his is the first of a three part interview in which Dr. Ronald Yonaguska Holloway who is the Chairman of the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians. To see the whole 29 minute interview and all three letters on one page please go to http://blip.tv/file/2451626 Copied below is one section of the letter Darius J. TwoBears Ross, Principal Chief of the Ani~Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band, sent to the UN. The whole letter doesn't fit in the allocated space here; to see that please go to the http://blip.tv/file/2451626 site where all three letters are present in full. July 6, 2009 Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the United Nations Office of the Secretariat One United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017: Dear Secretary General Ki-moon: I am writing to you because we are supporting the efforts of the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians in their pursuit for justice in the United States Courts. It is with deep regret that I am must reach out to you because I truly believe that the United Nations will probably be our last resort and/or stand to help guarantee justice for our cousins/allies, the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians and us in bringing their lawsuit before the world and the Native American communities at large. We are very familiar with the United Nations and the Human Rights Commission. Tribal Council Elder Edward TwoBears Peart, assisted in amending the human rights petition to the Human Rights Commission to the United Nations for Native American/Indigenous People and Displaced Indigenous Peoples who live in North and South America, as well as all over the world. He had worked side by side with our Tribal Council Elder-Tribal Mother, Saca Jawea Kutchera Howard and Tonya Gonnella Frichner, who is a current member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. At that time, Tribal Council Elder Peart was the War (Red) Chief of the Echota Chicamugh Cherokees of New jersey and Saca Jawea Kutchera Howard was a Tribal Mother of that tribal organization. The Echota Chicamugh Cherokees of New Jersey was subsequently disbanded by petition of the Tribal Council. At the current time, both are now members and Tribal Council Elders of the Ani~Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band. It is our firm belief that there is a strong movement to commit social, environmental, cultural and political genocide against all Indians in New Jersey and may place all indigenous Native American people into a survival mode under the Federal and Local governments of the United States. We are compelled to defend our future survival with apparently none or little redress through the judicial system of the New Jersey State and the United States Courts. Please remember that the Ani~Tsalagi (Cherokees) won in court during the term of President Andrew Jackson and as a result of that action, 14,000 Cherokees died on a forced march known as the Trail of Tears. Even though we had won in the Supreme Court, President Jackson gave the order to drive us out of our own lands in Georgia on a forced march to Oklahoma, to which we, the Ani~Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band and the Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians are direct descendents thereof. The Cherokees were forcibly removed from their lands and it could happen again. I have experienced first hand the attitude of the State of New Jersey while trying to seek recognition for our tribal band within New Jersey and from the present State administration. I was mislead, lied, beguiled, and placated to by the State in my seeking justice for our people and the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians, as well as all Cherokees who are not represented in State of New Jersey. The Ani~Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band and The New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians have become allies in our attempts to rectify the many problems confronting both of our tribes by addressing these issues at meetings with State representaives, and through joint and separate letters to various State officials asking them to address these issues. We have had no success in getting the State to deal with these matters..................... To read the rest of this letter please go to http://blip.tv/file/2451626 Thank You

• published: 09 Aug 2009
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