The IDLA was established to guarantee unrestricted passage on the continent of North America for Indian people.
Unrestricted passage is considered an inherent right for indigenous people.
Citizenship was also imposed by the U.S. government on Indian people in 1924 and was understood as a violation of our sovereignty. Deskaheh , or Levi General, a Cayuga sachem from Six Nations territories on the Grand River, in 1924 resisted this encroachment of our sovereign rights. Deskaheh became ill after an appeal for justice to the League of Nations in Switzerland, and was forced to stay at the home of Chief Clinton Rickard . Thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven, previous to such hostilities, provided always that such tribes or nations shall agree to desist from all hostilities against His Majesty and His subjects, upon ratification of the present treaty being notified to such tribes or nations, and shall so desist accordingly. These rights are sporadically recognized today by the United States and continue to require IDLA advocacy.