Date: 11 Jul 1999 22:15:00 +0200
From: ASWAD-AT-anarch.free.de (catkawin)
Subject: Camp Justice / Whiteclay



This is the latest info I received regarding the situation at Whiteclay:



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The following information has been independently verified as pretty much
what the second party has heard, as well...Ish

From:         Shemah <shemah-AT-FARHORIZONS.NET>
Subject:      [FN] White Clay, via Floyd Hand
To:           FIRST_NATIONS-AT-HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
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I just got off the phone from speaking with Floyd Hand.  I have his
permission to post what we talked about, and here are some of the points he
wished stressed:

NE Governor Johanns will be meeting with Oglala Souix leaders on Tuesday,
at 2 p.m.  Please Email the governor indicating your support for Camp
Justice, and concern over the unsolved murders, and the presence of the
four bars within 80 yards of the Pine Ridge reservation.  Per a Supreme
Court ruling (he didn't have those papers right on-hand and I could call
back and get more specifics), no liquor is to legally allowed to be sold
within a two-mile boundary of any Indian reservation.  They are asking
(among other things) that this be finally enforced.  The bars in White Clay
clearly abrogated this law, being a bare 80 yards from the Pine Ridge
Reservation.

He has told me that so far 17 people have been incarcerated, and that the
judge is setting inflated high bails for these misdemeanor arrests, at
$2,000.

<snipped as pertinent to another list>     they need is people in
numbers right now, and he urges anyone who can, to come... and if you
can't, come anyway!  Barring that, what they next need is supplies and
money.   One of the other things that Floyd asked me to stress was that
this is a SPIRITUAL camp.... it is not an AIM camp.  He said yes, AIM is
there, but they are there for security; but the leadership of the camp and
marches is Oglala Sioux, not AIM.    People go about their normal business
in the daytime and at night they have meetings and songs and prayers.
Families are welcome, everyone is welcome!
...................

REALLY bad news.   The KKK seems to be gathering its militia, he said.  So
far these have taken the form of car gangs from Nebraska and Colorado, but
also, local authorities don't so far seem inclined to interfere.  Floyd
believes that the government is going to sit on their hands and let the KKK
start a war up there in White Clay.  Along the same lines, besides the 17
that have been arrested and high bails set, innocent people (Native
Americans) crossing the border to do their shopping in the grocery in White
Clay are being frisked by the Highway Patrol.  The Oglala leadership has
been speaking to a Captain Parker of the NE Hwy Patrol about this, but his
response was a bit unclear.

Floyd said that the *innocent* white people of Clay have left... packed
their belongings and moved out.   I took this to mean that they were afraid
of the Native Americans coming in and disrupting their town, but he told me
that I was not listening (I apologized), and that it was because of the KKK
militia that they were leaving the town.

As a last note, he said that there were many people apparently sending
"official" information out via Email who are NOT there, and who came by
that information second-hand.  He said only himself and Tom Poor Bear are
an official source of information, and if anyone has any questions or needs
clarification about anything they should PLEASE call him directly at (605)
867-5672, or Tom Poor Bear at the Tribal Office at (605) 867-5821.  If
Floyd is not home, his wife, Natalie, also can answer any questions.

This is as accurate an account of our conversation as I can give, I have
not added any personal opinions or anything other than what Floyd told me
directly himself, and not only do I have his permission to post this, but
it was his express wish that I send out this information.

Address for donations is: (to repeat)
CAMP JUSTICE
C/O Tom Poor Bear or Floyd Hand
P.O. Box 823
Pine Ridge, SD
57770

Shemah
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My note: the web page at: http:shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/

will continue to be updated on this developing situation.  Financial
support and prayers if you are unable to come yourself, is another way to
stand with the Oglala in this effort to obtain justice..
Ish

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