Continental Commission Abya Yala:

#BadMenAmongTheWhites

D.Trump visit to Dakota Territory a Treaty Violation

 #TrumpaHauntUs
 

#TrumpaHauntUs

"Bad Men among the Whites Claims after Richard v. United States”

James D. Leach

43 N.M. L. Rev. 533

2013

D.Trump visit to Dakota Territory a

Treaty Violation

#TrumpaHauntUs

Two Navajos walk on the side of the road on the Navajo Reservation.A non-Indian drunk driver runs them down, killing them. Can the families of  the  decedents  recover  damages  from  the  federal  government?

I.  INTRODUCTION

Almost  every  lawyer  would  unequivocally  answer  this  question “no.”  After  Richard  v.  United  States, however,  the  correct  answer  is “yes.”

Richard  involved  the  deaths  of  two  Sioux  pedestrians  on  the  Pine Ridge Reservation, located in the southwestern corner of South Dakota.  The plaintiffs in Richard invoked the “bad men among the whites” (herein after  “Bad  Men”)  provision  of  the  1868  Treaty  with  the  Sioux  to  recover  damages  from  the  federal  government.

Except  for  where  the deaths  occurred,  the  facts  of  Richard  are  identical  to  those  in  the  hypothetical  above.  Before Richard,  Bad  Men  claims  had  been  brought  only  where  the wrongdoers were federal officers, agents, or employees. Richard held that a  Bad  Men  claim  is  not  so  limited.

Accordingly,  an  Indian  victim  who suffers criminal wrongdoing by a non-Indian on his or her reservation has a right to recover damages from the federal government, even where the wrongdoer  is  not  a  federal  officer,  agent,  or  employee.

Further,  a  Bad Men claim may only be brought in the Federal Circuit, so no circuit split on this issue can ever develop.  The claimant, however, must be a member of  a  tribe  that  is  party  to  a  Bad  Men  treaty. 

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1.   Richard  v.  United  States,  677  F.3d  1141  (Fed.  Cir.  2012).

2.   Treaty with the Sioux, U.S.-Sioux, art. I, Apr. 29, 1868, 15 Stat.   The 1868 Treaty with the Navajo includes a “bad men among the whites” provision that is identical to the “bad men among the whites” provision of the 1868 Treaty with the Sioux. Treaty  with  the  Navaho,  U.S.-Navajo,  art.  I,  June  1,  1868,  15  Stat.  667

Continental Commission Abya Yala:

Treaty Stand at Standing Rock

February 22, 2017

The International Aggression of the United States Government

Against the Original Nations of the Oceti Sakowin Confederation in

Treaty Stand

at

Standing Rock

North Dakota Territory, Missouri River Watershed

Abya Yala, Cemanahuac

 

Continental Commission Abya Yala: Message of Solidarity to Standing Rock
September 5, 2016

Being that the issues in dispute involving the Dakota Access Pipeline are being contested within the ancestral homelands of the Oceti Sakuwin, referenced in the Treaty Stipulations of the 1851,1868 Fort Laramie Treaties with the US Government, should justice be the goal it becomes paramount and inescapable that these Treaty Issues must be first addressed in a competent legal venue of International Law.

Any domestic court of the US legal system, or any subdivision of the US government for that matter such as the EPA would simply not have purview over these international issues, as they lie completely within the realm of International Law, and therefore until the 1851, 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties are integrated into the global framework of International Law of Treaties and Agreements on a par as a legitimate International Instrument within the United Nations system, there will never be a chance for the just resolution of disputes among the parties to the Treaty as is now being made visible to the world in the standoff at Standing Rock.

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