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Mato Paha, 1868
Treaty Territories, South Dakota - Delegations of indigenous nations
and non-governmental organizations gathered today in the third day of
the Summit of Indigenous Nations, uniting more than forty delegations
of indigenous, spiritual and political leaders, as well as NGO's who
have gathered in the Black Hills Mountains of South Dakota. Today
these delegations signed the “ Resolution of the Summit of
Indigenous Nations Calling for a Rescission of the Conceptual
Doctrine of Discovery and Related Documents, Specifically the Inter
Caetera Bull (Papal Bulls) of 1493 and the 1496 Royal Charter of the
Church of England._#157; These Papal Bulls have been the basis for
the extinguishment of aboriginal title and the subjugation of
Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala (North and South America). The
implementation of the papal bulls evolved in the United States
through the Supreme Court decision of Johnson v. McIntosh (1821)
which established the precedent for the denial of aboriginal title to
Indian lands in the United States.
The Indigenous
Nations have resolved, here at the base of Mato Paha (Bear Butte),
that the Pope of the Catholic Church and the Queen of England and the
Archbishop of Canterbury rescind these doctrines of discovery for
having served to justify and pave the way for the illegal
dispossession of aboriginal land title and the subjugation of
non-Christian peoples to the present day. It has been resolved by 23
Nations and NGO's and 100 individual signatories that the “
Doctrine of Discovery_#157; is a legal and political fiction in
violation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and intellectual act of
oppression which continues to serve to suppress and repress the
Indigenous Peoples in the Western Hemisphere.
Signatories
included a cross-section of indigenous and non-indigenous
organizations and nations including American Indian Law Alliance,
American Indian Movement, Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council by
Chief Oliver Red Cloud and Oglala Delegate Floyd Hand, the
Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador and Bring Back
the Way: Owe Aku and TONATIERRA.
This Summit of
Indigenous Nations has been called in response to the development of
several new biker venues all located within five miles of the base of
Bear Butte, near the Black Hills Mountains. Bear Butte is a sacred
place of worship for over thirty Native American Nations across the
Great Plains. The Native American nations involved are asking for a
simple five-acre buffer zone from the base of the mountain; however
this is currently not being honored.
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