{"id":25,"date":"2015-02-17T02:54:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T02:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecafeprojects.com\/declarationproject\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2021-01-08T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:17:29","slug":"native-american-declarations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Native American Declarations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25\" class=\"elementor elementor-25\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2397fdfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2397fdfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b5acdb9\" data-id=\"7b5acdb9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e04c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66e04c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Native American Declarations<\/h3><p>On the one hand, Thomas Jefferson and company declared that &#8220;all men are equated equal;&#8221; on the other, he and his compatriots in the Second Continental Congress did not consider Natives Americans part of &#8220;all men,&#8221; and instead referred to them in the Declaration itself as &#8220;merciless Indian savages,&#8221; overlooking that most of the merciless savagery was directed by settlers and troops against those who were here first in the &#8216;New World.&#8217;<\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We currently have the following Native American declarations archived:<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bea275 elementor-grid-4 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"9bea275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;pagination_type&quot;:&quot;prev_next&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-19thcentury category-declaration-of-rights category-equality category-native-american category-essays-on-declaration-of-independence tag-cherokee-nation tag-indian-removal-act tag-native-americans tag-oppression\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=410\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trail_Tears-300x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-967\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trail_Tears-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trail_Tears.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=410\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\tMemorial Letter from the Cherokee Nation to Congress &#8211; 1829\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 2, 2015\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Editor&#8217;s note: Though not officially a declaration, this eloquent &#8216;memorial letter&#8217; written in 1829 by tribal leaders of the Cherokee Nation and delivered to both<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=410\" aria-label=\"Read more about Memorial Letter from the Cherokee Nation to Congress &#8211; 1829\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-399 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-20century category-declaration-of-rights category-native-american tag-education tag-freedom tag-indigenous-rights tag-liberty tag-native-americans tag-oppression tag-poverty tag-rights\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=399\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/indigenousimage-300x227.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-964\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/indigenousimage-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/indigenousimage-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/indigenousimage-94x70.jpg 94w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/indigenousimage-1280x967.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/indigenousimage-1000x755.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/indigenousimage.jpg 1496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=399\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\tInter-American Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1995)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMarch 2, 2015\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: Iin 1989, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights was asked by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) to compose<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=399\" aria-label=\"Read more about Inter-American Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1995)\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-76 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-21-century category-native-american tag-australia tag-dreaming tag-freedom tag-independence\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=76\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/australianaboriginal-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-793\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/australianaboriginal-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/australianaboriginal.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=76\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\tAct of Sovereign Union between First Nations and Peoples in Australia (2012)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 21, 2015\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: This 2012 declaration, evocative of our July 4, 1776 document, was issued by an organization called &#8220;The National Unity Government&#8221; and asserts the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=76\" aria-label=\"Read more about Act of Sovereign Union between First Nations and Peoples in Australia (2012)\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-72 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-modern-declarations-to-secede category-native-american tag-america tag-independence tag-lakotah\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=72\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/flagrepublicoflakotah-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-789\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/flagrepublicoflakotah-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/flagrepublicoflakotah.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=72\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\tRepublic of Lakotah (2007)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 21, 2015\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Editor&#8217;s note: Until he passed away in October 2012,\u00a0Russell Means, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, was a\u00a0prime mover and shaker behind the effort to<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=72\" aria-label=\"Read more about Republic of Lakotah (2007)\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-70 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-20century category-native-american tag-america tag-freedom tag-independence tag-native-americans tag-treaty\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=70\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/flaginternationalindiantreatycouncil.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-787\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=70\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\tDeclaration of Continuing Independence &#8211; First Indian International Indian Treaty Council (1974)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 21, 2015\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: \u00a0This declaration emerged out of\u00a0a growing activist movement among Native Americans to re-establish their autonomous rights of government, their rights under existing treaties,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=70\" aria-label=\"Read more about Declaration of Continuing Independence &#8211; First Indian International Indian Treaty Council (1974)\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-32 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-native-american category-uncategorized tag-44 tag-american-indian tag-indian-purpose\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=32\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Bia-sit-in-259x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-688\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=32\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\t1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 17, 2015\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: Native Americans have historically\u00a0been left out of &#8220;all men are created equal.&#8221; Recognizing the efficacy of declarations to assert and insert themselves in<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=32\" aria-label=\"Read more about 1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-18 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-21-century category-native-american tag-apache tag-chiricahua\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=18\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/declarationchiricahuaimage-300x251.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-757\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/declarationchiricahuaimage-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/declarationchiricahuaimage.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=18\" target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\tThe Unanimous Declaration of Independence of The Chiricahua Apache Nde Nation (2007)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 17, 2015\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>&nbsp; Editor&#8217;s Note: The Chiricahua are Apache Native Americans based in the Southwest U.S. When I came across their &#8216;Unanimous Declaration of Independence&#8217; online, issued<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/?p=18\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Unanimous Declaration of Independence of The Chiricahua Apache Nde Nation (2007)\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Native American Declarations On the one hand, Thomas Jefferson and company declared that &#8220;all men are equated equal;&#8221; on the other, he and his compatriots in the Second Continental Congress did not consider Natives Americans part of &#8220;all men,&#8221; and instead referred to them in the Declaration itself as &#8220;merciless Indian savages,&#8221; 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