themselves in this legal battle with the Federal Government.
They say they will not leave, and the IRS is on the march to take their land and there money. I am concerned that there is a real possibility of a showdown on this.
I am posting this in hopes that there might be others on the forum, or in the larger NA Nation that might be aware of legal, or financial resources that could be made available to these folks.
I believe that if they had the help they need, they could develop this resource to enhance the Tribal position. They are broke but not broken, and about to be turned out of their ancestral land.
P.S. There is an earlier post entitled ” Great Father at it again” on this forum, it contains a newspaaper account of the situation.
‘Siyo Three Crows,
There’s a bank account set up for them. More details here:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2009/12/prayer-ceremony-at-crow-creek-sioux.html?spref=fb
Sgi,
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Thanks for the info. We have sent a small check, it’s not much but I get the idea these folks have next to nothing. I had heard indirectly of this, but just lately got tuned in on the details. It looks like the IRS has done their dirty deed, and my fear is that a showdown will occur, as we have seen in the past.
By my calendar we are in the year 2009, I suppose I am naive, but even given the hundreds of years of misdeeds against these people, this unspeakable abuse continues in this land. The perpretrators of these actions are shameless.
Yes, some of the poorest of the poor. From the link:
“It is no secret that Buffalo County is the poorest county in the nation and that 78% of the people on our reservation live far below the poverty line; this is why we are reaching out to our Native Brothers and Sisters. Only you know the importance of retaining our land base.”
I agree that it is shameless, and feel it may be an example of poverty serving the greedy all too well.
Thank you for helping our own, here at home. Maybe none of us have the kind of money they need, but can at least help get a warm blanket or cup of coffee out there to those who make an honorable effort to stand up for Elohi. That’s how we work together.
Peace to you.
I don’t know if this would help or not, but i don’t think it would hurt.
Action Alert! Please sign online petition Crow Creek Sioux Land is NOT For Sale!
http://www.petitiononline.com/CrowCrek/petition.html
I have seen in the press recently that President Obama has pledged to give the Native Americans some slack. I hope this is one result of promise.
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Beach in Mashpee, Mass.
Officials side with tribes on wind farm
WASHINGTON — Federal officials have agreed to a request by two Indian tribes for special protections for Nantucket Sound, a move that could delay construction of a proposed offshore wind farm off Cape Cod.
The National Park Service on Monday said Nantucket Sound is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places due to its significance as a traditional cultural property.
The Mashpee and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribes say the designation, which would come with new regulations for activity on the sound, is needed to preserve the tribe’s sacred rituals, which include a clear view of the sunrise across waters where the turbines for the Cape Wind project would be built.
Plans to build 130 wind turbines across a 25-square-mile swath of federal waters about five miles from the Cape Cod coast have generated a longrunning public fight.
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The sun begins to rise over Nantucket Sound as seen from Popponesset
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