“The [Fort Laramie] treaty was broken for 100 years before America began talking about its validity. When Indians were herded onto reservations in the 1800’s it created the illusion the war was over. But the war is not over and will never be over until we have justice.” ~
Tag: 1974
The Black Panther Newsletter | October 19, 1974
“They use the law today like they used the cavalry years ago. They are using the law to destroy us.” ~
SOURCE: The Black Panther Newsletter. Vol 12, Iss 13.
Wounded Knee….The Other Trials… | Early Autumn, 1974
“[Federal action was done purposely to provoke the Lincoln group to do things] that would turn public opinion against us. We didn’t ask to be here in Lincoln. We were forced to come.” ~
SOURCE: Akwesasne Notes. P.13
Indian Treatment Scorned | August 31, 1974
“If the government wants us to respect the law they’ve got to respect it also.”
“We are not guilty of any crimes, but Nixon is. Yet, the President now says if Nixon is convicted he may pardon him.” ~
SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star
Akwesasne Notes | Early Spring, 1974
“We have been condemned for being militant and violent, but in the American Indian Movement, we have not killed anyone, yet many of our people have died. We have not taken anyone and locked them up in prisons, but many of our people have been put in jails. We have not sold alcohol to people on reservations. We have not taken the young children away from their parents and put them in mission schools. We have not taken racist education and put it inside of our boarding schools. We have done none of these things, and yet we are the ones condemned for being militant and violent and radical. It was militancy and it was violence, and it was radicalization that forced these things upon us and it did not come from our communities.” ~
SOURCE: Akwesasne Notes Vol. 6 No. 1 p.11