Terrance Nelson 'Jailing Chief Frank Brown'
Also see update from Winnipeg Free Press Chief Brown fined $10,000, days he will not pay it
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/-Two-chiefs-appearing-in-court-over-smoke-shop-177267471.html 'Chief Frank Brown's people have railway lines and oil pipelines in their territory that can be blocked in a matter of days after Frank Brown is jailed.' With the death of Russel Means, an AIM leader who was courageous in his defence of his people, we have other Dakota leaders who are stepping up for the Dakota people. Since coming back from Tehran, Dennis Pashe and I have been meeting with First Nations.Tomorrow, Monday November 5th 2012 at 10 a.m. in Winnipeg, Chief Frank Brown and a number of other Dakota faces a charge of contempt of court and jail time.The Dakota have never signed a treaty with Canada, their lands and people are therefore sovereign in every respect. They asked in court for the province to produce documents that show that the Dakota agreed to be under provincial law. They want to see those documents but so far the Crown prosecution have produced no such documents.The Dakota are not without means to respond to the jailing of their leaders. The Dakota have lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North and South Dakota and in Montana and are surrounded by oil and oil pipelines in their traditional lands. The Bakken formation that holds billions of barrels of oil is in Dakota Territory. The pipelines that deliver 2.5 million barrels of oil to the United States every day from Canada crosses Dakota lands. The Dakota have never been terrorists or savages, they have always been a peaceful people who suffered a lot but it appears their anger and frustration with government is at a breaking point.

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