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The
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Great Lakota, Dakota, Nakota Nation (L.D.N. Nation)
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This is the official
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LAKOTA, DAKOTA , NAKOTA NATION (L.D.N.)
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 Chief John Grass - Charging Bear Great Grandfather of  Richard Grass Blood line descendent of Chief Two Strike, Chief Red Cloud, Chief White Swan, Chief Sitting Bull, Old Chief Frost, Chief White Bird, Chief Crazy Horse |
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"Our plight does not
belong in Indian Claim Commissions, the Senate of the United States,
or Congress of the United States, or the Supreme Courts of the
United States as these are International Treaty Violations that
belong in International Tribunals in order to finally resolve and
rectify the problems caused by the U.S. military government and
Canadian military government." Chief
Richard Grass
Legal Council:
Francis A. Boyle,
International Lawyer
Professor of Law
University of Illinois
College of Law
1. To be recognized as a viable Nation (not a state) continuing to work internationally to implement successful ways to preserve our broad land base, unique and beautiful languages, traditional, cultural, and spiritual ways of life now and for generations to come. 2. To immediately find funding to keep this web site online and to finally publish manuscripts for the book "John Grass, American Indian Patriot" written by Angela A. Boleyn, in the Moon of the Tipsin Buds, 1961, and later gifted by her family heirs at her request to the remaining Grass family dynasty. This book has awaited a good time and way to be published in it's entirety, to tell the world of the true Lakota-Dakota-Nakota story and our ways of life, as well as to finally reveal many unknown facts about the Battle of the Little Bighorn, our true peaceful and cooperative relationships with many tribes, and document our nations' origins and the dynastic line of Traditional Chiefs that have been preserved down to this day. If you would like to help support the publishing of this timely and important book, please click here. 3. To raise funds through the sale of the book and through our Online Support Sites to support this web site and the administrative costs of the L.D.N. Nation, so that workable ways may be found and implemented for our nation to thrive again, to strike a balance of living within our traditional values in these modern times so that we may become a strong, dynamic, self sufficient and self sustainable nation living in respect of Mitakuye Oyasin (all our relations - we are all related) and thus to provide for the many urgent needs of our people both on and off the reservations. 4. To publish this informational website worldwide as a vehicle to communicate to all interested parties the facts about the Treaties made between this nation and others, and present additional relevant documentation, so as to educate and work through all available legal and international means to see that the provisions and implications of these treaties are finally and fully understood and honored by all parties.
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~ "Let this be our Preamble and Constitution: Have Respect for all. Now let the remedies and rectification begin for land restoration and reparations." Richard Grass ~ WELCOME Home wolakota - Thoughts from the webmaster KINSHIP: The simple beauty of what we hold in our hands at this time is to walk into each day in the now, in dignity, wisdom, respect and honor of our ancient life ways of kinship - and walk in a better way to make our nation strong once again - Mitakuye Oyasin - that the people may live.
Kinship relationship in practice fosters Harmony, Balance, Abundance, Peace - this a spiritual practice, and in walking this in practice - in the way we think, speak, live, walk in our daily lives - we become the ceremony, and this understanding is deeply embedded in many generations of the daily lives of those of the traditional LAKOTA, DAKOTA, NAKOTA Nation. Kinship relationship understanding starts first in the heart, then the home, then from there blossoms into the practice of the nation. Many words have been said, and there is much more of great importance on this website and in the publishing of a long held book for these times yet to read, yet as we learn the greater truths about our nation not accurately reported in the majority of history books - each of us now especially needs to ask ourselves.... will the tongues in our shoes follow the tongues in our mouths? It seems so easy to point fingers, cast blame, but that has proven to be ineffectual, and is the hardest of ways, as we have seen during this past century full of many pains and troubles for our nation while the traditional Chiefs have awaited a good and safe time to bring out the information to point our hearts and our nation to a way of mending the circle again. OUR CHALLENGE: This web site is here to challenge hearts to awaken anew to the spirit of the ancestors' way of life and thought, and bring it forward to live and walk on our sacred Mother Earth in a right way again now, so that the people of the traditional LAKOTA, DAKOTA, NAKOTA Nation may live in Harmony, Balance, Abundance, Peace. Many have forgotten that each part of us effects the whole of us, my relatives. It is time to reclaim our proud and effective heritage from generations of suffering, mourning and self-pity. It is time to stand tall, clean up our homes, our lives, our ways to reflect our most sacred beliefs. We are the caretakers of the earth! A drive down our poverty ridden reservation streets shows this is and has not been in practice or within our power and/or intent for a long time now with so many outside influences contaminating and suppressing, but we can change back again, we can reclaim much of what seems to have been lost, we can help one another and ourselves to put back the pieces and restore our rich heritage, and now is the time to show the world who we are by the way we quietly, proudly, bravely and resolutely walk and live in a sacred manner. This cannot be a political quest, for politics are from a world not of our making, and as you know, politics continually change with the times and the leaders, and there is always too much room for argument and misunderstandings and too much emphasis on "control" which is not our way. We have had ample time now and many examples to see over time that that is a dead end road. Our dynasty of Chiefs has always striven to rise above this debasement, patiently waiting for the safe and good time to act for the good of all, focusing their hope and intent on our ancient system of thought and understanding, by holding to the wisdom ways of our ancestors and holding resolutely to the words of the treaties our ancestors prayerfully signed, even at seemingly great loss to our people and our ways for a time, all held close in the heart in the wisdom of the ways of kinship, respect and relationship for the time of good Springtime to blossom again. In the wisdom of the circle of life, Spring always follows the death throws of winter. And just so, though mostly hidden from the outside world, the dynasty of our nation has survived the very long hard winter of our tribes' many troubles and testings, yet this dynasty now continues to remain for us, sent from many generations from cautious ancestors and wisdom keepers who have been watching and waiting for the good time to bring forth the time proven effective ways to help our people again after so long existing within the strong influences of a dominating culture creating a very misunderstood and hostile environment from both inside and outside of our nation. WHAT WE HAVE ENDURED: What greater hostilities to a nation could be extended than all that we have already experienced? Genocide of our relatives the buffalo nation and our source of sustenance, also diseased blankets in an effort to kill us all , continual warfare against us, tearing us away from and robbing all our land and stripping it of its natural beauty and abundant resources, a continuing and oppressive imposed dependence on the dominating culture resulting in our learning to mistrust ourselves, our old ways, and one another, resulting in ongoing poverty, unemployment, and a confused, corrupted, albeit sometimes well-intended interjection of re-education and religious rules imposed upon us to make us conform to a dysfunctional way of life that continues to destroy not only us, but all the natural resources on Mother Earth, and with the slow excruciating disease of our culture, languages, natural and healthful diet and traditions from inside and outside by prejudice and misinformation and from every corner of history books, movies, and press written most often by those who do not even know our language, slowly and methodically an erosion that began to look like total destruction of what seemed like only the small pieces we thought that we have had left to retain our great culture. And the final insult - all this continues to be "hidden" as general news coverage gives more press to poverty, genocide and oppression outside the U.S. borders. While our old ones pass and our blood lines continue to thin, we feel threatened with the real danger of meeting the final obliteration of our culture as so many hundreds of tribes before us have experienced. And yet, as a united whole in the spirit of our hearts, for the most part, we hold our integrity in that our traditional and spiritual councils have kept to our part of the treaties down to this very day, holding to the hope that the promises made there will one day be heard, understood and honored as Creator has directed and put in the hearts of our treating signing ancestors. We have more than survived. We have endured - and now the gifts of our heritage are returning to us once again at the right time and way, to help us find a foothold as a nation, a spirit directed people, who can rebirth to the wisdom of our ancestors while creating in our current world practical ways to live our lives with integrity and respect.
Yes, we have seen much pain, and with many, many prayers and talking with one another, hopefully by now, we have gained wisdom from our suffering so that finally we can see with clear bright eyes what goodness lies ahead for us. It is time to let go of the sadness, along with all bitterness, in order to bring the circle round again into the Harmony, Balance, Abundance, Peace intended for us by our Creator, to be practiced in each of our hearts, our homes, and in the heart of this great nation for this people to LIVE! OUR GREATEST RESOURCE AND ASSET: Our greatest resource and asset has been with us along, and too many have been blinded to it for too long, which has caused us our greatest pain and embarrassment - some may have forgotten - but our kinship remains. We have each other. Mitakuye Oyasin. May your travels through this website and once published, through the pages of the life story of John Grass, give you a heart of insight, wisdom and a renewed spirit now,. As we each continue to grow to understand the deeper knowledge of the importance of kinship, cultivating good balance in relationship within ourselves, our families, our circle of friendships, our natural dynastic tribal system, and look at better ways to live and relate in this age, may we find the most effective, peace and life honoring ways to express our freedom and wholeness. It is a simple fact - all prophecies come true, and now is the time to relearn what our hearts already know, that love, generosity and kindness are great and dignified powers, so much greater powers than fear and all that go with it. The grass grows tall again in Paha Sapa and as each awakens to and takes pride and responsibility in the gifts each have been given for this sacred time in our history, we learn anew how to walk in a sacred manner. This is not about demonstrations, suffering, fighting against anything or making strong gesturing, nor even just blindly "suffering" (as Christian influences/attitudes have encouraged) nor just hopelessly "enduring". Many have tried these things as a walk or lifestyle, only to end up in disappointment and discouragement all the more so. These things have never served us well in the long run as they run contrary to the celebration of life and the honoring of true freedom and respect of harmony and balance that we carry in our genes, through our true cultural traditions and life-ways. THAT THE PEOPLE MAY LIVE NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE: This is fully about living, breathing, appreciating the simple and most sacred gift we have been given - LIFE - and placing our kinship and relationship responsibilities high again as we rediscover the life ways of living in a true, meaningful, and sacred sense as real human beings again - fully wolakota. It's so much more than a piece of paper or the color of our skin or eyes - but in a better way for a new time it's about heart. This is the only way and place for what is left of our culture to survive in a good way - through individual, daily, practice in what we think, speak, walk, do. In our hearts we each much ask ourselves now in our personal journey... 1. Where may I fit Harmony, Balance, Abundance, Peace into my every thought, word, and action upon our Mother Earth? 2. How may I best use my talents to better myself, my family, my nation and all my relations? 3. How may I strengthen my kinship ties with wisdom, respect, balance and dignity to honor Mitakuye Oyasin? 4. Will I be ready when my nation succeeds in restoring and preserving our broad land base, our unique and beautiful languages, traditional, cultural, and spiritual ways of life for our people now and for future generations to come and where, how may I fit my talents and abilities into honoring this? (Nake nula waun yelo/yeh) When each recognizes this grand response-ability as humans that we share as Lakota-Dakota-Nakota, the people and the nation will again truly thrive, and LIVE in the ways of our ancestors, but yes, in balance within this current world! As our traditional Chiefs and wise elders have planted the long guarded seeds and now continue to see it spread out leaves, to educate, communicate, strengthen, and witness this way of life active again in the strong and courageous hearts of good people walking the ways of Harmony, Balance, Abundance, Peace - Kinship - there will once again stand a strong, numerous and proud people like a large flowering tree, the buffalo nation, Lakota Oyate - the nation, and for Those Who Wear Honor Well (once again), and naturally, as was promised all along, all the dreams and prophecies will have come full circle as so many have seen in visions and dreams for this time. Webmaster ~
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