URGENT : Lakota NOT INVOLVED WITH THIS BANK : BUYER BEWARE!

[Hamer]

WWW.RTRRADIO.COM

This is a response from the Republic of Lakota!

I suggest you contact them yourself and you will see I am telling the truth!

This bank is not a bank of Lakotah Land. Here is the response I got from Russell Means house.

I checked with Russell. We've got nothing to do with those folks.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention!
David

As Russell Means often says "May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones!"

David Adams
Director of Communications
info@republicoflakotah.ws

[Agent CSL]

I had a feeling...

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

Yeah was wondering bout that this morning.

[Sandra]

Aren't there other Lakota organizations besides this one?

[Sandra]

Sorry, I answered my own question.

Today is a great day for us, a day that we begin to exercise our rights as a sovereign people with strength and pride," comments Canupa Gluha Mani, Tetuwan Council Judicial Member of the Cante Tenza "Strong Heart" Warrior Society. Mani's 2500 member warrior society has contracted to provide private security services for the Free Lakota Bank

[acptulsa]

Aren't there other Lakota organizations besides this one?

Sure, but none have the authority, legitimacy or interest in maintaining their own reputation that the Lakota Nation has. And the people behind this operation do seem intent on trying to imply a connection to the highly legitimate organization but does not seem to have earned it.

[JamesButabi]

I think I missed the ship on this one. What exactly is the lakota organization?

[Sandra]

Sure, but none have the authority, legitimacy or interest in maintaining their own reputation that the Lakota Nation has. And the people behind this operation do seem intent on trying to imply a connection to the highly legitimate organization but does not seem to have earned it.


Nope, sounds like he became self seated dictator of this group. Aopparently most of the tribes don't like him. Sounds like he's playing from the book of Bush.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Lakota_Freedom_Delegation_says_spokesman_Russell_M eans_'hijacked'_organization

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Someone posted this response to my posting of the bank on Facebook:


One thing to keep in mind - this is run by the Lakota Free Nation - a splinter group of the Lakota Tribes (but seems to be gaining a larger following as time goes on). They "re-declared" independance from the US last year.

Haven't had a chance to look into the "Lakota Free Nation" to see what they're reputation is.

[Xenophage]

Apparently there is a distinction between Russell Means' Republic of Lakota, and Lakota Oyate which is lead by Canupa Gluha Mani. There was a split in the original Lakota Freedom movement which lead to the two groups... but I'm not sure exactly of the nature of their disagreements.

[ohgodno]

It seems like one sect is more willing to work within the US framework and one is not...

I'm just pulling this out of thin air though, based solely on how this one sect wants their own monetary system.

[tonesforjonesbones]

I wonder if anyone can do business with their bank? tones

[nbruno322]

I signed up for their email list and I got this, this morning

"Hoka Hey!

There's only one word to describe what happened today: unbelievable.

I've known deep in my heart that this land is in desperate need of an accountable trade system. I know that the latest financial fraud sponsored by the Federal Reserve will open a lot of eyes to the crisis. But never in a million years did I expect the deluge of support, warm wishes, enrollments and deposits that flooded our systems today. Wow. In fact, there was so much activity that Google disabled our transaction processing, bringing an abrupt but important end to our Initial Currency Offering.

Our office received thousands of emails, voice messages and phone calls over the past 18 hours. We will take the time to personally respond to every request and note in detail. Some of the responses will be sent to the entire group, as these details are important to share with everyone. For example, many people would like to know:

- Why would I specifically want to bank with Lakota?
- What is the AOCS?
- If the bank is located in the middle of nowhere, how can I easily deposit and withdraw?
- Where is Lakota?
- What is the status of Lakota's international recognition?
- How can I join the Lakota people and live free (no property, income or sales tax...)?
- and much, much more!

Each of these important topics will be addressed individually over the next few days to give you full insight to our system and way of life.

In the meantime, a great number of you would like to know how you can access our silver currency at a discount for delivery or deposit. I will send an email later today regarding the "Silver Buyer's Club", a service that aggregates smaller purchases to obtain volume discount rates. It's by far the best way to access AOCS Currency and/or deposit in the bank.

Thank you again for you thoughts and prayers. Many of you have expressed hope that our project does not lose momentum. Well, without saying too much, I will tell you that this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Toksa!

Canupa Gluha Mani
Free Lakota Bank"

[eOs]

So they're withholding all of the important information for right now. But, while you wait, buy our shit with U.S. notes?

[Cowlesy]

In five years, after a bunch of you have banked with them and like their service, returns, etc....I'll begin to consider doing banking with them.

Something just doesn't smell right.

[ressurectingadream]

An Indian friend of mine that knows both Russell Means and other respected Lakota elders started me researching.

These are the 2 links I have posted in numerous places, both on this forum and others.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/'No_treaty_withdrawal',_says_Lakota_elder

http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/onrussellmeans.html

I found it interesting that the people that have made negative remarks about my posts continue to prove their point by taking information off Russell Means web site rather then listening to other respected elders in the Lakota nation.

I heard from my friend tonight who was traveling with several Lakota's. They laughed when they heard about the bank. Asking if it was possibly in Nigeria.

Also, several people made the comment that they knew it was false because of the spelling of Lakota. My friend who is Meshkwaki responded that he thought that was interesting that they knew the correct spelling of Lakota. As he said "They make such a deal out of the "proper" spelling, like the one guy said about Lakohta...a language which is spoken and does not have its own alphabet, therefore, any spelling using letters from the English language is purely phonetic.

Anyway look at the links, me personally, I have no use for Mr Means. I'm sure he meant well years back. But he appears to be self indulgent and does not have the backing of the more respected tribal elders.

[KenInMontiMN]

Ever since the gov't planted agents within the AIM group that occupied Wounded Knee in the seventies their movement became a hornets nest of mistrust and accusation between rival personalities & factions, the gov't played dirty and many lives were lost in the process, on all sides. It still continues to this day, and there's tons of mutual distrust to go around between rival activists, Aim & tribal gov't, all of the aforementioned vs South Dakota & Fed gov't, and so on. Even Ward Churchill is in the thick of it though he's more of a wannabe than an Indian I understand.

So the whole thing's a mess and you can't count on anybody claiming activist leadership to have widespread general support among the various Dakotah bands, who make up 7 of the 11 poorest counties in the entire country. I'd want to have a look at the bank, know who they are using for their mint, hear what they have to say about deposit insurance, and actually have some of their coinage appraised before considering any significant investment. Here's an interesting and pretty thorough article on the history and the animosity and the events of those days, names such as Means, Banks, the Bellecourt brothers, the Leonard Peltier case, the unprosecuted murder of Anna Mae Aquash- quite a tale, and one with more dangling questions than firm answers.

None of these guys are particularly saintly by any means, and its somewhat surprising that they're all still alive and never got around to killing off each other at some point. Though Vernon Bellecourt passed away last year of natural causes.

http://www.citypages.com/2000-02-16/news/bury-my-heart/1

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lastcowboy/images/porc_aim.jpg

Correction, I never picked up on this at the time, but there was a conviction in 2004:
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2004/02/07/front/top/news01.txt
charged back at the same time as Looking Cloud but not extradited from Canada until late '07 is the alleged shooter John Graham, his return apparently spurred charges against Richard Marshall as well this summer, and the trial date is set for 1/24/09 in Rapid City. This accounts for 3 of the 4 that reportedly were in the car that drove Pictou-Aquash to her death that evening in Dec of '75, the other was a woman, Theda Clarke, presently uncharged and in a Nebraska nursing home:
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/11/24/news/local/doc492b6e83e7a78975976786.txt
Remains to be seen whether these cases lead to any indictment against whoever may have issued the final order among AIM leaders.
An interesting take from a woman covering the case for years and now the ongoing prosecutions, Antoinette Nora Claypoole:
http://www.antoinetteclaypoole.blogspot.com/
and a letter written by Anna Mae the month before her death while in custody talks about FED informants, her treatment at the hands of authorities in the Pacific Northwest that presumably aroused the paranoia of AIM leaders leading directly to her death:
http://www.anniemaeletter.blogspot.com/
Denise Pictou-Maloney's in-depth interview, she's the daughter of Anna Mae:
http://jfamr.org/denise_interview.html
Anna Mae and Nogeeshik Aquash wedding photo taken at Wounded Knee during the '73 standoff:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_Tsb1SR_H4tE/R2DxNX18JJI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Vna7G0bL-Qc/s200/annie+mae.jpg