On December 17, 2007, the Lakotah Freedom Delegation, consisting of Russell Means, Tegheya Kte (also known as Garry Rowland), Duane "Canupa Gluha Mani" Martin, and Phyllis Young, traveled to Washington D.C. and delivered declaring that Lakotah tribe should no longer be a part of the United States. They wanted to return to the way things were before they signed the treaties.