Original: In a 15 January 2008 news release , the Republic of Lakotah proposed that independence from the United States might follow a Compact of Free Association and suggested that the independence process could resemble that of the Philippines , Palau , the Federated States of Micronesia or the Marshall Islands .
Simplified: The Lakotah Freedom Delegation say they might follow the example of the Philippines or the Marshall Islands , countries which used to belong to the United States but then achieved independence .