Subject: South Dakota Civil Rights, report released on 3-29-2000
It is two years since the report "NATIVE AMERICANS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA---An Erosion of Conidence in the Justice System" was released in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota. I was there at the arena along with many of the Human and
Civil Rights Advocates who attended and participated in the forum in Rapid
City, and who Marched in the many towns in and around South Dakota demanding
Justice for Our Indian people.
The Recommendations, in #1, The South Dakota Advisory Committee
recommends that the Commission on Civil Rights call for the Attorney General to
immediately appoint a Federal Task force( including subpoena power) to address
the crisis of law enforcement affecting Native Americans, both on and off
Indian reservations. Its focus should be on EQUAL protection of the Laws and
Civil rights protections. Appointments should include representatives from the
Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Office of Justice Programs,
Office of Tribal Justice, and Community Relations Service. The U.S. Attorneys
in affected jurisdictions should also serve. The Secretary of Interior should
be requested to appoint high-level representatives from the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, which has law enforcement responsibilities in Indian Country. While
the task force should consider issues in all areas of the country with
significant Native American populations, its initial focus should be on SOUTH
DAKOTA, where lack of confidence in the justice system among Native Americans
has reached CRISIS proportions.
These are only several paragraphs of the
recommendations. I hope you can see that NOTHING
has happened and where the WHITE TERRORISTS Acts committed in the WHITE SUPREME
town of MIller, South Dakota again show the racial bigotry of the collusion
that exists in the Hand County States attorneys office and the disparity that
goes with a case like Adelia Rose Godfey--17 yr old Dakota Girl from
Sisseton, S.D. The disparity exists there also because of the racial bigotry in
the Roberts County states attorney office. Same white sheets in Office.
Whether its happening there in those towns or In Martin, South Dakota, always
remember that Mary Frances Berry said things will change this time, and
something will be done. Remember she told us that before she left the forum in
Rapid City, South Dakota, on Dec. 6. 1999 at the Holiday Inn. Well she owes
All of US a apology. Can Our Dear Good friends who read this Please help Us
try and find Mary Frances Berry and Wake her and the Commision up and remind
them. that there has been and is People being hurt again. Come Back to South
Dakota.
Aho Hecetu Yelo. I am sincerely Alfred Bone Shirt
Native American in South Dakota: An Erosion of Confidence in the Justice System
 Native American in South Dakota: An Erosion of Confidence in the Justice System, South Dakota Advisory Committee to
the United States Commission on Civil Rights. March 2000.
Janklow calls Civil Rights Report "Garbage", April 5, 2000. Offsite link.
American Indians and Sentencing Guidelines Topic of Hearing, June 19 2001 U.S. Sentencing Commission hearing in Rapid City, SD.
Camp Justice Chronology of News Releases. Photos.. Offsite link.
More on Civil Rights
Protecting the Civil Rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives : Nondiscrimination Laws Enforced by the
Civil Rights Division
United States Department of Justice
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