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[source: Native News; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:50:10]

From: "Wild Horse" <wild.horse.list@mindspring.com>

The Grass Roots Oyate will be featured February 15, 2000 on the Chuck Morse
Radio Program. Broadcast Monday through Friday 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Eastern
Standard Time from Boston, Massachusetts. Chuck reaches out on a Fearless
Search for Unvarnished Truth. His style of reporting makes the Chuck Morse
Show  the most controversial broadcast show in America Today.
Chuck will be talking with Floyd Looks for Buffalo Hand at the beginning of the
show and might have other members of the Grass Roots Oyate later in the
program. This program is a call in program and Chuck invites everyone to call
with Questions and Statements of Support for the Oyate.

This broadcast will be simulcast over the internet via Real Audio through the
Chuck Morse Web Site

As soon as Chuck has the broadcast archived I will link in to that archive for
future reference.

http://members.tripod.com/GrassRootsOyate/chuckmorse.htm links to the
broadcast

Wadv
Wild Horse

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[source: NativeNews; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:57:04]

From: "Wild Horse" <wild.horse.list@mindspring.com>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 15, 2000: Red Cloud Building, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,
South Dakota:

OST PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT SEEK HELP FROM GRASS ROOTS OYATE!

As The Tribe Turns.in the continuing soap opera called Oglala Sioux Tribal
government, officials from the Tribe's Public Safety Department continue to
seek support from the Grass Roots Oyate (people). For several months,
officials within the department have been fighting for administrative control.
Leaders from both sides have sought support from the Grass Roots Oyate.
Chief Oliver Red Cloud, acting on behalf of the group, issued a position
statement to the Public Safety Department informing them that the Grass
Roots Oyate will not take sides in their dispute. Further, he stated that the
Public Safety officials should not threaten physical removal of the Grass
Roots Oyate from the Red Cloud Building. In a Tribal Supreme Court hearing
on Saturday, February 12th, the court ruled to reinstate Everett Little White
Man, former Director of Public Safety. The outgoing Director, William Brewer
has appealed the Supreme Court's ruling.

The Grass Roots Oyate issued notice today to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Superintendent Robert Ecoffey for technical and financial assistance in their
efforts to reformulate the tribal government. They stated that under the current
Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the Superintendent has a fiduciary
responsibility to assist the Tribe if they so desire to change their government.
Ecoffey could not be reached for comment. His assistant stated that he is out
of town until next week. The Grass Roots Oyate confirmed that Ecoffey and the
OST President Harold Salway traveled to the BIA Regional Offices in Aberdeen,
S.D. to discuss the situation at Pine Ridge Agency. Chief Oliver Red Cloud
questioned the hidden agendas of the Superintendent and the Tribal
President.

The Grass Roots Oyate were the topic of tonight's nationally syndicated radio
talk show, The Chuck Morris Show. The Boston, Mass. based show featured a
spokesperson for the Grass Roots Oyate who participated in a question/answer
format for two hours. Calls of support came in from all over the country.

The aftermath of the removal of Councilman Michael Her Many Horses last
night is spreading like a prairie fire. Other districts on the reservations have
scheduled meetings to address their elected council members.

Tribal council members have been conspicuously quiet since copies of the
OST financial ledger reports were circulated proving gross mismanagement
of federal funds allocated to the members of the Tribe.

The Grass Roots Oyate took peaceful occupation of the tribal administrative
building on January 16th. The group represents the "silent majority" of the
Oglala Sioux Tribe; the elders who have no indoor plumbing; the members
who have asked for assistance for propane fuel or funeral assistance for a
family member; the members who must travel out-of-state for organ transplants
or radiation treatments. Meanwhile, the Tribal Treasurer and his Tribal Council
continue to profit from the "poorest county in the United States".

Tomorrow, February 16th, marks the 30th day of the nonviolent sit-in at the
Red Cloud Building. A special wopila (thank you) ceremony will be conducted
at 1:00 p.m. to give thanks for our continued safety in the building and to thank
all of the people around the world that have called and offered prayers of
encouragement to the Grass Roots Oyate.

For further information, please contact Floyd Hand, or Media Coordinator
Dale Looks Twice at (605) 867-5303.

As with all my emails concerning the Occupation Peoples please forward to
any and all interested parties in its entirety

Wadv
Wild Horse

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