WI Republic of Lakotah

What if the Republic of Lakotah decides to break away from the USA in 2007 or 2008 (to make it a bit more exciting due to election years) and they have support and recognition from countries like China, Russia, Turkey, etc. , how would the US handle this situation?
 

Valdemar II

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One little problem Lakotas make up less than 5% of the population in the area. No one and I mean no one would recognise them, not even Venezuela has shown itself willing to recognise it.
 
Well, being we have had only one official civil war, I really don't know how we would handle it. Being it is only a small part of an unpopulated area, it may not be a major concern. However, if needed, the U.S. would send troops.
 
Didn't the Lakota try something like that a while back? If memory serves, the Feds moved in and besieged one of their towns and made them give in. Quite easily done, too, since all the Lakota had were hunting rifles.
 

Baskilisk

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One little problem Lakotas make up less than 5% of the population in the area. No one and I mean no one would recognise them, not even Venezuela has shown itself willing to recognise it.
Eh, the population thing. You need an earlier a PoD to get this to work. As early as the civil war, even. The US isn't about to let that land just go. Plus you need there actually need there to be Souix for there to be a Souix nation...
 
That made things more interesting and gave me a better idea, could the Lakotah people have declared independence at the same time the South started to secede? Or would that be unrealistic, of course it is no longer history after 1900's?

Also I'm fascinated you'd assume I was talking about only superpowers recognizing the nation even though I made no mention of the word superpower...just randomly named off two. It's alright though, I guess I did word that part tricky.
 
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Actually, an interesting POD is the Canadian First Nations Province declares indepndence or is given fuller soverign rights by Ottowa. It then recognizes the soverignty of the Navajo Nation. Then countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, et al recognize the Navajos . . .
 

Baskilisk

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That made things more interesting and gave me a better idea, could the Lakotah people have declared independence at the same time the South started to secede? Or would that be unrealistic, of course it is no longer history after 1900's?

Also I'm fascinated you'd assume I was talking about only superpowers recognizing the nation even though I made no mention of the word superpower...just randomly named off two. It's alright though, I guess I did word that part tricky.
That would work because Souix were very prominent in the region until the Plains Wars in the 1880's
 
Actually, an interesting POD is the Canadian First Nations Province declares indepndence or is given fuller soverign rights by Ottowa. It then recognizes the soverignty of the Navajo Nation. Then countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, et al recognize the Navajos . . .

Venezuela might do that but only to tick off the US.
 
They would get laughed at.

That made things more interesting and gave me a better idea, could the Lakotah people have declared independence at the same time the South started to secede? Or would that be unrealistic, of course it is no longer history after 1900's?

The Sioux weren't subject to US jurisdiction at that point IIRC. The Indians weren't citizens at that point and probably didn't feel themselves to be part of the United States, and it's kind of hard to secede from something you're not part of and never felt any connection with.
 

CalBear

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They would get laughed at.



The Sioux weren't subject to US jurisdiction at that point IIRC. The Indians weren't citizens at that point and probably didn't feel themselves to be part of the United States, and it's kind of hard to secede from something you're not part of and never felt any connection with.


Not to mention not having the first clue of what a "nation" actually was.
 
IIRC, one of the Souix bands did go on the offensive during the CW in Minnesota. I'm not sure if it was the Lakota, Dakota, or one of the others.
 
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