Published December 30th, 2007 by Future Atlas
United States: Indian self-determination
A group of American Indian activists has declared independence from the US.
The small group, claiming to be acting on behalf of the Lakota, will claim parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.
This is more a political stunt than a serious movement: genuine separatism is rare among American Indians, and their populations are too small and dispersed to create viable independent entities.
Only the Navajo and Hopi are partial exceptions in the lower 48 states; native peoples of Alaska, with large swaths of territory and, in some cases, oil wealth, might also be more likely candidates for independence movements.
Overall, the probability of a successful Native American succession movement is very low for the foreseeable future.