Resolution Of The Great Sioux Nation Renouncing The Doctrine Of Discovery And Calling For Endorsement Of The U.N. Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples http://xr.com/zc5e 

WHEREAS, the Great Sioux Nation comprised by the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota people, concur that the Doctrine of Discovery has historically been used by European Christians as a tool for fracturing tribalism, diminishing Native sovereignty, subjugating Indian property and commercial rights, stealing Indian lands, and imposing paternal cultural, religious, family, and governmental oppression upon our people; and 

WHEREAS, the United States government has also used the Doctrine of Discovery to assert its sovereignty and authority over Native America, to manipulate political relationships among various tribes, and to enslave, kill, or dominate Indian people in order to facilitate American commercial and political goals; and WHEREAS, the concept of “discovery” has been dehumanizing to American Indians by negating their religious beliefs and practices and asserting that Christian nations have a divine right based on the Bible, to claim absolute title and ultimate authority over any newly “discovered” Non-Christian inhabitants; and 

WHEREAS, the Doctrine of Discovery remains a convenient justification for the taking of Indian lands to this day based on the longstanding, illegitimate, and immoral U.S. Supreme Court ruling and Congressional assumption of plenary power over Indian nations empowered by the Doctrine of Discovery; BE IT RESOLVED that the Great Sioux Nation condemns the Doctrine of Discovery and calls for the repudiation of the 1496 Royal Charter issued to John Cabot and his sons, as well as other similar Royal Charters which sanctioned the unwarranted European invasion of the Western Hemisphere. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Great Sioux Nation calls upon the United States government to make amends by supporting Native sovereignty and fundamental human rights through an endorsement of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.