A/HRC/21/47/Add.1
22.
Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council and Owe Aku International Justice Project:
Treaty violation of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty; laws and policies in the United States do
not extend equal rights to Native peoples and nations; inadequate implementation of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United States
Government.
23.
Oceti Sakowin Omniciye and Treaty of 1805 Task Force: United States Government
in violation of the 1805 Treaty, the first treaty between the Dakota, Lakota, & Nakota and
the Government.
24.
Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (Fort Berthold Reservation): Need to
streamline process for federal review and approval of individual Indian tribes mineral
leases while maintaining trust responsibility; Bakken Formation can provide numerous
benefits to the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation and its members but must be
developed in a way that does not harm community.
25.
Nueta, Hidatsa, & Sahnish Allottee Economic Development Corporation:
Environmental degradation resulting from oil development in the area; lack of corporate
responsibility regarding oil development in Fort Berthold; lack of consultation regarding
development of the Garrison Dam / Lake Sakakawea Project.
26.
Ihanktonwan Dakota: Self-government and self-determination in light of the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Doctrine of Discovery in addition
to a patchwork of federal statutes, regulations and policies create foremost barriers to selfdetermination.
27.
American Indian Movement Interpretative Center: Concerns regarding development
activities in the Penokee Range and Bad River Watershed of Wisconsin; opposition to the
Keystone XL Pipeline Project; concerns regarding effects of uranium mining in the Navajo
Nation; call for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier.
28.
Community for the Advancement of Native Studies: Underrepresentation of Native
American students in higher education and as teachers and administrators in the South
Dakota education system; discriminatory practices within the state education system.
29.
Sisseton and Wahpeton representative: Treaty information 1668 – 1817; information
regarding the Waldron – Black Tomahawk Controversy and the Status of “Mixed Bloods”
among the Teton Sioux.
30.
Emerson Elk, Fred Sitting Up, Bill Means, Shawn Bordeaux, and Sam Mato:
Indigenous identity theft is taking place through academic colonialism, legislation, agency
rule making, and other activities.
31.
Oahe Landowners Board of Directors: Inadequate compensation for the
dispossession of indigenous lands as part of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project.
32.
Cante Wanjila: Inability of Native Americans incarcerated in federal, state and
private prisons to freely practise their traditional religions without discrimination,
harassment, indifference and racial profiling.
33.
Ihanktonwan Treaty Steering Committee: Continued interest in the seven treaties the
tribe has with the federal government; lack of consultation by the United States
Government regarding the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, poor groundwater quality due to
uranium mining; mismanagement of tribal lands by the Government; land dispossession.
34.
National Boarding School Healing Project: Information regarding the experiences of
American Indians attending boarding schools during the years of 1920 to 1960 in the
northern plains region; accounts of emotional, physical and sexual abuse and neglect of
children and separation from families and communities.
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