Lakotah Republic

Land of the Native Americans

The **Confederate Republic of Lakotah**, or simply the **Lakotah Republic** or just **Lakotah**, is a nation on Usonia that is a land of the Native American people, for the Native Americans, run by the Native Americans. It is also a land where some species from Native American mythology also live side-by-side. This republic is a culmination of various versions of the republic and one state from Althistory Fandom.

## History

Before the apocalypse, there are many versions of the Lakotah Republic that exists in Althistory Fandom based-on a proposal in 2007 by activist Russell Means with the borders proposed on the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the United States government and the Lakota. Many versions of the Lakotah maybe different from each other but they have one thing in common: they are governed by Native Americans. All of them co-existed peacefully until the apocalypse. Well, the second phase of it. Like the Native Americans in our original timeline, they were forced out. And they have been forced out by the United Nation States of America since they are not an official creation.

All version of the Lakotah Republic are forced to relocate to Usonia in the Cascadia Galaxy. They all united in order to create a stronger republic with all their traditions and culture intact with some 1980's technology from 1983: Doomsday and some of the 21st century from Deluge (Climate Change). Much later, they joined the United Confederacy of Exiles in order to not only protect their culture, but also to expand and educate.

## Government

The government is like that of the Lakotah Republic from 1983: Doomsday. It is a confederation based on libertarian principles. Most of the power is concentrated among the leaders of Lakota tribes that control the state, but recent reforms have extended representation to non-Lakota regions in the Republic.

There is no nation-wide tax, but local communities institute their own tax.

The Grand Jury acts as its judicial wing, which investigates and punishes crimes in Lakotah territory.

## Society & Culture

Despite many of the Lakotah people taking up on some of the more modern lifestyle, many of them returned to the nomadic lifestyle since the vast majority of the republic is comprised of plains. Some of them hunt buffaloes and return to the old trading systems although some keep the meat, hide and horns for more traditional purposes. Many towns that have a majority of non-Lakotas have autonomy within the republic as long as they pay a yearly tribute to the Tribal Council.

Lakotah education focuses on teaching traditional Lakota language, art, dance, music, science and oral tradition. Even non-Lakota schools are required to focus on these subjects.

## Economy

Lakotah has made extensive use of solar and wind power to supply their energy needs. Research has also been commenced on using sugar beets as bio-fuel. It even make trade agreements to their neighboring country, the Republic of Lincoln.

Buffaloes are very important to the people of the Lakotah Republic as they are also the national animal along with being a good source of meat and hide. Cattle and sheep herding is also important as a substitute for the buffalo. However, the buffalo plays an important part of Lakotah traditions. Fishing is also a good source of protein but some of the fish are used to plant into the ground along with seeds as "food" for the plants.

Lakotah grows many traditional crops in many fertile lands where citizens have settled. These crops include: maize, gourds, beans, plums, pitseed goosefoot, pumpkins, chokecherries, sunflowers, and little barley. Tobacco is grown for traditional uses yet can also be a cash crop for cigar and cigarettes. For more modern crops, they are growing sugar beets to create bio-fuel.

Some of the nomads may dress like traditional Native Americans, but some part of their lives have adopted some cultures of Cyberpunk 2020. This also include cyberware they use to help them survive against those that became raiders and against the monsters that roam the plains. That includes the occasional Wendigo. The Force of Nature was one of the subgroups in the Folk Nation nomads from "whatever version of Earth they come from". Now they are the largest nomad nation in Lakotah that safeguard all the other nomads from dangerous monsters.

Some immigrants that are Native American are from one weird timeline from Family Guy when Stewie and Brian went back in time and gave the Native American modern guns. They opened up shops that sell jean jackets, started radio stations that broadcast traditional Native American music, and started making blankets with all sorts of patterns.

## Military

The military is the **Lakotah Military**. However, it is comprised of various militia groups and nomadic warriors that travel across the borders of the nation as well as being a primary police force. Some use traditional bows and arrows while some use more advance weapons and even cyberware. Some of them are equipped with war clubs from Turok: Evolution and the Tek Bow from the same game.