And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <+>=<+>KOLA Newslist<+>=<+> Lincoln Journal Star http://www.journalstar.com/stories/neb/sto3 Wednesday, Sep. 1, 1999 Indians say march was a right ------------------------------------------------------------ RUSHVILLE (AP) -- Nine American Indians charged with failing to comply with a lawful order and obstructing a police officer during a protest march on Whiteclay want the charges thrown out. Defense attorney Jerry Matthews said he filed a plea in abatement Tuesday in Sheridan County Court, arguing the charges violate free speech and other rights. The nine people charged with the misdemeanor offenses, including American Indian Movement leaders Russell Means and Clyde Bellecourt, marched on Whiteclay July 3 to protest beer sales in the small Nebraska town just south of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Oglala Sioux leaders on the reservation have called for shutting down Whiteclay's four liquor stores, which have millions of dollars in beer sales each year, mainly to residents of the reservation, where alcohol is banned. Matthews said his filing challenges the arrests and charges on jurisdictional and a variety of constitutional grounds, including free speech, redress of grievances and barriers to interstate commerce. The tribe claims Whiteclay and the surrounding area are legally part of the reservation under government treaties with the Sioux Nation. That would leave Nebraska with no jurisdiction in the cases. -- Lincoln Journal Star Photo Gallery 37 Photos by William Lauer Go to "Photos Heading" in left column at Lincoln Journal Star main page, then click on Pine Ridge vs. Whiteclay for the full Photo Story http://www.journalstar.com/stories/neb/sto2 <+>=<+> http://users.skynet.be/kola/ http://kola-hq.hypermart.net <+>=<+> <+>=<+> Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
