AIM Support Group of Ohio & N. KentuckyUpdates and Announcements
Wednesday, May 14, 2003NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA BULLDOZES NATIVE BURIAL GROUNDS & SACRED SITES! The State Of South Dakota is preparing to increase tourism this summer, by celebrating the anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The preparations include developing the newly acquired lands up and down the Missouri River, developing the "North Point Area" to provide recreation areas, sewage facilities, toilets, welcome centers and fish cleaning stations. This development is happening in spite of the known fact that this land (along the Missouri River) is the burial ground for hundreds of thousands of ancestors of the U.S. Native people from many tribes. The excavation began this month and as soon as the earth moving began, the Human Remains of the Native Burial Grounds have been unearthed. Skulls, bones (human legs, arms, joints, vertebrae) mourning bowls and ceremonial items have been found in the moved earth. The contractors have said they were never told this was a burial ground, they are disturbed by this and have said this is a very different job than they were contracted for. The state of South Dakota is ignoring the request of the Native People to STOP the desecration of these known burial grounds. As you read this, women, men and children are struggling on their hands and knees to scratch at the earth, to recover the bones of their ancestors. No one in the state of South Dakota seems to care! As a result, we are calling for a National/International BOYCOTT Of The State Of South Dakota. Join in a new NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA! Tell them you will NOT visit a state that robs Native people of their lands, then bulldozes and desecrates their sacred sites and burial grounds to make RV sewage dumps, fish cleaning stations, parking lots, and picnic areas all in the name of tourism and $. Tell them you will be spreading the word by telling your family, friends, and loved ones to also join with the thousands of others who will not go to South Dakota until the state stops its desecrations and disrespect of the tribes of South Dakota! Please contact the South Dakota Department of Tourism to let them know you support the BOYCOTT of the state of South Dakota because of the desecration of the native burial grounds. We will not visit or support the state of South Dakota until the excavation stops and the wishes of the Native People are respected! Contact List for South Dakota action to register your boycott: " South Dakota Governor M. Michael Rounds 605-773-3661 Fax 605-773-5844 governor@state.sd.us " Senator Tom Daschle (D) 202-224-2321 fax 202-224-6603 daschle.senate.gov " Senator Tim Johnson (D) 202-224-5842 fx 202-228-5765 johnson.senate.gov " Representative Bill Janklow (R) 202-225-2801 fx 202-225-5823 " SD Game Fish & Parks Department 605-773-3391 " US Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Kurt Ubbelohde, Omaha, Nebraska Human burial grounds are is respected the world over. No one would willingly desecrate the graves of human beings, anywhere. This is respected the world over, except in the State Of South Dakota, USA. PLEASE support the Boycott of the state of South Dakota, which has ignored the repeated request of many Native Peoples to stop the excavation of their burial grounds. This means, a concentrated refusal to have any dealings with South Dakota, especially, no travel to South Dakota until this atrocity stops! PLEASE! Call your congressional representative to let them know how you feel. This is a National issue, the past and current treatment of Indigenous peoples must be recognized federally. Contact all your representatives, local, state, federal and national. To all our international supporters, please contact the appropriate governmental office, as well as the United Nation representative for your country. Again, many thanks for helping us to create a public outcry that these leaders might hear. They may not pay attention to us, but if enough people from this country and beyond speak out in support of our efforts to protect our relatives, we feel we have a chance. Thank you for responding to this Human Rights Action. White Swan/North Point Team For more information, please call; 1 (605) 487 - 7769 posted by Webmaster@ AIM Support 11:34 PM Last updated:
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