Report from Standing Rock: Sioux-Shoshone Foreign Relations

Mr. Ian Zabarte, Principal Man for Foreign Affairs of the Western Shoshone government, recently returned from meeting with three of the Seven Council Fire Chiefs including the Principal Chief, Manape LaMere, at Standing Rock. The Shoshone are party to the 1851 Treaty of Ft. Laramie that is the point between Sioux and Shoshone County. At Standing Rock, Mr. Zabarte and the Sioux Chiefs shared information about radioactive fallout that fell in the Dakotas. They talked treaty. They talked passports. Mr. Zabarte will share these discussions and provide illustrative handouts. He will also bring updated information about the Havasupai Tribe’s lawsuit to protect the Grand Canyon from mining for uranium for use in nuclear reactors. The Canyon Mine not only threatens the Havasupai people and land but, potentially all Colorado River users downriver including Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Free. Voluntary donations requested to defray room rental and support Mr. Zabarte’s travel

Space is limited. RSVP requested: wslf@earthlink.net;
(510) 306-0119

Sponsored by Western States Legal Foundation and Idle No More, SF Bay