http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
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This sickens me...we will have our donations heading that way by the end of Jan, wish it could be sooner, but we need more time to collect & then find transportation...700 pounds of blankets have been donated....by the Good Will....
So if anyone wants to help get what we have so far to SD, let me know, Robin
RE: what does it take to get our attention
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From: annie
Date: Dec 6, 2008 7:05 AM
thanks to...
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From: WoZ (Nituhkuyin Mahikan Mist.. iguso)
Date: Dec 6, 2008 4:48 AM
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From: Leonard Peltier Support Group:KY
Date: Dec 5, 2008 10:56 PM
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From: GRAYWOLF
Date: Dec 6, 2008 1:02 AM
please view and repost - help if you can!!
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From: S. O. T. Y. SAVE OUR TRIBAL YOUTH
Date: Dec 5, 2008 10:59 PM
Everyone is asking for your dollar - but PLEASE watch this video and consider our brothers and sisters who live in conditions in South Dakota that should not--for any reason, exist in America. You can help by at least providing warmth this winter--please visit WWW. SAVEOURTRIBALYOUTH. COM and donate for heat this winter!
Blessings and Pilamaya!!
All of us at SOTY - please repost!!
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You can help make a difference!! Please read this and share it!
Life Expectancy and Health Conditions on Pine Ridge
§ Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. These statistics are far from the 77.5 years of age life expectancy average found in the United States as a whole. According to current USDA Rural Development documents, the Lakota have the lowest life expectancy of any group in America.
§ Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.
§ The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.
§ More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are pervasive.
§ The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.
§ Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes.
§ As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.
§ The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.
§ Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.
§ It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.
§ A Federal Commodity Food Program is active but supplies mostly inappropriate foods (high in carbohydrate and/or sugar) for the largely diabetic population of the Reservation.
§ A small non-profit Food Co-op is in operation on the Reservation but is available only for those with funds to participate.
In a recent case study, the Tribal Council estimated a need for at least 4,000 new homes in order to combat the homeless situation.
§ There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some larger homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.
§ Over-all, 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.
§ Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.
§ Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.
§ Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.
§ Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.
§ Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.
§ Periodically, Reservation residents are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).
WWW. SAVEOURTRIBALYOUTH. COM
YOU CAN VISIT AND MAKE A DONATION TOWARDS HEAT FOR WINTER RELIEF!! VISIT OUR SITE AT:
WWW. SAVEOURTRIBALYOUTH. COM
FOR PAYPAL DONATIONS INSTANTLY!
OR MAIL TO:
SOTY
PO BOX 637
TARRYTOWN, NY 10591
PLEASE HELP IN WHATEVER YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING SOME HOPE AND RELIEF TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.
PILAMAYA!!
ALL OF US AT S.O.T.Y.
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RE: If you haven't already, please donate to help
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From: Rick at IPI
Date: Dec 6, 2008 9:23 AM
Times are difficult for many of us with this uncertain economy, but even if you only donate $5.00 it will make a difference for these families just trying to survive in the harsh winter weather they are experiencing. For them it could be a matter of life or death. Indigenous Peoples Internationals goal is to raise $3,500 for the families, so please donate. So far we are only at $35.00. The Fundraiser will end Dec. 15th.
The Pine Ridge Reservation has been hit by a recent severe blizzard causing loss of power to their Reservation. Many families on the Reservation can't afford to heat their homes in the extreme weather conditions in South Dakota during the winter.
Indigneous People International has begun a Fundraising page to help the families who are in great need for heat sources, food, basic needs and warm clothing. Many of these families are very poor. Donations and gifts are requested.
If you would like to donate and send a gift, you can send the gift to:
Cangleska, Inc
1 Cangleska Road
Kyle, SD 57752
Send gifts via UPS or FedEx Ground
Please include a brief note with your gift to let them know you heard about this through Indigenous Peoples International and Save Our Tribal Youth.
For donations, go to the Change. org link on my MySpace page, Rick at IPI and once you are on my Change. org page for Indigenous Peoples International, click Fundraisers at the top of the page and you can read more information on this fundraiser (HELP THE FAMILIES OF PINE RIDGE RESERVATION). YOU can also start your own fundraising page on this site.
Please help these children and there families.
Thank you,
Rick at IPI
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RE: Turtle Island Youth Project (T.I.Y.P.)
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From: Rick at IPI
Date: Dec 6, 2008 9:08 AM
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From: Kat - Turtle Island Youth Projects
Date: Dec 6, 2008 8:59 AM
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From: wicahcala
Date: 06 Dec 2008, 10:54
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From: T. I. Y. P. - Turtle Island Youth Projects
Date: 06 Dec 2008, 10:38
T.I.Y.P. - Turtle Island Youth Projects
Turtle Island Youth Projects is a 501 3C non-profit organization that exists for the following purposes:
1. Committed to helping meet the basic needs of Native American children residing on reservations in the United States and in time Canada as contacts are made and needs are assessed.
Population: As of July 1, 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that there were around 4.5 million Native American/Alaskan Natives. In a country of around 280 million people Native Americans/Alaskan Natives face daunting life situations and statistics:
--the highest rate of suicide (this is the second leading cause of death among the 10-34 age group)
--high percentages of alcoholism and substance abuse
--increasing gang violence on reservations
--high rate of drop out from high school
--high rate of Natives living in poverty and without health insurance – one statistic stated 24.3%.
--median household income tends to be lower among Native households from the general American population.
Among the basic needs of anyone, especially Native American children when family resources are scarce because of poverty:
--clothing for winter for northern reservations
--food
--school supplies
--textbooks, computers and other necessary materials for school
How will T.I.Y.P. address these needs?
Upon making contact with folks on the reservation, we will determine the most urgent of the needs and address them through clothing drives, school supply drives, food drives as well as organizing with local schools or community leaders to raise awareness of the plight/needs of the reservation children and solicit help in conducting these drives.
BEYOND NEED/NECESSITIES:
--The goals of Turtle Island are to also encourage youth in their long term goals/dreams, to that end in due time we will establish a college fund for Native American students.
--Future plans for T.I.Y.P.
--Education and outreach to the non-Native world to educate about Native Americans in an effort to bring a more accurate view of U.S. history through the development of educational material to be utilized in schools.
--Legislative watch/action: helping once again to inform/educate the general public and Native peoples about public policy affecting Native American people's rights and lands.
--Helping establish and/or fund domestic violence shelters/programs on reservations or in urban centers with a significant Native American presence.
--Help develop a substance abuse recovery program that actually helps Native Americans to recover by coming from a Native American perspective on life.
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