Lakota Oyate, a Native American activist group that just a couple of weeks ago declared the sovereignty of Lakota Sioux land in the north-central U.S., has issued a map outlining the newly free and independent nation of Lakota. It's shown below, click on image for a larger version...
The press release says "the Lakota people begin the process of recovering their natural land-base without U.S. government interference. Protection of sacred sites and confrontation with exploitative government and private enterprises that have been removing or polluting Lakota lands comes to the forefront."
"Lakota" takes big chunks out of five states and that's one hell of a tall order to try and fill. But hey, native peoples were here first and Anglo settlers just had to crash the party. As comedy legend (and Oneida tribesman) Charlie Hill joked, "Don't you hate when you have company over and they never leave?"