by Edward Sanderson

Re: “Leaving the Sinking Ship” (February ‘08 issue)
Apparently you got bad info about the Lakots tribe.Check it out here: http://newsbusters.org/

(Quoting www.newsbusters.org): “Problem is ‘the Lakota Sioux Indians’ that have made this announcement are just an unaffiliated group of Indian activists the leader of whom does not represent the official Lakota tribe leadership! Yet here is the news media reporting this story as if all “the Lakota Sioux Indians” have banded together and quit the union.”

Thanks for the research! Although Immanence is not a news service, we’re always interested in monitoring community and cultural response to events. We did not get a local response to this story yet. Meanwhile, it’s interesting that a first American response seems to be a pooh-pooh-who-cares? statement and a personal attack on Russell Means, who is actually a well respected Amerindian attorney. Let’s hope response does not escalate.
–Editor