Charmaine White Face: “Getting to the Supreme Court”

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“Sioux San Case in Conference at the Supreme Court”

 

June 10, 2021

Rapid City, SD – Dodging an effort to have their case dismissed by the U.S. Solicitor General, who is the attorney for the opposition, the Indian Health Service, the case Gilbert v. Weahkee is in conference at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

 

Mark Goldstone, the attorney for Donna M. Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face, submitted a Supplement to the Court. A case in the Supreme Court, already heard by the Justices, contains part of the issue in the Gilbert v. Weahkee case. The coinciding issue is that a state corporation cannot be eligible for federal funds as defined by the Indian Self-Determination Act because such a corporation is not a Tribal Organization.

 

The Gilbert v. Weahkee case, known locally as the Sioux San case, began when a federal agency, the Indian Health Service (IHS), gave an Indian Self-Determination Act multi-million dollar contract to a South Dakota non-profit corporation to manage the Sioux San IHS Hospital in Rapid City, SD. As the South Dakota non-profit corporation was not a Tribal Organization under the jurisdiction of any tribe, this was a clear violation of Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Furthermore, the Tribes have no jurisdiction in Rapid City. In addition, the non-profit corporation was originally created by the IHS to act as a liaison, or messenger, between the seventeen (17) Regional Tribes and the Region’s IHS offices and does not have hospital management capabilities.

For the Sioux people living in Rapid City, this was also a violation of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which states that treaties are the supreme law of the land. The Sioux people living in Rapid City live in 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty Territory and the Treaty also provides for health care. The IHS as the government agency to provide health care was shirking their obligation by giving the contract to a state non-profit corporation thereby privatizing a federal government responsibility in violation of an International Treaty.

Three (3) Sioux women from Rapid City, Donna M. Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face, filed suit in the local SD federal court only to have their suit dismissed. Proceeding on their own, pro se, the women took their case to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and had their case again dismissed. Undaunted, as many of the patients at the hospital were being harmed in a number of ways, the three women proceeded to the U.S. Supreme Court. They were trying to stop fraud by a federal agency, save their hospital, and make sure the American Indian community members had good health care as provided in the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.

“The truth will come out,” said Julie Mohney.

The three women are represented at the Supreme Court by Mark Goldstone, a Washington, DC attorney. “I am so proud and honored to stand with these three brave Native women in their fight for Native self-determination. I look forward to speaking with the Supreme Court and use my voice to prevent this injustice.”

The case will be in conference in the Supreme Court until the end of June.

For more information contact Donna M. Gilbert at 605-407-2042 or donnamgilbert@msn.com, or Charmaine White Face at 605-342-1626 or cwhiteface@gmail.com.

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Charmaine White Face: “Getting to the Supreme Court”

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UNITED NATIONS
Economic and Social Council

Study on Treaties, Agreements, and other Constructive Arrangements between States and Indigenous Populations

Final Report by Miguel Alfonso Martinez, Special Rapporteur

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OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

1994/45.  Draft United Nations declaration on the rights of

Indigenous Peoples

The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

Article 36

Indigenous peoples have the right to the recognition, observance and enforcement of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements concluded with States or their successors, according to their original spirit and intent, and to have States honour and respect such treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.  Conflicts and disputes which cannot otherwise be settled should be submitted to competent international bodies agreed to by all parties concerned.

An Open Letter for the People

1894 Sioux Nation Treaty Council 

PO Box 2003

Rapid City SD 57709

 Paha Sapa

(Black Hills)

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May 27, 2021

 

President Joseph Biden Jr.

The White House 

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington DC 20500

 

Secretary Antony Blinken

U. S. Department of State

2201 C Street NW

Washington DC 20520

 

Dear President Biden,

When I was a little girl, my grandmother told me that we only talk to the President or the Secretary of State of the United States as we are a separate nation. That is why, now, as I am the Spokesperson for my nation, I am sending this to you and the Secretary of State.

In many of your speeches, you keep talking about the need “to heal the soul of the nation.” It is because of this phrase only that has compelled me to write to you.

In the first contacts that all Native American Indian nations had with the white people, we were greatly misjudged. This kind of thinking was also enthusiastically influenced by the edicts from the Vatican called the Doctrines of Discovery, and carry down to today. What the white people did not know then and do not know now is that we are very spiritual people. Our relationship with God is part of a lifestyle, not a religion. We do not even have the word religion in our language.

So when you talk about “healing the soul of the nation”, I must respond. Until the treatment that was given to Native American Indians by the United States is acknowledged and some kind of resolution is begun, the coming generations of my people will continue to bring up the breach of trust as human beings to human beings, and the soul of the United States will never be healed.

We are only one (1) of more than five-hundred (500) Native American Indian nations whose tragedy at the hands of the United States must be acknowledged and actions taken to begin a resolution for healing of the United States to begin. There is no action that can be taken, other than acknowledgment, of the many nations that were totally exterminated. That is called genocide.

Where to begin? An apology cannot do. What would you think if Japan apologized for all those killed at Pearl Harbor? Their actions at Pearl Harbor started a war until Japan was brought to its knees. They were occupied for many years by the United States, but no longer are today. Yet, we, Native American Indian Nations are still occupied by the United States to this day, often in violation of Treaties and Article VI of the U.S. Constitution.

There is a way, Mr. President and Mr. Secretary, to initiate an acknowledgment and resolution and that is through the United Nations Decolonization Committee, or the Committee of 24. As an occupied nation, we are waiting for your leadership to begin such an action.

We, the Sioux Nation, have a Treaty with the United States, the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. In that document, it even delineates the land territory set aside for our own “undisturbed use and occupation.” Yet, the United States continues to illegally occupy the Great Sioux Reservation (all of western South Dakota) and also illegally trespass and live on unceded treaty territory in parts of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska.

We are not asking for anything extraordinary. We are only asking that the United States uphold its word and honor and disembark from our Treaty Territory. This can be accomplished with the help of the United Nations Decolonization Committee. This has happened in many other parts of the world, so the United States already has examples which to follow.

Your desire to heal the soul of the United States is to be commended. However, the healing will not happen if you don’t start with healing the initial wound. That is why copies of this are also being sent to the Vatican where we have asked for the rescinding of the Doctrines of Discovery, the U. N. Human Rights Council, and the U. N. Decolonization Committee, as all are involved.

Thank you, Mr. President and Mr. Secretary, for considering this request from one of the smallest Native American Indian nations still alive in North America.

Sincerely,

Zumila Wobaga, Spokesperson

(Charmaine White Face, American Name)

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His Holiness Pope Francis

President Nazhat Shameem Khan, UN Human Rights Council

 

C-24 Chairperson Ambassador Keisha McGuire

 

Sunka Bloka

The Sioux Nation Treaty Council was established in 1894 by He Dog shortly after the Wounded Knee Massacre.  It was established at a time when it was very dangerous to speak of the Treaty.   He Dog knew the people would forget about the Treaty as the forced assimilation efforts were very strong at that time, and would get stronger.  The work of the Treaty Council, to support each other and to continue to educate the Sioux people quietly, had to be accomplished underground.  It is only in these last few years that more people have become aware of the continued work of the Sioux Nation Treaty Council.  Antoine ‘Tony’ Black Feather was the Spokesperson from 1984 to 2004 when he passed away.  Charmaine White Face, Zumila Wobaga, was given the lifetime appointment as the Spokesperson by the Treaty Council in 1994, and after Mr. Black Feather’s death in 2004, she continued the work to today.

Rio Sensunapan, Cuzcatlan [El Salvador]: Pueblo Originario Nahuizalco gana caso contra la Pequeña Central Hidroeléctrica Nuevo Nahuizalco II

Cámara Ambiental de Segunda Instancia:

Santa Tecla, a las ocho horas del día siete de junio dos mil veintiuno.

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Cámara Ambiental de Segunda Instancia:

Santa Tecla, a las ocho horas del día siete de junio dos mil veintiuno. 

 

j)  Ordenase al señor Ministro de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, arquitecto Fernando Andrés López Larreynaga, lo siguiente:

1. Que no otorgue el permiso ambiental de ubicación y construcción del proyecto Pequeña Central Hidroeléctrica Nuevo Nahuizalco II, pues además de que es previsible la afectación al medio ambiente en sus componentes biótico, abiótico, estético, y cultural y el daño al último elemento referido, será irreversible; es previsible la afectación a derechos interrelacionados con el medio ambiente tales como el derecho a la salud, calidad de vida, al agua, entre otros.

2. Que dentro del plazo de quince días hábiles, contados a partir del día siguiente al de la notificación de este auto, remita a esta Cámara, los permisos ambientales de todas las centrales hidroeléctricas construidas sobre el cauce del río Sensunapan, ya sea que se encuentren o no en funcionamiento actualmente.

3.  Que realice inspección en todas las centrales hidroeléctricas construidas sobre el cauce del río Sensunapan ya sea que se encuentren o no en funcionamiento actualmente; y que informen a esta Cámara el resultado de tales inspecciones; todo ello, dentro del plazo de treinta días hábiles, contados a partir del día siguiente al de la notificación de este auto.

4.  Que dentro del plazo de quince días hábiles, contados a partir del día siguiente al de la notificación de este auto, informe a esta Cámara, el avance que ese Ministerio tiene en la elaboración del Diagnóstico Nacional de Residuos descrito en la Ley de Gestión Integral de Residuos y Fomento al Reciclaje, cuyo plazo de elaboración se encuentra establecido en el artículo 63 de esa Ley.

 

k)  Notifíquese a Sensunapan, Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable, que se abrevia Sensunapan, S.A. de C.V., como interesada en el presente caso (no como parte cautelada), la presente resolución, particularmente lo relativo a la medida cautelar referida en el punto resolutivo j)1. ; así como las resoluciones que se dicten en lo sucesivo en el presente expediente.

 

l)  Tome nota la Oficiala Mayor de esta Cámara de los medios técnicos señalados por el licenciado Noé Alexander Fernández Perdomo, apoderado judicial de Sensunapan, S.A. de C.V. en una nota presentada en sede administrativa y los cuales han sido relacionados en el romano IV. xv) de la página 8 del informe de opinión técnica y estado de situación actual del día veintiocho de abril de dos mil veintiuno y firmado por diversos técnicos adscritos,  aclarándose que ello será únicamente para la notificación del presente proveído.

 

m)  Previénesele a Sensunapan, Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable, por media de su apoderado judicial, licenciado Noé Alexander Fernández Perdomo, de que dentro del plazo de tres días hábiles, contados a partir del día siguiente a la notificación de esta resolución, señale medio técnico que funcione, o en su defecto, un  lugar  dentro  de la circunscripción territorial de esta sede judicial en el que pueda recibir las notificaciones correspondientes a este expediente, de acuerdo con el art. 171 inciso primero en relación con el art. 178 ambos del CPCM; advirtiéndosele que en caso de no cumplir con dicho requerimiento, se procederá a notificarle por medio del tablero judicial de esta Cámara, según lo establece el art. 171 CPCM. Lo anterior se solicita a fin de notificar a dicha Sociedad, en su carácter de interesada en el presente caso, respecto de las resoluciones que se dicten en lo sucesivo en este expediente.

n)  Ordenase a la señora Viceministra de Cultura como encargada del Despacho del Ministerio de Cultura, licenciada Mariemm Eunice Pleitez Quiñonez, que dentro del plazo de quince días hábiles, contados a partir del día siguiente al de la notificación de este auto, remita a esta Cámara, las resoluciones que en ese Ministerio se han emitido para proteger y preservar el patrimonio cultural tangible e intangible de la cuenca del río Sensunapan.

o)  Ordenase a la señora Viceministra de Cultura como encargada del Despacho del Ministerio de Cultura, licenciada Mariemm Eunice Pleitez Quiñonez, que actualice la Política Pública para los Pueblos Indígenas de El Salvador, a fin de mantener y desarrollar la identidad étnica y cultural, cosmovisión, valores y espiritualidad de los pueblos indígenas, tal como lo exige el art. 63 inciso segundo de la Cn.

 

p)  Ordenase a la señora Viceministra de Cultura como encargada del Despacho del  Ministerio de Cultura, licenciada Mariemm Eunice Pleitez Quiñonez, que en caso de no haberse iniciado a esta fecha, se inicie de inmediato en ese Ministerio el respectivo trámite legal a efecto de que se otorguen las medidas específicas de protección que correspondan, en favor de las sitios sagrados identificados y reconocidos por la comunidad indígena de Nahuizalco, y de las demás expresiones culturales de la referida comunidad indígena; requiriéndosele que se realice un proceso de consulta libre, previa e informada de las comunidades indígenas involucradas a fin de investigar, identificar , y documentar los lugares sagrados o de memoria histórica, así como las prácticas ancestrales o expresiones culturales que se realizan por los miembros de la comunidad indígena, en aras de dotar del estatus o protección legal correspondiente a los referidos lugares, prácticas y/o expresiones culturales; debiendo informar mensualmente a esta Cámara, respecto del cumplimiento de la aludida medida cautelar.

 

q)  Ordenase al señor Ministro de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, arquitecto Fernando Andrés López Larreynaga, y al señor Ministro de Salud, doctor Francisco José Alabi Montoya, que en conjunto y en coordinación con las Alcaldías de las municipalidades correspondientes, realicen la limpieza del rio Sensunapan, disponiendo adecuadamente de los residuos y desechos sólidos observados en el mencionado rio, especialmente en el área donde se encuentra el sitio sagrado denominado "Cital Panisca", debiendo rendir a esta Cámara, mensualmente y de manera conjunta, informe sobre la coordinación de los  esfuerzos realizados para llevar a cabo la referida limpieza y disposición de los residuos y desechos sólidos, y en particular respecto del cumplimiento de dicha medida cautelar.

 

r)  Requiérase a la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador que decrete una Ley General de Aguas, que desarrolle el contenido del art. 117 Cn, en cuanto a la regulación de los recursos naturales del país, ya que a esta fecha, no existe tal regulación. Líbrese el oficio correspondiente.

s)  Certifíquese el presente expediente de medidas cautelares, a la Fiscalía General de la República, a fin de que, se ejerzan las acciones judiciales correspondientes que legalmente procedan. Se hace constar que la certificación antes aludida, se remitirá al señor Fiscal General de la República, en el momento procesal oportuno, una vez la presente resolución, haya adquirido firmeza de conformidad al art. 229 CPCM; razón por la cual, para tal efecto, oportunamente, se librará el oficio correspondiente.

 

Notifíquese.-

Por La Prensa Gráfica

23 de Diciembre de 2020

Pueblos indígenas preocupados por una octava represa en Nahuizalco

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La Defensa del Rio Sensonapan: Nahuizalco, Sensonate en El Salvador
11 agosto de 2012

#DecolonizeTheLaw

#DecolonizeTheLaw

Conflicts and disputes which cannot otherwise be settled should be submitted to competent international bodies agreed to by all parties concerned:

• 1) The US Army Corps of Engineers is not a competent international body.
  
  
• 2) The US Congress is not a competent international body.
  
  
• 3) The US Department of Justice, including all branches of law enforcement, is not a competent international body.
  
  
• 4) The executive office of the US President is not an international body.
  
  
• 5) The State of Minnesota is not a competent international body.
  
  
• 6) The United Nations is an international body, but the UN system lacks the competence to address the Indigenous Treaty issues, disputes, and conflicts which are now being made known once again to the international community at the #TreatyPeoplesAction to #StopEnbridgeLine3 in Minnesota.

The United Nations system is an extrapolation of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) which established the dominion concept of state sovereignty as the fundamental principle of contemporary "international" law. The UN system did not and has not integrated the Nationhood of the Original Nations of Indigenous Peoples in the spirit of mutual recognition, respect and the international treaty relationships which is the core issue still unresolved since the Wounded Knee Chiefs first went to the UN in 1973.

#SelfDeterminationMatters

#TimeIsNow
Territorial Integrity of Mother Earth

#WorldWaterOne

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Treaty Peoples Action at Stop Enbridge Pipeline #3
Mississipi River Headwaters
Anishnaabe Nation Treaty Territories
[Minnesota]
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Architectures of the States and the Territorial Integrity of Mother Earth

Although Dr. Miguel Alfonso Martinez completed a UN Treaty Study in 1999, the Treaties themselves (such as the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty) are still not acknowledged or recognized within the UN system as integral to the body of International Law that sets the parameters of all international relations among  the states and  Nations of Indigenous Peoples.

 

Just as in '73, unless this situation is corrected, there will be no substantive change in the policies of discrimination,  colonization, and genocide  which characterize the  criminal history of the states in relation to the Human Rights, Self Determination and  Nationhood of the Original Nations of the Great Turtle Island Abya Yala.

 

Tupak Huehuecoyotl

March 21, 2015

YouTube ZOOM: Challenging the Doctrines of Discovery and Dominion - UNDRIP:CANDRIP

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ZOOM Meeting on the Doctrine of Discovery, UDHR, UNDIP, UNDRIP and CANDRIP

 

 Wednesday, June 2, 2021

 

Doctrine of Discovery - Presentation by Steven Newcomb

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Follow-up to the UN 2010 Preliminary study of the impact onindigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery 

 Presentation by Tupac Enrique Costa

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Indigenous Nations Rights' in the Balance Presentation by Charmaine White Face

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Presentation by Mike Morris

International Definition of Indigenous Peoples

 

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OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

1994/45.  Draft United Nations declaration on the rights of

Indigenous Peoples

The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

Article 36

Indigenous peoples have the right to the recognition, observance and enforcement of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements concluded with States or their successors, according to their original spirit and intent, and to have States honour and respect such treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.  Conflicts and disputes which cannot otherwise be settled should be submitted to competent international bodies agreed to by all parties concerned.

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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY

SEPTEMBER 20 and 21, 2012, SECWEPEMCÚL’ECW

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The Fraud of Crown Title in Canada

 

"A settler state apparatus that presents its international personality before the world community as being a successor state to the nefarious Doctrine Discovery of Christendom does not have the juridical competency nor standing in international law to legitimately abolish or force surrender of the land title of the Original Nations of Indigenous Peoples."

Star Man