"the People's Paths!" NAIIP News Path! - Tokala Stronghold Encampment Update

Tokala Stronghold Encampment Update
"Encampment for Protection of Grave Sites"

By George Tall, Tokala, Stronghold Table
NAIIP News Path ~ Friday, August 9, 2002

Even though there is a tribal moratorium on the proposed excavation site on Aug. 12, William Supernaugh and the NPS are still planning to excavate. A protest group, which will include some elderly, plan to join hands around the excavation site to protect the site.
This news release is also a call for warriors across Indian country to support the Oglala at the Stronghold during Aug. 12-23, and also in Sept. Our ancestors used the stronghold to Ghost Dance and pray for a better life yet they were killed, will there be a repeat? We too want these same lands for a better life also. This is the beginning of a millennium when it seems that as humans we should have developed social skills on how we treat one another, yet this not the case.
On Aug. 12, Percy White Plume and a group of riders will leave Wounded Knee massacre site for the Stronghold. On the 13th there will be presentations at the stronghold camp to address issues that youth face today. On the 14th, the youth riders will make the return trip to Wounded Knee.
The Oglala people feel this is a time to show true sovereignty and stand up against the theft of Treaty lands and the desecration of ancient burial sites as well as fossils and historical cultural sites.
Hau Kola,
George Tall - Tokala
Stronghold Table Camp

For more information George Tall can be contacted by phone 605-867-2903 or by e-mail. For background information, as well as updates, visit the official web site of the Stronghold Table Camp.

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* Stronghold Table: Badlands fossil dig delayed
By Heidi Bell Gease, Journal Staff Writer
Rapid City Journal Thursday, August 8, 2002
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"Encampment for Protection of Grave Sites"
Stronghold Table Update from George Tall
NAIIP News Path ~ Saturday, July 20, 2002
National Park Service contacts:
* Badlands National Park
P.O. Box 6; Interior, SD 57750
Phone: 605-433-5361 ~ FAX: 605-433-5404
Visitor Info: badl_information@nps.gov
* General Management Plan - PDF
*GMP Comments: badl_planning@nps.gov
Additional Stronghold contacts are:
In South Dakota:
*Anita and Bob Ecoffey, phone: 605-867-5523;
*Pat and Maxine Clifford, phone: 605-867-2591
or 605-867-5433;
*Lovey Two Bulls, phone: 605-255-4108,
e-mail: Lovey@enetis.com;
*Toby Big Boy, phone: 605-867-1314
or e-mail: Hokshila@enetis.com;
*Skye Kamide: phone: 630-860-5165,
e-mail: SkyeK1@aol.com;
In Colorado:
*Christinia Eala, e-mail: christiniawin@yahoo.com,
(Christinia has visited the Stronghold Table Camp.)