By DAVE BURGESS - The Dominion Post | Tuesday, 11 March 2008
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A Wellington city councillor has enlisted the heavyweight help of Sir Elton John, the Dalai Lama and US presidential hopeful Barack Obama for his crusade to make the United States Government apologise to native American Indians.
The Rocket Man and the funky monk have let Bryan Pepperell use their social networking MySpace web pages to promote his idea that the US Government apologise for the harm caused to native tribes.
One of Mr Obama's staff also took a brief break from helping him in his quest for the Democrat presidential nomination to reply to Mr Pepperell's e-mail.
The reply said the most important native American issue was the development of "authentic government-to-government relationships between the federal government and Indian tribes".
Mr Pepperell is still waiting for replies from President George W Bush and Mr Obama's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, on whether they would issue an apology.
"America is such an important country and if it can't get this right, how can it ever hold itself up as a leader of the world?" Mr Pepperell said.
Sitting Bull was buried at Fort Yates in North Dakota, and in 1953 his remains were moved to Mobridge, South Dakota, where a granite shaft marks his grave. He was remembered among the Lakota not only as an inspirational leader and fearless warrior but as a loving father, a gifted singer, a man always affable and friendly toward others, whose deep religious faith gave him prophetic insight and lent special power to his prayers.
Hi Pepp, Has spring sprung there now? Can you ride your bike now, and get out on your motorcycle? I'm going to see Bob Dylan on election night. Perfect night to go. Its suppose to be a really small venue so should be fun. Enjoy your week!! Cheers&Love, Trice
Things are going well here. The Republicans are having there convention in Minnesota this week and its all the buzz here. So it goes another presidential election year. Hopefully a change in parties will happen this year. The next few months will be very interesting. By the way what is a councilor? Something with politics. Hope you are well and thanks for stopping by. Love, Trice
Hi Bryan, How are You and that beautiful country of yours? Spring should be there soon. The weather here has been Fantastic... Enjoying it Lots. Have a wonderful weekend!! Take care always! Love, Trice