Courier-Post Camden, New Jersey Saturday, July 15, 1972 - Page 3
Indian Mother Declares War on U.S. Army
GI Son ‘Victimized by Broken Promises’
Marne, Iowa (UPI) — A full-blooded Sioux Indian “declared war” on the U.S. Defense Department yesterday claiming that her son has been victimized by “white man's promises” just as his ancestors were 100 years ago.
Mrs. Marie Thompson Pierson of Marne took the action in behalf of her son, Robert, 23, who is now stationed with the Army at Fort Bragg, N.C. Robert, she said, volunteered for the Army last fall and was promised a post in the Special Forces.
But after months of arguments with officials from Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to Mrs. Pierson said Robert has been denied a spot in the Green Berets for no reason.
Won't Return
“When I first contacted the Defense Department, I told them that this boy went in there under honorable conditions and since they can't fulfill their promises, I want him out under honorable conditions,” said Mrs. Pierson.
“This morning they called me from the Pentagon and said they are not going to release my son,” she said. She said she then called Laird's office “and declared war on the office of the department.”
Mrs. Pierson's son is coming home this weekend on a 10-day emergency leave arranged by the American Red Cross, and this time, Mrs. Pierson vows he won't return to the army.
Going to Court
“Since the Army wants to become technical with me, then I'm going to take this to court. The American Indian is still technically a prisoner of war in the United States, and under our treaties ratified by the federal government in ever instance it is stated that no Indian will carry firearms or engage in any battles.
“They're breaking their own treaty to even permit an Indian to be in the armed forces,” she said.
Mrs. Pierson said the Army has deprived her son of “the very thing they promised him.” She said this is “Just another white man's game, and it goes back 100 years ago when the federal government, the white man, first made promises to the Indians and then turned right around and broke the same promises.”
Indian Mother Declares War on U.S. Army 15 Jul 1972, Sat Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
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