Chairman Holloway Appeals To UN Part 3

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• published: 09 Aug 2009
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This is the third 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 What follows is the letter to the UN from Dr. Carroll Medicine Crow Holloway Director of the The New Jersey Indian Office..... July 6, 2009 Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Secretary General Of The United Nations Office of the Secrretariat One United Nations Plaza New York, New York Re: New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape & Cherokee Indians vs. State of New Jersey Dear Secretary General Ki-moon: The New Jersey Indian Offices responsibility for more than 50 years has been to protect the flora, fauna and indigenous peoples rights and interest. For over three hundred years our peoples have tirelessly attempted to live in harmony and peace with our conquers. Our original treaties were made with the British during their invasiontheir successors The United States of American to this day have not honored their responsibilities, and obligations. I write on behalf of the New Jersey Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians, the original occupants of Lenapehoking (New Jersey USA.). Our peoples signed the Treaty of Easton, and others, with our British Conquers and we ceded parts of our land to them. After the Revolutionary War, the United States Government became the successors to these treaties. Subsequently they have failed, and refused to honor their treaty obligations. These refusals resulted in the illegal confiscation and destruction of the land, its fauna, and people. We have been slaughtered, dispersed, and genocidally removed from our homelands. The failure to honor these international treaties has resulted in the loss of language, culture, religion, and the like. At the moment the NJ Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians have exhausted all local and State remedies for justice. They have been slighted, dismissed, and stalled in the federal court process. I request your assistance for them, as they are being block at all levels of the United States Government in their quest to have the United States of America honor their international treaty obligations. As a Sovereign people they have decided the best recourse is to plead their case to the International Community. Under separated cover you will also receive letters of plea from the Sand Hill Indians as well the Ani~Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band who have also been affected. We respectfully request an audience with you, or your designates at your earliest convenience. I appreciate you time and consideration. Please free to contact me at anytime. Please consider this letter as a formal complaint. Sincerely Dr. Carroll Medicine Crow Holloway Director, The New Jersey Indian Office