[NukeNet] Sioux Treaty Council: Impeach Tribal President for uranium connection

[Mike Ewall]

http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2007/11/sioux-treaty-council-impeach-steele-for.html

Sioux Treaty Council: Impeach Steele for uranium connection
By Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, Oglala Delegation

PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- On November 21, 2007, the Oglala Delegation of 
the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council filed an Impeachment 
Complaint on Oglala Sioux Tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele 
with the Oglala Sioux Tribe's (OST) Secretary, Elizabeth Waters.
The impeachable offenses Steele is being charged with include acts of 
Dishonesty, Gross Incompetence, and Unethical Conduct. These charges 
stem from Steele's actions and inactions in connection with the 
Native American Energy Group (N.A.E.G.), a New York-based 
gas/oil/mining company.

BLACK HILLS SIOUX NATION TREATY COUNCIL
OGLALA DELEGATION
Pine Ridge Agency, SD
Chief Oliver Red Cloud
Floyd Hand, Jr.
Vincent Black Feather

The Treaty Council recently won a court case to have N.A.E.G. 
excluded from the Pine Ridge Reservation for working with Steele for 
several months to develop a plan to explore for and mine uranium on 
the reservation. Pine Ridge Reservation has been declared a 
nuclear-free zone by the B.H.S.N. Treaty Council and the OST Council.

"Steele must be held accountable for his actions. Our evidence will 
show that Steele was aware of N.A.E.G.'s ultimate goal to mine 
uranium here and that he allowed them to come here to formulate a 
plan, with no regards to the irreparable harm that it would bring to 
our sacred water, land, air and people," stated Floyd Hand, Treaty Delegate.

According to the Tribe's Constitution, the Impeachment Complaint must 
be presented to the Tribal Council at the next scheduled Council 
meeting and supersedes all other issues on the written agenda. Ms. 
Waters confirmed that the next meeting is set for November 29, 2007 
at 10:00 a.m. in the Tribal Council Chambers.