PORCUPINE, S.D., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A Lakota delegation notified the State Department that they've withdrawn from the United States, renounced treaties and are now an independent nation.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Vernon Bellecourt, a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, has died of complications from pneumonia at a Minneapolis hospital a the age of 75.

WHITECLAY, Neb., June 29 (UPI) -- Oglala Sioux Tribal police arrested at least four activists trying to block the transport of alcohol from Whiteclay, Neb., to an Indian Reservation.

UPI almanac for Friday, Nov. 10, 2006.

Today is Thursday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2005 with 51 to follow.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Sioux activist Russell Means has filed suit in South Dakota to stop his tribe from swearing in its first woman president

PINE RIDGE, S.D., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- New Oglala Sioux Tribe President Cecelia Fire Thunder of the Pine Ridge (S.D.) Indian Reservation has vowed to reform the tribe and pull it together.

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2004 with 51 to follow.