Open letter-update about the South Dakota Outreach: Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving
Date: Feb 10th, 2009
Dear Tribal canoe families, tribal members, & friends:
This is an open letter-update about the South Dakota Outreach: Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving….by Robin Carneen-NAMAPAHH First People’s Radio/Swinomish Reservation
It seems like we have had many delays in getting the Circle of Hope~Circle of Giving donations back to the two reservations, back in Pine Ridge & Rosebud South Dakota that we are trying to help. However, we have still been accepting donations and are determined to get on the road soon!
Many have asked how we, Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving got involved. It started with an email alert from Tamra Brennan a journalist who writes a column called NDN News. (www.NDNnews.com) Her email was the initial call to action, alerting many of us to the off-season, unexpected severe blizzard that immobilized at least two of these South Dakota Reservations on November 5th. 2008. After watching the video link: AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0 and receiving her alert & cry for assistance for this already impoverished region, I sent it out to my listservs and social networking groups and started to host the topic on several of our radio program called NAMAPAHH First People’s Radio.
It did not end there, as I learned more about the situation, I was driven by compassion to get more involved. At the time, I was also employed by the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, located on the Tulalip Tribes Indian Reservation, in Tulalip, WA. Shortly after the crisis, our TBGC director at the time, Vicki Hill, authorized my time and that of the all volunteer Tulalip Youth Multi-Media Club, as well as allowing our club to be a drop off point for others wishing to get involved.
Through a synchronistic chain of events, I was led to an “all hands” meeting composed of Frieda Williams- Tulalip Tribes Community Relations Coordinator, Teri Gobin and Lynn Bansemer of the Tulalip TERO program, and Linda Tolbert of the newly formed Tulalip Lion’s Club, which took place at the TERO office. At this initial meeting, I found out that the Tulalip Tribes had once before sent back a semi-truck load of donations to Pine Ridge, SD. This first outreach to that region was coordinated by Tulalip tribal member Frieda Williams in direct response to other Tulalip Tribal members who were concerned about conditions brought to her attention back then.
Since this first meeting and my dropping off the first two boxes of donations, one from our family and the other from the La Conner Pioneer Market, the response has been remarkable, but not surprising. So much so, that the Tulalip TERO had to rent a storage pod, in order to store all the donations until we could get them back to South Dakota.
At first, there was talk about shipping all the donations back to both reservations, with the Tulalip UPS store offering to donate 10% off each shipment. After a few short weeks, we realized we would need a truck, a semi-truck, like the one used for the first outreach effort.
I was delegated to approach both the American Trucker’s Associations and the Washington Trucker’s Association asking them for the donation of a semi-truck. After a long conversation with media relations staffer of the ATA, Clayton Boyce, he left me feeling assured that it would only take me contacting Elisabeth Barna Vice President, Strategic Planning & Outreach for the ATA. I did email and call her, but did not hear back from her and have since made a second request of the ATA to help us find a truck. My understanding is that this is something they were able to help make happen in the past. I really thought they were just waiting on us to get a semi-truck load of donations, contact them with a date and we would be on our way.
This unfortunately, was a mis-understanding and not the case. We still do not have a guaranteed way of getting all the donations back to South Dakota.
Other setbacks have been our unexpected snowstorms, we have snow again today. In between the snowy weather we had severe flooding, which caused even some major highways and interstates to be closed down for a time being.
At Tulalip, there have been at least fourteen funerals and illness amongst the tribal community. I also have fell victim to the dire straits of our economic times. I unfortunately was laid off on Dec 12th, 2008 from the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club and have not found new employment since. However, I continue in a volunteer capacity to see this outreach project through. Donating my time, as does my mother Connie Allen, until everything is safely & securely in the hands of those who will re-distribute the donations to those in the worst of need this Winter.
I felt that those of you who have stepped up to help in some way, shape or form or may be unaware of these extra hard efforts to help this Region, but regardless deserved an update. I know it has been confusing with all the extended dates and the continued “ask” for financial support. We cannot do this without all those who have helped thus far and those of my friends and even people I have never met, are donating money that many of them have to spare. I am grateful for everyone involved. The Tulalip Tribes Board also just donated $$$ towards a U-Haul truck , if that is the avenue we take to get the donations on their way. Once again, Tulalip is not only helping one tribe, but two and that is their way. I am especially grateful for their compassion and generosity as well. We are so close to being on the road.
We have also been in touch with our contacts on both Reservations and have even had Robert E. Eagle Elk on our radio show, who called in live from his office a couple of times. Last Sunday I aired a pre-recorded interview with Frieda Williams who has been one of the lead people in this project. If you would like to hear these programs, please go to: www.blogtalkradio,com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
Tomorrow, on Feb 11th, we are planning a Volunteer Day. We will meet at Frieda’s office (6729 Totem Beach Rd, Tulalip, WA )at 9:30am. I have a small core of volunteers who have cleared their schedule and made special plans to be onsite at the Collections Pod to help sort and create two loads for the Reservations. If you want more information, please contact me at: robin.carneen@gmail.com or call my cell ph: (503) 544-9794. We are doing this rain or shine, and a potluck…pray there is NO SNOW, or we will have to re-schedule…no more set back’s Creator, we are moving forward! Please contact Frieda Williams for directions: (360)716-4220 /425-754-0656
This last week, I also got a MySpace message & phone call from a very nice Modac woman living in Eugene Oregon, named Tambi Schonchin. She will be sending small financial contributions to help with our efforts to get our donations back to SD. She told me she and others in her circle are planning their own large-scale outreach effort and drive, taking our lead. She, like friends of mine : Karla LaRive, Tamara Brennen, Ellen Bello, Jeri Baker, and many others, are folks that act/ or have acted quickly on behalf of their organizations and communities to help this Region through this crisis. This circle is growing each day & is bigger than we know. Many, many people have responded. I have also written to celebrities like Ophra Winfrey and contacted our local Skagit County Speedway hoping that someone with larger connections and high profile will be the last push we need to get there.
To date we have received the following in-kind donations for Rosebud & Pine Ridge Indian Reservations:
• Nearly a 40 X 15 ft. pod-full of warm clothes, blankets, sleeping bags, non-perishable food items, hygiene products, toys, dolls, and various items that will make life a little better this winter
• Financial donations of close to $300-$400
• Gas Cards
• Rental of the 40X15 storage pod from Tulalip TERO
• Countless volunteer hours from youth and adults
• Staff hours from the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, Tulalip TERO, Tulalip Community Relations, Tulalip Maintenance
• Transportation from people’s homes, churches and organizations to the various drop off locations at Tulalip
• Public Relations and advocacy, including internet, in person, news coverage and flyers on behalf of the effort
• Special charitable donation by the Tulalip Tribes Board to help partially pay for the transport the donations back to South Dakota
• Offers of drivers and caravan vehicles and volunteers to transport and represent the Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving/South Dakota Outreach
• Donation by Tulalip Tribes and Tulalip TERO of canopy, chairs, tables, food & water for Volunteer Day coming up(Sorting Day)
• Networking with others like:
The Native American Music Awards Association: www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
Native Progress- One Spirit: www.nativeprogress.org
Link Center Foundation: www.linkcenterfoundation.org
PRES Pine Ridge Enfance Solidarité's (France)
http://www.myspace.com/pineridgenfansolidarite
Examples of what others have done thus far:
• Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple
Office open until Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC
P.O. Box 752 Hot Springs,
South Dakota, USA 57747
605-890-3819 mobile
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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• Native American Music Association Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children:
DEAR NAMA FRIENDS & FAMILY,
The Native American Music Association has been graciously invited by the President of Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) to join his wife and he in a Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children ages 1 thru 18 on their reservation.
Help Santa find Rosebud so that these children may know and share in the true spirit of the holidays. Join NAMA, President Rodney M. Bordeaux & his wife Jody Waln in this direct and gracious effort.
NO GIFT TOO SMALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
Please keep the children in your hearts and minds
this Christmas. We wish you a very healthy and happy Holiday Season.
Send Toys To:
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
PO Box 430 (For UPS: 11 Legion Drive)
Rosebud, SD 57570
Let us know about your local efforts so we may document them and include them in our next Awards Show broadcast
OR PLEASE SEND FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO:
Native American Music Association
511 Avenue of the Americas #371
New York NY 10011
212.228.8300 tel/646.688.6883 fax
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
All Contributions Welcome
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY
NAMA's Emergency Winter Relief Efforts remain underway for the Elders & Disabled on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Financial donations are still needed for propane purchases.
To Send Winter Items or Toys to the Pine Ridge Reservation
please ship to:
OST District Coordinator Office
Post Office Box 1796
( For UPS - East Highway 18)
Tero Building Basement
Pine Ridge SD 57770
We Are Making A Difference!
It has been great to see the outpouring of help that has come to this community. Thanks for your help!
Reporter from Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota
I just wanted to thank you for your assistance, and to let you
know that your labors have already begun to show fruit.
Blessings,
--Russell Masartis
Tree of Life Ministry, Mission, SD
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California tribe donates $100,000 to blizzard aid
By Journal staff | Sunday, November 30, 2008
"When the tribe was made aware of the situation at Pine Ridge and at Rosebud, we knew we had to assist our brother and sister tribes," said Chairman James Ramos of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of San Bernardino. Wildfires in California galvanized desire among his tribe's members to help the Lakota, he said. http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/11/30/news/local/doc4930da383681c974072921.txt
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Background information about this effort:
• To read past articles about the initial efforts, please go to these two links:
http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
• To read the latest Tulalip-related news articles, click here: http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/NewsArchive.aspx. (Everett Herald)
• To see a slideshow about this effort, click on this link:
http://www.picturetrail.com/flicks/6598595/preview
• If you are on FACEBOOK: Join my Cause.... http://apps.facebook.com/causes/189163?m=a554242c&recruiter_id=7425876
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/beneficiaries/34220?m=4a365e51
If you wish to send direct money orders to:
Full Name: TULALIP FOUNDATION
EIN: 26-0807036
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Tulalip Tribes
Attn: Finance/ Frieda Williams/Lynne Bansemer
6700 Totem Beach Rd.
Tulalip, WA. 98271
Make checks payable to: Tulalip Tribes TERO
Deposit to account # 01-0210 / South Dakota
Enter South Dakota tribes/Adopt A Box on the notes line
To contact or send donations directly to the two Reservations, contact:
John Spotted Tail
(605)747-5266
jsst55@yahoo.com
c/o Rosebud Sioux Tribe: 11 Legion Ave P.O Box 430; Rosebud, SD 57570
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Robert E. Eagle Elk: (CAP DISTRICT OFFICE) District Coordinator
(605) 867-5381
Wbear27@hotmail.com
P.O Box 1796: Pine Ridge, SD 57770
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My final PS: WE STILL NEED A SEMI-TRUCK ASAP! Or CARAVAN+DRIVERS!
ALL FINANCIAL DONATIONS WELCOME!
Thanks again to the Circle of Hope~ Circle of Giving: Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip TERO, the Tulalip Lion’s Club, the Tulalip Boys and Girls Club, volunteers, private citizens, contributing businesses and other organizations. Much appreciation for those who have given or become involved thus far, they are giving for many reasons and we appreciate each and every one of them. It should be noted that the outreach and generosity has come from all walks of life and has been like sinew that is helping to mend a long-broken hoop.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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UPCOMING SHOW: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
It is getting COLDER in South Dakota & in Segment 4, we have another update!
Date / Time: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
Category: Goals
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
11am-noon: Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, Tulalip Tero and now the American Trucker’s Associations have teamed up and made the Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving even bigger. The ATA will provide a truck and driver , the Tulalip efforts will fill it. Thanks to everyone who has made donations so far! They are coming in from far & wide! The last day to donate is Jan 16th, then soon after we will load are generous love and donations and send them to Pine Ridge and Rosebud Rezs, to help them through the severe winter. We are going to be getting an update from Frieda Williams-Community Relations Coordinator for the Tulalip Tribes and we will also be hearing from Matt War Bonnet who lives at Tulalip, but grew up in Rosebud, SD.
Noon-1PM: During the second hour of NAMAPAHH we will be hearing from singer, songwriter, Jackie Tice & share tracks from her latest release: Morning Sky Drum Song.
We will also pay tribute to two of our beloved Elders Vi Hilbert & Mary Hansen that come as hard blows for our NW Salish Tribes. They left us during the same week, this past week. Traveling in the same canoe on their last journey to the Creator’s loving arms. I have heard there has been some other losses as well, so this show will be dedicated to those who are grieving and remembering our dear ones.
BACKGROUND INFO:
North County Outlook: http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
To read the latest Tulalip-related news articles, click here: http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/NewsArchive.aspx
Below is an article published today in the Everett Herald.
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tulalips collect clothing for tribes
American Indians in South Dakota are suffering after a November snowstorm hit their reservations.
By Krista J. Kapralos
Herald Writer
TULALIP -- In South Dakota, the winter wind whips trees down over roads. When the snow comes, it socks in entire communities.
Those who live there are hardy people. American Indians on reservations there no doubt have stories about long winters, and traditional ways of coping with the cold.
This year, it was different. A severe snowstorm in November dumped 45 inches in areas of the state. The worst of it fell on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations, where tribal members, left without heat and power for days, resorted to burning their furniture to keep warm.
"Even those that could have left for somewhere else didn't want to leave their homes because they were afraid there would be looting," said Frieda Williams, a Tulalip tribal member.
Those stories crept into Williams' heart, and the hearts of Robin Carneen, who works at the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, and Linda Tolbert, a member of the Tulalip Lions Club, and others on the Tulalip Tribes reservation.
Something had to be done, they decided. Surely the people of Snohomish County will do what they can to help the people of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, they thought. Surely if word got out, donations would come pouring in, and the Indians in South Dakota could have new furniture, blankets and clothes.
And so it began. Much has already been given. A Goodwill store in Seattle has donated 700 pounds of blankets, Williams said. The volunteer team of Tulalip tribal members and other local residents believe that people want to be generous, so they're not shy about asking.
"At Rosebud they only have electric heat, so we're even asking people if they can donate wood stoves," Carneen said.
There's one other thing the volunteers need: a truck, and perhaps even a driver.
"We're sort of putting the cart before the horse by collecting all this, because we're still looking for a truck to be donated so we can drive it all out there," Williams said.
Williams and the others hope to collect enough blankets, clothes, furniture, ¬nonperishable food and other items to fill a large truck trailer by Jan. 16. By then, they hope someone will have offered up a truck in which to put it.
It's not the first time Tulalip tribal members have reached out to South Dakota's Indians. Williams organized a clothing drive for the Pine Ridge reservation in 2004.
The reservation has an 87 percent poverty rate, Williams said. About 40,000 people live there. There's a great need now, after November's storm, but the reservation is so poor that people there are in crisis all the time.
"There are children there who never have enough to eat," she said.
Williams hopes to make the clothing and food drive an annual event. She said she's spoken to leaders of the Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes who are happy that someone has noticed their struggle.
Almost anything is accepted for the charity drive, but there is one condition, Carneen said.
"Clothing and every other item should be new or practically new," she said.
Some of the items that have been donated were tossed out, she said, because they were so old and ratty that it would have been insulting to pass it along to people in South Dakota.
"This is extreme poverty, where people are living in third-world conditions," Carneen said. "But they have pride."
Reporter Krista J. Kapralos: 425-339-3422 or kkapralos@heraldnet.com.
How to help the South Dakota tribes
Donations of clean, new clothing, nonperishable food items, furniture, blankets and other household items are being accepted as part of a grassroots effort to help American Indians who live on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations in South Dakota, where a powerful November snowstorm knocked out power for days and Indians were forced to burn their furniture to keep warm.
The donations are scheduled for delivery to South Dakota on Jan. 16, and donations will be accepted until then.
Donations will be accepted at the Tulalip Tribes TERO office at 6103 31st Ave. NE in Tulalip. For more information, call 360-716-4000 and ask for Frieda Williams.
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We are VERY excited & grateful for The American Truckers Associations, who have offered to donate a truck & driver(AMAZING)…we are waiting & praying here in the NW for the snows to subside so we can get our donations into the hands of tribal members on Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations.
American Truckers Associations:
"The Voice of the Industry that Moves America's Freight"
http://www.truckline.com/Pages/Home.aspx
"The trucking industry has an impressive record on safety, working to educate the motoring public with safety outreach programs, promote driving skills through national competitions and awards, and raise safety awareness through joint programs with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
We are also working to enhance the image of the trucking industry, using ambassadors with millions of accident-free miles and decades of service to reach out to the public and their colleagues to show how integral trucking is to the life of every American. Through a public image campaign, the trucking industry conveys the fact that we deliver life's essentials safely, securely, and on time."
Robert Eagle Elk -. Ogalala Sioux Tribe- District Coordinator will be calling in from Pine Ridge to give us an update on their weather. According to Eagle Elk, temperature wise” they have dropped below freezing and for this Region Winter came too early.” He will also tell us a little about his people and how we can help them through this severe winter weather.
Nov 5th Blizzard in SD: AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0
Ellen Bello of the NAMA association will be giving us an update about her organization and how she and the membership have helped to raise funds for heating homes in SD rez’s is going as well as a Toy drive for Rosebud Rez.! We need & want to fill up this SEMI-TRUCK....so tune in, for our talking Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving+ awesome music to warm your hearts & souls as we send our prayers to South Dakota!
ROSEBUD TOY DRIVE & WINTER EMERGENCY RELIEF UPDATES
TOY DRIVE:
At Present, the Native American Music Association is sending 1440 small toy items to the President of Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) for his Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children ages 1 thru 18 on their reservation. This now brings the current tally of toys raised to 4600 and leaves approximately 2900 toys needed. (just 290 people sending 10 items each would do it!)
Keep Spreading the word. NO GIFT TOO SMALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
Send Toys To:
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
PO Box 430 (For UPS: 11 Legion Drive)
Rosebud, SD 57570
WINTER RELIEF EFFORTS:
Temperatures in South Dakota reached a below 35 degree wind-chill. Some areas reported below 60 degrees. NAMA's Emergency Winter Relief Efforts remain underway on the Pine Ridge Reservation, particularly for the elders & disabled and small children. This week NAMA purchased emergency heat/electric for four households, one of which a grandmother taking care of five children almost died in the sub zero weather.
At present, 156 households are in need of emergency heat and have no access to funds.
Severe weather conditions are being predicted ahead. Donations are needed.
SEND FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO:
Native American Music Association
511 Avenue of the Americas
#371
New York NY 10011
212.228.8300 tel
646.688.6883 fax
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE..THANK YOU
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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Past guests & other non- profits involved: Visit One Spirit at www.nativeprogress.org
nimchira wrote:
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Greetings,
I am speaking to you about a small local non-profit charitable organization based in Sterling, Ks that has been in business 6 years. We provide clothing, household goods and other needs to those living in poverty conditions in the central states. We also provided for the needs of local residents who have lost their homes as a result of fires or other natural disasters. We make regular trips to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Central South Dakota, providing the same services to the Native Americans residing in sub-poverty conditions.
My name is J. Porter Selman, Founder and et al of Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. www.wole.org/
Our organization is supported solely by the donations of concerned citizens of this country, and some residing in other countries. During this time of social and economic upheaval in our country, donations have dropped extremely low, making it difficult to help others.
While many are sympathetic to the needs and misfortunes of others, it is often hard to comprehend the extent of the difficulties some people on Indian Reservations can face. With unemployment on the reservations reaching as high as 85%, and 45% of the children living below the governmental poverty standards and a life expectancy of only 45 years, it is clear to see that America is not always a place of liberty and justice for all.
While some tribes seem to be thriving with their casinos, it's important to realize that very little of that money ever reaches the people who are most in need. We are used to seeing the faces of poverty overseas, but in fact, there are many faces right here at home that can use our help.
The poverty on these reservations is so severe many can not afford heat in the winter, or warm coats and blankets. Many don't have electricity or a telephone, things we take for granted. The lack of funding has created an absence or lack of adequate prevention and intervention programs throughout Indian Country. Culturally, American Indian people believe that children are both sacred and the hope of the future.
The federal government, which promised in treaties to provide for Native Americans, spends less than half as much per tribal member as it does for programs covering other Americans.
Housing must be paid for, which goes against the stipulations in the treaties, HUD is responsible for this housing. Why do these people have to pay to live in sub-standard housing, and where is the money going? Certainly not into repairs or to provide adequate housing for the many homeless that wander about the reserve.
While it is not possible to "fix" all the problems within the Indian communities, it is possible to implement programs that help feed the elders and children, provide heat in the cold winters.
Web of Life Enterprises seeks to bring some comfort and help to those who are suffering on the reservations as well as those in immediate need. We strive to end the hardships that some people have faced, especially the children, and I am calling on you for your help and assistance in furthering our goals. Money, goods and services are all required to bring change, to providing better housing, decent food, warm clothing and blankets, and snow boots and coats for children who sometimes have to walk to the nearest schools or community centers for meals.
In a place where winter seems to begin just after it has ended, contributions of money, goods or services that are so hard to come by in these remote areas, will not only alleviate discomfort, but can also provide the means for people on these reservations to work towards bettering the future for the children.
Thank you for your attention, may the Great Spirit Bless you in all ways.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, Ks. 67579
620-278-3842
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Other news, views, and music sources:
Censored Blog Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Brenda-Norrell
Brenda Norrell, Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Censored Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Brenda-Norrell
Earthcycles Longest Walk Radio:
http://www.earthcycles.net
RED TOWN RADIO:
http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/RedTownRadio/2008/12/20/Red-Town-Radio
Native Voice One: www.nv1.org
www.nativeamericacalling.com
www.nativenews.net
www.airos.org
www.undercurrentsradio.net
Albert Cata on National Radio/Native American Radio Live in Santa FE Public Radio KSFR 890.7 FM: http://www.ksfr.org/
Michael "Kickingbear" Johnson
http://www.singlefeathermedia.com/
"Indigenous Peoples Music" the podcast
www.Indigenouspeoples.blip.tv
860.501.7988
Others:
http://www.nativeradio.com/
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . November 28, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert will feature Special Guest Artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience.
The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple
Office open until Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC
P.O. Box 752 Hot Springs,
South Dakota, USA 57747
605-890-3819 mobile
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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Other Press Releases:
PLEASE Distribute widely!
Press Release
by: Tamra Brennan
NDN News
www.NDNnews.com
December 14, 2008
Life threatening temperatures of -60 degrees slam South Dakota. Heating crisis a major issue on the Rez!
URGENT HELP NEEDED!
South Dakota has been hit with yet another blizzard last night. This severe storm has brought low temperatures of -35 degrees with the wind chill factor. Tonight's low is expected to be -60 degrees in many areas of Western South Dakota. These temperatures are expected to last through Tuesday evening, with more snow expected over the next few days. The rest of this week, evening temperatures will be around zero, or just above.
Many of you are aware of the blizzard that slammed Western South Dakota on November 5th. Over two thousand power poles were broken, leaving hundreds of people on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations without power and heat for up to two weeks. That blizzard left snow drifts of up to twenty feet in some areas, leaving roads impassable for days. See our press release Eleven Days Later, Disaster finally coming to a close for Pine Ridge Reservation and all of the posts and updates regarding the blizzard on our blog post entitled "Blizzard slams South Dakota Rez's" http://news.ndnnews.com
Since that last blizzard, hundreds of people were left low or without propane. Now another storm blasts through, this time with even worse life-threatening temperatures. The National Weather Service states that a person could suffer from frostbite within ten minutes or less in these temperatures. At -60*F, it takes only one minute for exposed skin to become frostbitten. There are many people on the reservations that do not have adequate heating and are suffering horribly in these brutal temperatures.
Link Center Foundation (LCF), a non profit 501C3 organization, is desperately seeking funding for emergency heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and/or the seriously ill on the Reservations. Also, there are often children found in the homes of elders. According to statistics, nearly 60% of the elders are raising their grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
Since the blizzard in November, Link Center Foundation has received a enormous amount of requests for heating assistance. LCF has successfully funded 132 families in need so far this year. However, as of today, they still have 130 approved applications still pending on a waiting list and more applications are arriving every day. Tragically, LCF has run out of funds even though winter has only just begun. Some assistance has come in from other organizations such as NAMA (the Native American Music Association). However, with the enormous number of requests pouring in, even that hasn't been able to cover the needs. Funding is the major challenge.
The first day of Winter has not officially arrived yet; it is still ten days away and we have already been faced with two blizzards and brutally extreme temperatures. South Dakota can receive snow up until May. The first snow this year was the beginning of October. Eight months of cold and snow is going to make for a horrific and very long winter this year.
How many people can withstand -60*F temperatures in sub-standard housing with inadequate or little heating? Well, this is what many elders, disabled, and folks with small children are being faced with this year.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located within three counties. Shannon County is one of the poorest counties in the country. Pine Ridge is the second largest Reservation in the United States, roughly the size of the State of Connecticut. The unemployment rate is approximately 80-85% and the median income is about $3,500.00 a year. To make matters worse, heating costs have risen approximately 33% this year.
Nearly 60% of the homes on Pine Ridge are significantly sub-standard. Many are over-crowded and without proper heating, insulation, running water, sewer, or electricity.
How can you help?
Please consider making a contribution (tax deductible), to Link Center Foundation for heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and the seriously ill. No amount is too small (or large!). If you can send $10 or $20 dollars, every dollar can help make a difference.
The Holidays are upon us, many of you will be out shopping for your loved ones soon. Here is a creative idea to help: Instead of buying yet another toaster, sweater or video game for your family members, how about making a donation to LCF on behalf of your loved ones! You can give them a card, saying that they helped provide heat to a family in need on the Reservations in South Dakota.
It's a great way to help, and you are able to provide a life-saving gift to the people. I am sure your loved one would be thrilled that they were able to help someone in this way. You can also take it one step further and make a family decision for everyone to take their gift money and make a donation on behalf of your entire family!
Please visit LCF's website for additional information at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
or email admin@linkcenterfoundation.org
You can easily and securely make your donation on your credit card or bank debit card right on the Link Center Foundation website!
Or you can mail donations to the following address at:
Link Center Foundation
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
Shipping Address: 117 Jackson Drive – Firestone, CO 80520
Local Phone: 303-833-6520
Toll-Free Phone: 888-220-1653
Thank you all for your continued help and assistance with this winter crisis on the rez.
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Related News:
Ride to honor American Indians killed in 1890
By CARSON WALKER – 8 hours ago
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Kim Cameron is about to set off on a nearly 300-mile journey into the past.
She and other American Indian horseback riders plan to begin the annual Big Foot Memorial Ride on Monday at Sitting Bull's grave site. They hope to finish at Wounded Knee battle site in two weeks.
The trek has been made the past 23 years to honor the more than 250 men, women and children shot here Dec. 29, 1890, by the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the Wounded Knee massacre.
Cameron, who has done the ride before, said it has taught her patience, respect and discipline. She also has learned about horses, her Lakota culture and how to work with other people on the ride, which the young people call the Future Generations Ride.
"It means a lot. It means more for our people. It means our culture should be coming back steadily," she said.
About eight out of 10 of the riders are young people who want to experience the ride for themselves and learn more about their traditions, said Ron His Horse Is Thunder, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairman and a descendant of Sitting Bull.
"This has become a ride for them. A way of renewing, if you will, cultural values," he said. "It's become a rite of passage for those young kids to be able to say, 'I've done that and in doing so have practiced my culture and have learned the values.'"
Donaven Yellow, of Wakpala, said he was 11 on his first ride. He said he has gotten more involved with and learned more about his culture every year.
"It helps keep my mind focused on what's right and wrong," Yellow said.
The memorial ride began in 1986 when a handful of Lakota riders decided to follow the December 1890 trip across South Dakota taken by Chief Big Foot and his followers.
That year, Sitting Bull, living on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, was killed when resisting arrest by reservation police.
After he was killed, Big Foot's band fled Standing Rock and had hoped to spend the winter in safety with the Oglala in the Badlands.
They were intercepted and killed by the 7th Cavalry outside Wounded Knee, which sits at the juncture of three creeks on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota.
The modern-day riders feel some of cold the original riders felt, even though they have insulated caps, coats and warm food and shelter awaiting them at the end of each day.
"Riding for my ancestors is a really big thing for me," Cameron, of Wakpala, said of the challenge.
On the Net:
http://www.standingrock.org
http://www.google.com:80/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hs-dQzbeIKqT79Wfhpv4_R7FGVOAD9532QTO0
In peace & solidarity,
Tamra
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Update on Riders:
RE: Pine Ridge Res - Big Foot Ride - Mankota - Skylar Wolf
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Philip David Ochs
Date: Dec 20, 2008 7:30 AM
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There was another severe snap of cold and blizzard a week ago.
There have been two additional blows this week with added snow.
Dead of winter a day early w/ blowing snow - limited visibility.
I do not advise travel - very cold out there - check reports and links.
Addresses on the ground or area activists + services will be up.
Thoughts and attention need to go to our brethren to be sustained.
This wintry wind will remain beyond 24 - 48 hours of severity.
These conditions apply across the northern plains - be cautioned.
Three major snowfalls travelling over north america - please take heed.
We are waiting to hear of the 2 memorial Wounded Knee rides.
Skylar Wolf is a Dec 26 concert. Details gathered will be posted.
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Vi Hilbert has gone on.....my heart goes out to her family!
(Note from Robin- we also lost a Samish Elder, Mary Hansen, I got this news as well this last week.....we will miss them dearly! Vi brought back our Lushootseed Language, while Mary fought alongside her son Ken & others for Federal Recognition which they won back! We will never forget these Elders- Ken preceded his Mother's passing)
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/upper_skagit_tribe_elder_dies/
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
Email | Print Tahlia Ganser | Skagit Valley Herald
December 19, 2008 - 07:23 PM
LA CONNER — A nationally known Upper Skagit Tribe elder died Friday morning, leaving behind the legacy of her preserved language and culture.
Vi Hilbert, who died at age 90 of natural causes, dedicated much of her life documenting and translating the Lushootseed culture and language. Lushootseed is the language of the Northwest tribes, which Hilbert called “the first people of this land.”
“My mother believed there was nothing she couldn’t do,” said her only daughter, Lois Schluter, 70, of Bow. “She had incredible energy.”
Born in Skagit County, Hilbert was one of eight children — the only to survive past the age of 3. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where she was punished for speaking her native language, Lushootseed, which she later dedicated herself to saving.
At 5-foot-2, she plowed through life with dedication and ambition, working in everything from hair salons to restaurants and teaching at the university level, her daughter said.
In 1967, she met linguist Thom Hess, sparking a partnership bound by the passion of the Lushootseed language. The two delved into the regional language and culture, writing a number of books together, including a dictionary. She also translated a collection of traditional Lushootseed stories.
“She was an outgoing, regal, adventurous woman who was really on a mission to preserve the culture of our people,” said her 48-year-old grandson, Jay Samson, who lives on the Nooksack Reservation near Everson.
Hilbert eventually taught language courses at the University of Washington.
Hilbert died peacefully knowing that her ancestors and relatives “would greet her on the other side ... and be really delighted to see her,” Samson said. “It was sad, but it was also part of the natural flow of life.”
There will be a wake for Hilbert at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, and a funeral service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, both at the Upper Skagit gym.
• Tahlia Ganser can be reached at 360-416-2148 or at tganser@skagitpublishing.com.
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Our Beloved Taqseblu Vi Hilbert passed at 7:00 this morning at sunrise 12/19. Her passage was peaceful, and her family was gathered around her.
The wake will be held next Friday, Dec. 26th, and the funeral on Saturday, the 27th. Both will be at Upper Skagit. More information will be forthcoming in the next couple days.
Please keep the family in your prayers.
http://www.grandmothersproject.org/2005_home/Taqseblu.pdf
Respectfully,
Raven E. Heavy Runner
"Our life is the sum of all your choices." Albert Camus
In honor of the Indigenous land wherein I currently reside, I wholeheartedly wish to promote the sovereignty of the Duwamish Nation. Please visit: www.duwamishtribe.org
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 20
"My pottery is the handiwork of God."
--Teresita Naranjo, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
The Great One has given every human being at least one special talent and one special gift. We need to develop and practice these gifts because they are the handiwork of God. Maybe we are artists-when people look at our work it puts joy in their hearts; maybe we are singers- when people listen to our songs, their hearts are happy; maybe we are writers of song or poetry-when people hear or read our work, it may change their lives. We need to honor ourselves and our gifts. We need to thank the Creator for our talents and our gifts."
My Creator, let me use my gifts to further Your work on the Earth
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This just in:
From: jamie moran [mailto:poorwolf@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:05 AM
To: barvi@indiancenter.org
Subject: freezing red indian woman
DEAR FRIENDS IN USA---
There is an old Lakota woman [she does beautiful star quilts, in the traditional manner] on the Oglala Sioux reservation at Pine Ridge who is in danger of freezing this cold winter. She has lost her husband and is all alone, living in a small place near Manderson [where the holy man Black Elk is buried].
I have sent her what I can. It occurred to me, if I asked friends in America to send her some spare dollars, it might mount up, and get her through the cold spell. Many elders at Pine Ridge literally struggle to not freeze to dearth in the savage winter cold, but this is a particularly stark case. This old lady has no relatives on the rez. Can you help her?
If you can, then please send dollars in cash, or a dollar money order, [or even an international dollar money order - if sending something from abroad] to the following person and address=
Anna Firethunder,
P.O. Box 87,
Manderson,
South Dakota, 57756.USA.
Many thanks.
Have a good Christmas, and a better 09.
Cante wasteya,
Jamie.
21dec08
You can also buy her warmth at:
EMERGENCY WINTER HEATING/UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
October, 2008 through March, 2009
For the Elders, Disabled and the Sick Living on the
Lakota Sioux Reservations in South Dakota
Our goal is to raise $20,000.
We are not grant-funded at this time. We depend on YOU, the individual donor, to help these families in crisis.
§ Average income on the Oglala Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation is about $3,500.00 per YEAR. Jobs are extremely scarce; unemployment hovers around 85% on this 11,000-square-mile reservation which houses about 40,000 people. The other Lakota Reservations face similar economic conditions.
§ Death by hypothermia is always a concern on the reservations. Each winter (October – March), temperatures drop well below 0*F. Many families must choose between food and heat. In some cases, they have neither.
§ Federal LHEAP and Tribal Assistance Programs offer each low-income family approximately $300 per year. With the current rate of propane at $2.20 per gallon, this provides only 136 gallons – about enough fuel for 2 to 4 weeks (depending on the harsh weather).
§ Propane prices have already risen about 33% since last winter, and are expected to rise much higher as this winter goes on. Those families surviving with electric heat also face major increases in cost.
§ Propane companies require minimum amounts of propane to be purchased before delivery (currently $125 to $355 depending on the company). These minimum requirements are expected to skyrocket as the high cost of truck fuel increases. This makes families struggle even harder to accumulate enough funds at one time to ensure a delivery.
The Link Center Foundation has already received numerous emergency assistance applications that cannot be filled due to lack of funds. With propane, wood, and electricity prices continually rising, many more requests for help are expected to arrive.
95% of ALL donations to our heating/utility fund are USED for the heating/utility fund. The remaining 5% covers bank, credit card, and processing fees.
YOU Can Make A Difference!
All applicants are screened and documented
Payments are made directly to utility, propane, wood, or heat equipment companies
Donations carefully tracked and accountable
No donation too small
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id21.html to see map of Reservations
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id24.html to learn more about conditions on the Reservations
Note:
As with all Non-Profits, your donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Please consult your tax advisor.
Please mark your check: "Emergency Utility and Heating Fund"
Please send donations to:
Link Center Foundation
P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
For Credit Card Donations, please visit our website at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
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UPCOMING SHOW: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
It is getting COLDER in South Dakota & in Segment 4, we have another update!
Date / Time: 12/21/2008 11:00 AM-1PM PST
Category: Goals
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
11am-noon: Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, Tulalip Tero and now the American Trucker’s Associations have teamed up and made the Circle of Hope- Circle of Giving even bigger. The ATA will provide a truck and driver , the Tulalip efforts will fill it. Thanks to everyone who has made donations so far! They are coming in from far & wide! The last day to donate is Jan 16th, then soon after we will load are generous love and donations and send them to Pine Ridge and Rosebud Rezs, to help them through the severe winter. We are going to be getting an update from Frieda Williams-Community Relations Coordinator for the Tulalip Tribes and we will also be hearing from Matt War Bonnet who lives at Tulalip, but grew up in Rosebud, SD.
Noon-1PM: During the second hour of NAMAPAHH we will be hearing from singer, songwriter, Jackie Tice & share tracks from her latest release: Morning Sky Drum Song.
We will also pay tribute to two of our beloved Elders Vi Hilbert & Mary Hansen that come as hard blows for our NW Salish Tribes. They left us during the same week, this past week. Traveling in the same canoe on their last journey to the Creator’s loving arms. I have heard there has been some other losses as well, so this show will be dedicated to those who are grieving and remembering our dear ones.
BACKGROUND INFO:
North County Outlook: http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/1204_Tulalip_SD_givingcircle.htm
To read the latest Tulalip-related news articles, click here: http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/NewsArchive.aspx
Below is an article published today in the Everett Herald.
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tulalips collect clothing for tribes
American Indians in South Dakota are suffering after a November snowstorm hit their reservations.
By Krista J. Kapralos
Herald Writer
TULALIP -- In South Dakota, the winter wind whips trees down over roads. When the snow comes, it socks in entire communities.
Those who live there are hardy people. American Indians on reservations there no doubt have stories about long winters, and traditional ways of coping with the cold.
This year, it was different. A severe snowstorm in November dumped 45 inches in areas of the state. The worst of it fell on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations, where tribal members, left without heat and power for days, resorted to burning their furniture to keep warm.
"Even those that could have left for somewhere else didn't want to leave their homes because they were afraid there would be looting," said Frieda Williams, a Tulalip tribal member.
Those stories crept into Williams' heart, and the hearts of Robin Carneen, who works at the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club, and Linda Tolbert, a member of the Tulalip Lions Club, and others on the Tulalip Tribes reservation.
Something had to be done, they decided. Surely the people of Snohomish County will do what they can to help the people of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, they thought. Surely if word got out, donations would come pouring in, and the Indians in South Dakota could have new furniture, blankets and clothes.
And so it began. Much has already been given. A Goodwill store in Seattle has donated 700 pounds of blankets, Williams said. The volunteer team of Tulalip tribal members and other local residents believe that people want to be generous, so they're not shy about asking.
"At Rosebud they only have electric heat, so we're even asking people if they can donate wood stoves," Carneen said.
There's one other thing the volunteers need: a truck, and perhaps even a driver.
"We're sort of putting the cart before the horse by collecting all this, because we're still looking for a truck to be donated so we can drive it all out there," Williams said.
Williams and the others hope to collect enough blankets, clothes, furniture, ¬nonperishable food and other items to fill a large truck trailer by Jan. 16. By then, they hope someone will have offered up a truck in which to put it.
It's not the first time Tulalip tribal members have reached out to South Dakota's Indians. Williams organized a clothing drive for the Pine Ridge reservation in 2004.
The reservation has an 87 percent poverty rate, Williams said. About 40,000 people live there. There's a great need now, after November's storm, but the reservation is so poor that people there are in crisis all the time.
"There are children there who never have enough to eat," she said.
Williams hopes to make the clothing and food drive an annual event. She said she's spoken to leaders of the Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes who are happy that someone has noticed their struggle.
Almost anything is accepted for the charity drive, but there is one condition, Carneen said.
"Clothing and every other item should be new or practically new," she said.
Some of the items that have been donated were tossed out, she said, because they were so old and ratty that it would have been insulting to pass it along to people in South Dakota.
"This is extreme poverty, where people are living in third-world conditions," Carneen said. "But they have pride."
Reporter Krista J. Kapralos: 425-339-3422 or kkapralos@heraldnet.com.
How to help the South Dakota tribes
Donations of clean, new clothing, nonperishable food items, furniture, blankets and other household items are being accepted as part of a grassroots effort to help American Indians who live on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations in South Dakota, where a powerful November snowstorm knocked out power for days and Indians were forced to burn their furniture to keep warm.
The donations are scheduled for delivery to South Dakota on Jan. 16, and donations will be accepted until then.
Donations will be accepted at the Tulalip Tribes TERO office at 6103 31st Ave. NE in Tulalip. For more information, call 360-716-4000 and ask for Frieda Williams.
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We are VERY excited & grateful for The American Truckers Associations, who have offered to donate a truck & driver(AMAZING)…we are waiting & praying here in the NW for the snows to subside so we can get our donations into the hands of tribal members on Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations.
American Truckers Associations:
"The Voice of the Industry that Moves America's Freight"
http://www.truckline.com/Pages/Home.aspx
"The trucking industry has an impressive record on safety, working to educate the motoring public with safety outreach programs, promote driving skills through national competitions and awards, and raise safety awareness through joint programs with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
We are also working to enhance the image of the trucking industry, using ambassadors with millions of accident-free miles and decades of service to reach out to the public and their colleagues to show how integral trucking is to the life of every American. Through a public image campaign, the trucking industry conveys the fact that we deliver life's essentials safely, securely, and on time."
Robert Eagle Elk -. Ogalala Sioux Tribe- District Coordinator will be calling in from Pine Ridge to give us an update on their weather. According to Eagle Elk, temperature wise” they have dropped below freezing and for this Region Winter came too early.” He will also tell us a little about his people and how we can help them through this severe winter weather.
Nov 5th Blizzard in SD: AP footage of Blizzard in South Dakota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYIjvT2ur0
Ellen Bello of the NAMA association will be giving us an update about her organization and how she and the membership have helped to raise funds for heating homes in SD rez’s is going as well as a Toy drive for Rosebud Rez.! We need & want to fill up this SEMI-TRUCK....so tune in, for our talking Circle of Hope-Circle of Giving+ awesome music to warm your hearts & souls as we send our prayers to South Dakota!
ROSEBUD TOY DRIVE & WINTER EMERGENCY RELIEF UPDATES
TOY DRIVE:
At Present, the Native American Music Association is sending 1440 small toy items to the President of Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) for his Christmas Toy Drive for the 7500 children ages 1 thru 18 on their reservation. This now brings the current tally of toys raised to 4600 and leaves approximately 2900 toys needed. (just 290 people sending 10 items each would do it!)
Keep Spreading the word. NO GIFT TOO SMALL FOR THE CHILDREN.
Send Toys To:
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
PO Box 430 (For UPS: 11 Legion Drive)
Rosebud, SD 57570
WINTER RELIEF EFFORTS:
Temperatures in South Dakota reached a below 35 degree wind-chill. Some areas reported below 60 degrees. NAMA's Emergency Winter Relief Efforts remain underway on the Pine Ridge Reservation, particularly for the elders & disabled and small children. This week NAMA purchased emergency heat/electric for four households, one of which a grandmother taking care of five children almost died in the sub zero weather.
At present, 156 households are in need of emergency heat and have no access to funds.
Severe weather conditions are being predicted ahead. Donations are needed.
SEND FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO:
Native American Music Association
511 Avenue of the Americas
#371
New York NY 10011
212.228.8300 tel
646.688.6883 fax
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE..THANK YOU
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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Past guests & other non- profits involved: Visit One Spirit at www.nativeprogress.org
nimchira
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Greetings,
I am speaking to you about a small local non-profit charitable organization based in Sterling, Ks that has been in business 6 years. We provide clothing, household goods and other needs to those living in poverty conditions in the central states. We also provided for the needs of local residents who have lost their homes as a result of fires or other natural disasters. We make regular trips to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Central South Dakota, providing the same services to the Native Americans residing in sub-poverty conditions.
My name is J. Porter Selman, Founder and et al of Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. www.wole.org/
Our organization is supported solely by the donations of concerned citizens of this country, and some residing in other countries. During this time of social and economic upheaval in our country, donations have dropped extremely low, making it difficult to help others.
While many are sympathetic to the needs and misfortunes of others, it is often hard to comprehend the extent of the difficulties some people on Indian Reservations can face. With unemployment on the reservations reaching as high as 85%, and 45% of the children living below the governmental poverty standards and a life expectancy of only 45 years, it is clear to see that America is not always a place of liberty and justice for all.
While some tribes seem to be thriving with their casinos, it's important to realize that very little of that money ever reaches the people who are most in need. We are used to seeing the faces of poverty overseas, but in fact, there are many faces right here at home that can use our help.
The poverty on these reservations is so severe many can not afford heat in the winter, or warm coats and blankets. Many don't have electricity or a telephone, things we take for granted. The lack of funding has created an absence or lack of adequate prevention and intervention programs throughout Indian Country. Culturally, American Indian people believe that children are both sacred and the hope of the future.
The federal government, which promised in treaties to provide for Native Americans, spends less than half as much per tribal member as it does for programs covering other Americans.
Housing must be paid for, which goes against the stipulations in the treaties, HUD is responsible for this housing. Why do these people have to pay to live in sub-standard housing, and where is the money going? Certainly not into repairs or to provide adequate housing for the many homeless that wander about the reserve.
While it is not possible to "fix" all the problems within the Indian communities, it is possible to implement programs that help feed the elders and children, provide heat in the cold winters.
Web of Life Enterprises seeks to bring some comfort and help to those who are suffering on the reservations as well as those in immediate need. We strive to end the hardships that some people have faced, especially the children, and I am calling on you for your help and assistance in furthering our goals. Money, goods and services are all required to bring change, to providing better housing, decent food, warm clothing and blankets, and snow boots and coats for children who sometimes have to walk to the nearest schools or community centers for meals.
In a place where winter seems to begin just after it has ended, contributions of money, goods or services that are so hard to come by in these remote areas, will not only alleviate discomfort, but can also provide the means for people on these reservations to work towards bettering the future for the children.
Thank you for your attention, may the Great Spirit Bless you in all ways.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, Ks. 67579
620-278-3842
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(They were guests on past last blogtalk radio show…Karla & Michael!)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . . November 28, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert will feature Special Guest Artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience.
The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple
Office open until Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC
P.O. Box 752 Hot Springs,
South Dakota, USA 57747
605-890-3819 mobile
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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Press Release
by: Tamra Brennan
NDN News
www.NDNnews.com
December 14, 2008
Life threatening temperatures of -60 degrees slam South Dakota. Heating crisis a major issue on the Rez!
URGENT HELP NEEDED!
South Dakota has been hit with yet another blizzard last night. This severe storm has brought low temperatures of -35 degrees with the wind chill factor. Tonight's low is expected to be -60 degrees in many areas of Western South Dakota. These temperatures are expected to last through Tuesday evening, with more snow expected over the next few days. The rest of this week, evening temperatures will be around zero, or just above.
Many of you are aware of the blizzard that slammed Western South Dakota on November 5th. Over two thousand power poles were broken, leaving hundreds of people on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations without power and heat for up to two weeks. That blizzard left snow drifts of up to twenty feet in some areas, leaving roads impassable for days. See our press release Eleven Days Later, Disaster finally coming to a close for Pine Ridge Reservation and all of the posts and updates regarding the blizzard on our blog post entitled "Blizzard slams South Dakota Rez's" http://news.ndnnews.com
Since that last blizzard, hundreds of people were left low or without propane. Now another storm blasts through, this time with even worse life-threatening temperatures. The National Weather Service states that a person could suffer from frostbite within ten minutes or less in these temperatures. At -60*F, it takes only one minute for exposed skin to become frostbitten. There are many people on the reservations that do not have adequate heating and are suffering horribly in these brutal temperatures.
Link Center Foundation (LCF), a non profit 501C3 organization, is desperately seeking funding for emergency heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and/or the seriously ill on the Reservations. Also, there are often children found in the homes of elders. According to statistics, nearly 60% of the elders are raising their grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
Since the blizzard in November, Link Center Foundation has received a enormous amount of requests for heating assistance. LCF has successfully funded 132 families in need so far this year. However, as of today, they still have 130 approved applications still pending on a waiting list and more applications are arriving every day. Tragically, LCF has run out of funds even though winter has only just begun. Some assistance has come in from other organizations such as NAMA (the Native American Music Association). However, with the enormous number of requests pouring in, even that hasn't been able to cover the needs. Funding is the major challenge.
The first day of Winter has not officially arrived yet; it is still ten days away and we have already been faced with two blizzards and brutally extreme temperatures. South Dakota can receive snow up until May. The first snow this year was the beginning of October. Eight months of cold and snow is going to make for a horrific and very long winter this year.
How many people can withstand -60*F temperatures in sub-standard housing with inadequate or little heating? Well, this is what many elders, disabled, and folks with small children are being faced with this year.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located within three counties. Shannon County is one of the poorest counties in the country. Pine Ridge is the second largest Reservation in the United States, roughly the size of the State of Connecticut. The unemployment rate is approximately 80-85% and the median income is about $3,500.00 a year. To make matters worse, heating costs have risen approximately 33% this year.
Nearly 60% of the homes on Pine Ridge are significantly sub-standard. Many are over-crowded and without proper heating, insulation, running water, sewer, or electricity.
How can you help?
Please consider making a contribution (tax deductible), to Link Center Foundation for heating assistance for the elders, the disabled, and the seriously ill. No amount is too small (or large!). If you can send $10 or $20 dollars, every dollar can help make a difference.
The Holidays are upon us, many of you will be out shopping for your loved ones soon. Here is a creative idea to help: Instead of buying yet another toaster, sweater or video game for your family members, how about making a donation to LCF on behalf of your loved ones! You can give them a card, saying that they helped provide heat to a family in need on the Reservations in South Dakota.
It's a great way to help, and you are able to provide a life-saving gift to the people. I am sure your loved one would be thrilled that they were able to help someone in this way. You can also take it one step further and make a family decision for everyone to take their gift money and make a donation on behalf of your entire family!
Please visit LCF's website for additional information at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
or email admin@linkcenterfoundation.org
You can easily and securely make your donation on your credit card or bank debit card right on the Link Center Foundation website!
Or you can mail donations to the following address at:
Link Center Foundation
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
Shipping Address: 117 Jackson Drive – Firestone, CO 80520
Local Phone: 303-833-6520
Toll-Free Phone: 888-220-1653
Thank you all for your continued help and assistance with this winter crisis on the rez.
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Related News:
Ride to honor American Indians killed in 1890
By CARSON WALKER – 8 hours ago
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Kim Cameron is about to set off on a nearly 300-mile journey into the past.
She and other American Indian horseback riders plan to begin the annual Big Foot Memorial Ride on Monday at Sitting Bull's grave site. They hope to finish at Wounded Knee battle site in two weeks.
The trek has been made the past 23 years to honor the more than 250 men, women and children shot here Dec. 29, 1890, by the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the Wounded Knee massacre.
Cameron, who has done the ride before, said it has taught her patience, respect and discipline. She also has learned about horses, her Lakota culture and how to work with other people on the ride, which the young people call the Future Generations Ride.
"It means a lot. It means more for our people. It means our culture should be coming back steadily," she said.
About eight out of 10 of the riders are young people who want to experience the ride for themselves and learn more about their traditions, said Ron His Horse Is Thunder, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairman and a descendant of Sitting Bull.
"This has become a ride for them. A way of renewing, if you will, cultural values," he said. "It's become a rite of passage for those young kids to be able to say, 'I've done that and in doing so have practiced my culture and have learned the values.'"
Donaven Yellow, of Wakpala, said he was 11 on his first ride. He said he has gotten more involved with and learned more about his culture every year.
"It helps keep my mind focused on what's right and wrong," Yellow said.
The memorial ride began in 1986 when a handful of Lakota riders decided to follow the December 1890 trip across South Dakota taken by Chief Big Foot and his followers.
That year, Sitting Bull, living on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, was killed when resisting arrest by reservation police.
After he was killed, Big Foot's band fled Standing Rock and had hoped to spend the winter in safety with the Oglala in the Badlands.
They were intercepted and killed by the 7th Cavalry outside Wounded Knee, which sits at the juncture of three creeks on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota.
The modern-day riders feel some of cold the original riders felt, even though they have insulated caps, coats and warm food and shelter awaiting them at the end of each day.
"Riding for my ancestors is a really big thing for me," Cameron, of Wakpala, said of the challenge.
On the Net:
http://www.standingrock.org
http://www.google.com:80/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hs-dQzbeIKqT79Wfhpv4_R7FGVOAD9532QTO0
In peace & solidarity,
Tamra
www.NDNnews.com
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"Helping to make a difference for our people in Indian Country, one day at a time. What will you do today to help make a difference?" "Our sacred lands are all that remain keeping us connected to our place on Mother Earth, to our spirituality, our heritage and our lands; what's left of them. If they take it all away, what will remain except a vague memory of a past so forgotten?"
......excerpt from One Nation, One Land, One People by Tamra Brennan, 2006
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Update on Riders:
RE: Pine Ridge Res - Big Foot Ride - Mankota - Skylar Wolf
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Philip David Ochs
Date: Dec 20, 2008 7:30 AM
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There was another severe snap of cold and blizzard a week ago.
There have been two additional blows this week with added snow.
Dead of winter a day early w/ blowing snow - limited visibility.
I do not advise travel - very cold out there - check reports and links.
Addresses on the ground or area activists + services will be up.
Thoughts and attention need to go to our brethren to be sustained.
This wintry wind will remain beyond 24 - 48 hours of severity.
These conditions apply across the northern plains - be cautioned.
Three major snowfalls travelling over north america - please take heed.
We are waiting to hear of the 2 memorial Wounded Knee rides.
Skylar Wolf is a Dec 26 concert. Details gathered will be posted.
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Jackie Tice
“Jackie Tice is a songwriter, artist, educator, Peace worker and mother of two teenagers. Born of mixed Indigenous Cherokee and old European ancestry, she fuses her diverse roots, exploring with universal images, the delicate and essential relationship of nature and human nature. Her original award-winning songs and deeply moving Native Flute compositions have been critically praised and honored.”
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Vi Hilbert has gone on.....my heart goes out to her family!
(Note from Robin- we also lost a Samish Elder, Mary Hansen, I got this news as well this last week.....we will miss them dearly! Vi brought back our Lushootseed Language, while Mary fought alongside her son Ken & others for Federal Recognition which they won back! We will never forget these Elders- Ken preceded his Mother's passing)
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/upper_skagit_tribe_elder_dies/
Upper Skagit Tribe elder dies
Email | Print Tahlia Ganser | Skagit Valley Herald
December 19, 2008 - 07:23 PM
LA CONNER — A nationally known Upper Skagit Tribe elder died Friday morning, leaving behind the legacy of her preserved language and culture.
Vi Hilbert, who died at age 90 of natural causes, dedicated much of her life documenting and translating the Lushootseed culture and language. Lushootseed is the language of the Northwest tribes, which Hilbert called “the first people of this land.”
“My mother believed there was nothing she couldn’t do,” said her only daughter, Lois Schluter, 70, of Bow. “She had incredible energy.”
Born in Skagit County, Hilbert was one of eight children — the only to survive past the age of 3. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where she was punished for speaking her native language, Lushootseed, which she later dedicated herself to saving.
At 5-foot-2, she plowed through life with dedication and ambition, working in everything from hair salons to restaurants and teaching at the university level, her daughter said.
In 1967, she met linguist Thom Hess, sparking a partnership bound by the passion of the Lushootseed language. The two delved into the regional language and culture, writing a number of books together, including a dictionary. She also translated a collection of traditional Lushootseed stories.
“She was an outgoing, regal, adventurous woman who was really on a mission to preserve the culture of our people,” said her 48-year-old grandson, Jay Samson, who lives on the Nooksack Reservation near Everson.
Hilbert eventually taught language courses at the University of Washington.
Hilbert died peacefully knowing that her ancestors and relatives “would greet her on the other side ... and be really delighted to see her,” Samson said. “It was sad, but it was also part of the natural flow of life.”
There will be a wake for Hilbert at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, and a funeral service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, both at the Upper Skagit gym.
• Tahlia Ganser can be reached at 360-416-2148 or at tganser@skagitpublishing.com.
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Our Beloved Taqseblu Vi Hilbert passed at 7:00 this morning at sunrise 12/19. Her passage was peaceful, and her family was gathered around her.
The wake will be held next Friday, Dec. 26th, and the funeral on Saturday, the 27th. Both will be at Upper Skagit. More information will be forthcoming in the next couple days.
Please keep the family in your prayers.
http://www.grandmothersproject.org/2005_home/Taqseblu.pdf
Respectfully,
Raven E. Heavy Runner
"Our life is the sum of all your choices." Albert Camus
In honor of the Indigenous land wherein I currently reside, I wholeheartedly wish to promote the sovereignty of the Duwamish Nation. Please visit: www.duwamishtribe.org
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 20
"My pottery is the handiwork of God."
--Teresita Naranjo, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
The Great One has given every human being at least one special talent and one special gift. We need to develop and practice these gifts because they are the handiwork of God. Maybe we are artists-when people look at our work it puts joy in their hearts; maybe we are singers- when people listen to our songs, their hearts are happy; maybe we are writers of song or poetry-when people hear or read our work, it may change their lives. We need to honor ourselves and our gifts. We need to thank the Creator for our talents and our gifts."
My Creator, let me use my gifts to further Your work on the Earth
www.whitebison.org
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This just in:
From: jamie moran [mailto:poorwolf@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:05 AM
To: barvi@indiancenter.org
Subject: freezing red indian woman
DEAR FRIENDS IN USA---
There is an old Lakota woman [she does beautiful star quilts, in the traditional manner] on the Oglala Sioux reservation at Pine Ridge who is in danger of freezing this cold winter. She has lost her husband and is all alone, living in a small place near Manderson [where the holy man Black Elk is buried].
I have sent her what I can. It occurred to me, if I asked friends in America to send her some spare dollars, it might mount up, and get her through the cold spell. Many elders at Pine Ridge literally struggle to not freeze to dearth in the savage winter cold, but this is a particularly stark case. This old lady has no relatives on the rez. Can you help her?
If you can, then please send dollars in cash, or a dollar money order, [or even an international dollar money order - if sending something from abroad] to the following person and address=
Anna Firethunder,
P.O. Box 87,
Manderson,
South Dakota, 57756.USA.
Many thanks.
Have a good Christmas, and a better 09.
Cante wasteya,
Jamie.
21dec08
You can also buy her warmth at:
EMERGENCY WINTER HEATING/UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
October, 2008 through March, 2009
For the Elders, Disabled and the Sick Living on the
Lakota Sioux Reservations in South Dakota
Our goal is to raise $20,000.
We are not grant-funded at this time. We depend on YOU, the individual donor, to help these families in crisis.
§ Average income on the Oglala Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation is about $3,500.00 per YEAR. Jobs are extremely scarce; unemployment hovers around 85% on this 11,000-square-mile reservation which houses about 40,000 people. The other Lakota Reservations face similar economic conditions.
§ Death by hypothermia is always a concern on the reservations. Each winter (October – March), temperatures drop well below 0*F. Many families must choose between food and heat. In some cases, they have neither.
§ Federal LHEAP and Tribal Assistance Programs offer each low-income family approximately $300 per year. With the current rate of propane at $2.20 per gallon, this provides only 136 gallons – about enough fuel for 2 to 4 weeks (depending on the harsh weather).
§ Propane prices have already risen about 33% since last winter, and are expected to rise much higher as this winter goes on. Those families surviving with electric heat also face major increases in cost.
§ Propane companies require minimum amounts of propane to be purchased before delivery (currently $125 to $355 depending on the company). These minimum requirements are expected to skyrocket as the high cost of truck fuel increases. This makes families struggle even harder to accumulate enough funds at one time to ensure a delivery.
The Link Center Foundation has already received numerous emergency assistance applications that cannot be filled due to lack of funds. With propane, wood, and electricity prices continually rising, many more requests for help are expected to arrive.
95% of ALL donations to our heating/utility fund are USED for the heating/utility fund. The remaining 5% covers bank, credit card, and processing fees.
YOU Can Make A Difference!
All applicants are screened and documented
Payments are made directly to utility, propane, wood, or heat equipment companies
Donations carefully tracked and accountable
No donation too small
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id21.html to see map of Reservations
Visit www.linkcenterfoundation.org/id24.html to learn more about conditions on the Reservations
Note:
As with all Non-Profits, your donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Please consult your tax advisor.
Please mark your check: "Emergency Utility and Heating Fund"
Please send donations to:
Link Center Foundation
P.O. Box 576 – Firestone, CO 80520-0576
For Credit Card Donations, please visit our website at www.linkcenterfoundation.org
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Follow up to the South Dakota Outreach Efforts-11-29-08
Follow up to the South Dakota Outreach Efforts-11-29-08
Here is the info about my upcoming show:
UPCOMING SHOW: 11/29/2008 10:00 AM
Follow up to the South Dakota Outreach Efforts
NAMAPAHH_Radio
Date / Time: 11/29/2008 10:00 AM
Category: Friends
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
People of Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations are in need of emergency assistance following severe blizzard & weather conditions…even though the weather has warmed up, more severe storms are expected to come to the Region throughout the Winter. Children, elderly, disabled, and sick are in need of heat and winter necessities. On Nov. 5th, they were recently slammed by high winds, rain and snow storms. According to Robert E. Eagle Elk, CAP District Coordinator for Pine Ridge, SD "this was an early storm for us" and they were not prepared for the extent of this storm, which knocked out electricity, due to 100's of power poles going down in the storms. Eagle Elk said roads were impassable in some places. Some went without power for a couple of weeks and are still in great need of even some basic items. The Tulalip Boys & Girls Club-Tulalip Multi-Media Youth Club has formed a "Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving" with the following: Tulalip Tribes; T.E.R.O; Tulalip Resort & Casino; Tulalip Lion's Club; and Building Partnerships for a Brighter Future. We want to share the inpooring of donations and provide info how you too can help! We will invite those from the last show to call in....
CALL FOR ACTION- Need is Immediate!
Tulalip Boys & Girls Club & others respond!
7707 36th Ave
Tulalip, WA 98271
(360) 716-3400
((Closed this Th/Fri)
Pictures & update by Robin Carneen
11-25-08
"Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving"
People of Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations are in need of emergency assistance following severe blizzard & weather conditions…even though the weather has warmed up, more severe storms are expected to come to the Region throughout the Winter. Children, elderly, disabled, and sick are in need of heat and winter necessities. On Nov. 5th, they were recently slammed by high winds, rain and snow storms. According to Robert E. Eagle Elk, CAP District Coordinator for Pine Ridge, SD "this was an early storm for us" and they were not prepared for the extent of this storm, which knocked out electricity, due to 100's of power poles going down in the storms. Eagle Elk said roads were impassable in some places. Some went without power for a couple of weeks and are still in great need of even some basic items.
The Tulalip Boys & Girls Club-Tulalip Multi-Media Youth Club has formed a "Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving" with the following: Tulalip Tribes; T.E.R.O; Tulalip Resort & Casino; Tulalip Lion's Club; and Building Partnerships for a Brighter Future.
We are looking for unsoiled, preferably new items of clothing, warm jackets, sweaters, thermals, NEW blankets, shoes- for winter weather; warm hats, gloves, scarves, and boots.Sleeping bags; matches, lighters; charcoal brickets; Flash lights with batteries in them; NOAA weather radios (can purchased at Home Depot, maybe other places-online too!), Kerosene lanterns; Batteries of all types especially AA and C, Candles; Disposable diapers in sizes: 3 and up (toddlers); Baby formula; hygiene items, TP; Food items should be NON-PERISHABLE; Beef Jerkey; Commodities; Snack items.
Bigger items requested were actual woodstoves. I know one of the reservations has a wood supply (Rosebud).But they could use volunteers on their end with working chainsaws, etc to help buck up the firewood & get it to the homes. Please contact both Reservations to ask about this. Generators & burner propane ranges, or Colman stoves with propane would come in handy.
Since this is pre-Christmas, if folks want to send new toys & stuffed animals, unbreakable Christmas ornaments, stockings, etc- we would include those as well.
Empty boxes that can be sealed closed or with lids that can be taped closed; packing tape; plastic garbage bags.
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Owner Sean Skiles with two of the Pioneer Market Staff (Ali Carter; Sean Skiles; and Jamie Reinstra) from La Conner WA donated new children's T-shirts, adult sweatshirts and some food items. They were quick to donate a box of these items.
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TYMMC- TBGC member youth volunteer inventories & sorts out incoming donations at the TBGC. Dustin also helped wash & dry clothes that needed it- and we are asking for folks to bring in CLEAN ones from now on. To save in the work ahead as more donations come in.
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TYMMC- TBGC youth volunteers- ages 11-13 yrs old inventoring & sorting out incoming donations at the TBGC.
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TBGC youth volunteer- member
The biggest challenge is getting all the donations back there. So we have a "Call to Truckers". If they can donate space on their rigs & can make a drop to one or both Reservations, they should get in touch with us as soon as possible. We would like to send everything off no later than Dec 17th, so it gets there by Christmas.
Press Release from NAMA:
The non-profit arm of the Awards, Native American Music Association, a 501(c)(3) has recently launched a Winter Aid relief effort for the Lakota people living on the Pine Ridge and RoseBud reservations in conjunction with the Link Center Foundation. A recent Blizzard on November 5th knocked out over one thousand power lines, created 20ft snow drifts, and sub zero degree weather declaring a State of Emergency. The Association has established a target goal of raising $15,000 to directly purchase emergency propane, electric, and wood for Elders, Disabled & children who are living without heat or electricity on the Pine Ridge Reservation and has created a list of local schools, churches, ministries in both Pine Ridge and Rose Bud to send Winter items.
At present, 10% of the Association's total target goal has already been achieved thanks to the recent donations of individuals across the country. The Association has already purchased and ensured the direct delivery of propane to multiple households of elders and children in the districts of Pine Ridge, Allen, and Porcupine throughout the Pine Ridge reservation with those donations. A NAMA task force has been mobilized to better gage local needs throughout all districts and are working with Community Action Program offices (CAP), many of whom have Elder Councils. The last report stated there were some outlying areas still without some power and that propane, electric heat, wood and wood stoves remain widely needed. For more information or to make a donation, visit the Special programs page on the Native American Music Awards website.
NAMA 511 Avenue of the Americas #371 New York NY 10011
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com 212.228.8300 tel 646.688.6883 fax
Update from NAMA 11-16-08:
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
15% of Original Target Goal Achieved in the First Week
Propane Being Purchased for 12 homes this week!
It has been great to see the outpouring of help that has come to this community.Thanks for your help!Reporter from Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota
I just wanted to thank you for your assistance, and to let you
know that your labors have already begun to show fruit.
Blessings,
--Russell Masartis
Tree of Life Ministry, Mission, SD
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Date: Nov 26, 2008 8:48 AM Subject: Skylar Wolf Children & Family Benefit Concert & Coat Drive Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . .
November 26, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The children and family benefit concert will feature special guest artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience. The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple.
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC
P.O.
Box 752 Hot Springs,
South Dakota, USA 57747
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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nimchira wrote:
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Greetings,
I am speaking to you about a small local non-profit charitable organization based in Sterling, Ks that has been in business 6 years. We provide clothing, household goods and other needs to those living in poverty conditions in the central states. We also provided for the needs of local residents who have lost their homes as a result of fires or other natural disaters. We make regular trips to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Central South Dakota, providing the same services to the Native Americans residing in sub-poverty conditions.
My name is J. Porter Selman, Founder and et al of Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. www.wole.org/
Our organization is supported solely by the donations of concerned citizens of this country, and some residing in other countries. During this time of social and economic upheaval in our country, donations have dropped extremely low, making it difficult to help others.
While many are sympathetic to the needs and misfortunes of others, it is often hard to comprehend the extent of the difficulties some people on Indian Reservations can face. With unemployment on the reservations reaching as high as 85%, and 45% of the children living below the governmental poverty standards and a life expectancy of only 45 years, it is clear to see that America is not always a place of liberty and justice for all.
While some tribes seem to be thriving with their casinos, it's important to realize that very little of that money ever reaches the people who are most in need. We are used to seeing the faces of poverty overseas, but in fact, there are many faces right here at home that can use our help.
The poverty on these reservations is so severe many can not afford heat in the winter, or warm coats and blankets. Many don't have electricity or a telephone, things we take for granted. The lack of funding has created an absence or lack of adequate prevention and intervention programs throughout Indian Country. Culturally, American Indian people believe that children are both sacred and the hope of the future.
The federal government, which promised in treaties to provide for Native Americans, spends less than half as much per tribal member as it does for programs covering other Americans.
Housing must be paid for, which goes against the stipulations in the treaties, HUD is responsible for this housing. Why do these people have to pay to live in sub-standard housing, and where is the money going? Certaintly not into repairs or to provide adequite housing for the many homeless that wander about the reserve.
While it is not possible to "fix" all the problems within the Indian communities, it is possible to implement programs that help feed the elders and children, provide heat in the cold winters.
Web of Life Enterprises seeks to bring some comfort and help to those who are suffering on the reservations as well as those in immediate need. We strive to end the hardships that some people have faced, especially the children, and I am calling on you for your help and assistance in furthering our goals. Money, goods and services are all required to bring change, to providing better housing, decent food, warm clothing and blankets, and snow boots and coats for children who sometimes have to walk to the nearest schools or community centers for meals.
In a place where winter seems to begin just after it has ended, contibutions of money, goods or services that are so hard to come by in these remote areas, will not only alleviate discomfort, but can also provide the means for people on these reservations to work towards bettering the future for the children.
Thank you for your attention, may the Great Spirit Bless you in all ways.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, Ks. 67579
620-278-3842
Here is the info about my upcoming show:
UPCOMING SHOW: 11/29/2008 10:00 AM
Follow up to the South Dakota Outreach Efforts
NAMAPAHH_Radio
Date / Time: 11/29/2008 10:00 AM
Category: Friends
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
People of Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations are in need of emergency assistance following severe blizzard & weather conditions…even though the weather has warmed up, more severe storms are expected to come to the Region throughout the Winter. Children, elderly, disabled, and sick are in need of heat and winter necessities. On Nov. 5th, they were recently slammed by high winds, rain and snow storms. According to Robert E. Eagle Elk, CAP District Coordinator for Pine Ridge, SD "this was an early storm for us" and they were not prepared for the extent of this storm, which knocked out electricity, due to 100's of power poles going down in the storms. Eagle Elk said roads were impassable in some places. Some went without power for a couple of weeks and are still in great need of even some basic items. The Tulalip Boys & Girls Club-Tulalip Multi-Media Youth Club has formed a "Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving" with the following: Tulalip Tribes; T.E.R.O; Tulalip Resort & Casino; Tulalip Lion's Club; and Building Partnerships for a Brighter Future. We want to share the inpooring of donations and provide info how you too can help! We will invite those from the last show to call in....
CALL FOR ACTION- Need is Immediate!
Tulalip Boys & Girls Club & others respond!
7707 36th Ave
Tulalip, WA 98271
(360) 716-3400
((Closed this Th/Fri)
Pictures & update by Robin Carneen
11-25-08
"Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving"
People of Rosebud & Pine Ridge Reservations are in need of emergency assistance following severe blizzard & weather conditions…even though the weather has warmed up, more severe storms are expected to come to the Region throughout the Winter. Children, elderly, disabled, and sick are in need of heat and winter necessities. On Nov. 5th, they were recently slammed by high winds, rain and snow storms. According to Robert E. Eagle Elk, CAP District Coordinator for Pine Ridge, SD "this was an early storm for us" and they were not prepared for the extent of this storm, which knocked out electricity, due to 100's of power poles going down in the storms. Eagle Elk said roads were impassable in some places. Some went without power for a couple of weeks and are still in great need of even some basic items.
The Tulalip Boys & Girls Club-Tulalip Multi-Media Youth Club has formed a "Circle of Hope- A Circle of Giving" with the following: Tulalip Tribes; T.E.R.O; Tulalip Resort & Casino; Tulalip Lion's Club; and Building Partnerships for a Brighter Future.
We are looking for unsoiled, preferably new items of clothing, warm jackets, sweaters, thermals, NEW blankets, shoes- for winter weather; warm hats, gloves, scarves, and boots.Sleeping bags; matches, lighters; charcoal brickets; Flash lights with batteries in them; NOAA weather radios (can purchased at Home Depot, maybe other places-online too!), Kerosene lanterns; Batteries of all types especially AA and C, Candles; Disposable diapers in sizes: 3 and up (toddlers); Baby formula; hygiene items, TP; Food items should be NON-PERISHABLE; Beef Jerkey; Commodities; Snack items.
Bigger items requested were actual woodstoves. I know one of the reservations has a wood supply (Rosebud).But they could use volunteers on their end with working chainsaws, etc to help buck up the firewood & get it to the homes. Please contact both Reservations to ask about this. Generators & burner propane ranges, or Colman stoves with propane would come in handy.
Since this is pre-Christmas, if folks want to send new toys & stuffed animals, unbreakable Christmas ornaments, stockings, etc- we would include those as well.
Empty boxes that can be sealed closed or with lids that can be taped closed; packing tape; plastic garbage bags.
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Owner Sean Skiles with two of the Pioneer Market Staff (Ali Carter; Sean Skiles; and Jamie Reinstra) from La Conner WA donated new children's T-shirts, adult sweatshirts and some food items. They were quick to donate a box of these items.
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TYMMC- TBGC member youth volunteer inventories & sorts out incoming donations at the TBGC. Dustin also helped wash & dry clothes that needed it- and we are asking for folks to bring in CLEAN ones from now on. To save in the work ahead as more donations come in.
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TYMMC- TBGC youth volunteers- ages 11-13 yrs old inventoring & sorting out incoming donations at the TBGC.
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TBGC youth volunteer- member
The biggest challenge is getting all the donations back there. So we have a "Call to Truckers". If they can donate space on their rigs & can make a drop to one or both Reservations, they should get in touch with us as soon as possible. We would like to send everything off no later than Dec 17th, so it gets there by Christmas.
Press Release from NAMA:
The non-profit arm of the Awards, Native American Music Association, a 501(c)(3) has recently launched a Winter Aid relief effort for the Lakota people living on the Pine Ridge and RoseBud reservations in conjunction with the Link Center Foundation. A recent Blizzard on November 5th knocked out over one thousand power lines, created 20ft snow drifts, and sub zero degree weather declaring a State of Emergency. The Association has established a target goal of raising $15,000 to directly purchase emergency propane, electric, and wood for Elders, Disabled & children who are living without heat or electricity on the Pine Ridge Reservation and has created a list of local schools, churches, ministries in both Pine Ridge and Rose Bud to send Winter items.
At present, 10% of the Association's total target goal has already been achieved thanks to the recent donations of individuals across the country. The Association has already purchased and ensured the direct delivery of propane to multiple households of elders and children in the districts of Pine Ridge, Allen, and Porcupine throughout the Pine Ridge reservation with those donations. A NAMA task force has been mobilized to better gage local needs throughout all districts and are working with Community Action Program offices (CAP), many of whom have Elder Councils. The last report stated there were some outlying areas still without some power and that propane, electric heat, wood and wood stoves remain widely needed. For more information or to make a donation, visit the Special programs page on the Native American Music Awards website.
NAMA 511 Avenue of the Americas #371 New York NY 10011
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com 212.228.8300 tel 646.688.6883 fax
Update from NAMA 11-16-08:
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
15% of Original Target Goal Achieved in the First Week
Propane Being Purchased for 12 homes this week!
It has been great to see the outpouring of help that has come to this community.Thanks for your help!Reporter from Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota
I just wanted to thank you for your assistance, and to let you
know that your labors have already begun to show fruit.
Blessings,
--Russell Masartis
Tree of Life Ministry, Mission, SD
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Date: Nov 26, 2008 8:48 AM Subject: Skylar Wolf Children & Family Benefit Concert & Coat Drive Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . . .
November 26, 2008 (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
PK Productions, LLC (Hot Springs) in association with musicseenPROductions presents The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Benefit Concert and Coat Drive on December 26th, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle (Pine Ridge Reservation) South Dakota.
The children and family benefit concert will feature special guest artists; Skylar Wolf (Navajo Blues/Harmonica Player), Michael Bucher (Cherokee Acoustic Singer/Songwriter), Wind Spirit Drum featuring Windwalker (Mic-Mac/Cherokee/Lenape Traditional Drum Group), J. D. Nash (Southern Cheyenne Country/Blues/Rock), Lady Hope of Native Era (Lakota Inspirational/Hip Hop/Rap) and the White Lance Singers (Lakota Traditional Drum Group).
The concert will be performed as a free event for the community and will be video taped live in front of the audience. The performance schedule begins at 12 noon with the White Lance Singers of Kyle, South Dakota and all drums are welcome. An opening prayer will precede the benefit concert which begins at 3 p.m. in the Little Wound Elementary School Auditorium.
Coat donations are gladly accepted and can be sent to:
The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Coat Drive
c/o Wolakota Office, 101 Main Street, Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Attn: Edwina Brown Bull or Wendy McNaughton Apple.
Public Relations and Contact Info:
Skylar Wolf Children and Family Benefit Concert & Coat Drive
Karla LaRive | STUDIO WEST MANAGEMENT
Subsidiary of PK Productions, LLC
P.O.
Box 752 Hot Springs,
South Dakota, USA 57747
karla@studiowestmanagement.com
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nimchira
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Greetings,
I am speaking to you about a small local non-profit charitable organization based in Sterling, Ks that has been in business 6 years. We provide clothing, household goods and other needs to those living in poverty conditions in the central states. We also provided for the needs of local residents who have lost their homes as a result of fires or other natural disaters. We make regular trips to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Central South Dakota, providing the same services to the Native Americans residing in sub-poverty conditions.
My name is J. Porter Selman, Founder and et al of Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. www.wole.org/
Our organization is supported solely by the donations of concerned citizens of this country, and some residing in other countries. During this time of social and economic upheaval in our country, donations have dropped extremely low, making it difficult to help others.
While many are sympathetic to the needs and misfortunes of others, it is often hard to comprehend the extent of the difficulties some people on Indian Reservations can face. With unemployment on the reservations reaching as high as 85%, and 45% of the children living below the governmental poverty standards and a life expectancy of only 45 years, it is clear to see that America is not always a place of liberty and justice for all.
While some tribes seem to be thriving with their casinos, it's important to realize that very little of that money ever reaches the people who are most in need. We are used to seeing the faces of poverty overseas, but in fact, there are many faces right here at home that can use our help.
The poverty on these reservations is so severe many can not afford heat in the winter, or warm coats and blankets. Many don't have electricity or a telephone, things we take for granted. The lack of funding has created an absence or lack of adequate prevention and intervention programs throughout Indian Country. Culturally, American Indian people believe that children are both sacred and the hope of the future.
The federal government, which promised in treaties to provide for Native Americans, spends less than half as much per tribal member as it does for programs covering other Americans.
Housing must be paid for, which goes against the stipulations in the treaties, HUD is responsible for this housing. Why do these people have to pay to live in sub-standard housing, and where is the money going? Certaintly not into repairs or to provide adequite housing for the many homeless that wander about the reserve.
While it is not possible to "fix" all the problems within the Indian communities, it is possible to implement programs that help feed the elders and children, provide heat in the cold winters.
Web of Life Enterprises seeks to bring some comfort and help to those who are suffering on the reservations as well as those in immediate need. We strive to end the hardships that some people have faced, especially the children, and I am calling on you for your help and assistance in furthering our goals. Money, goods and services are all required to bring change, to providing better housing, decent food, warm clothing and blankets, and snow boots and coats for children who sometimes have to walk to the nearest schools or community centers for meals.
In a place where winter seems to begin just after it has ended, contibutions of money, goods or services that are so hard to come by in these remote areas, will not only alleviate discomfort, but can also provide the means for people on these reservations to work towards bettering the future for the children.
Thank you for your attention, may the Great Spirit Bless you in all ways.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, Ks. 67579
620-278-3842
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Tune into NAMAPAHH 10am-11:30AM Sat 11-15-08
NAMAPAHH 10am-1130AM Outreach info from Guests Re:SDRezs
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
Event InfoHost:
Robin Carneen
Type:
Causes - Fundraiser
Network:
Global
Time and PlaceDate:
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Time:
10:00am - 11:30pm
Location:
Swinomish Reservation
Street:
PO Box 1551
Contact InfoPhone:
7185089165
Email:
robin.carneen@gmail.com
Description
Below is the list of much needed items always:
Batteries of all types especially AA and C
Flashlights
Candles
NEW blankets
Disposable diapers in sizes: 3 and up (toddlers)
Baby formula
any warm coats and snow clothing
charcoal brickets
Join us Saturday Nov 15th, 2008
10am-11:30AM PST
Pine Ridge, RoseBud, Parmelee, South Dakota, Winter
Category: News
Call-in Number: (718) 508-9165
Confirmed Call in Guests- please leave the lines free for them for at least 45 mins of the show:
Tamra Brennan
www.NDNnews.com
www.protectsacredsites.org
www.protectbearbutte.com
Stephanie M. Schwartz
President, Link Center Foundation www.linkcenterfoundation.org
Freelance Writer and Editor www.SilvrDrach.homestead.com
Member, Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)
Jeannie Young from Rosebud
St Agnes Church
Attn: Jeanne Young
1st St. N
Parmelee, SD 57566
605-747-5696
Nimchira of WOTE- Rosebud outreach
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
J.Porter Selman Founder/CEO
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, Ks.67579
620-278-3842
http://www. wole. org/
More places to give:
Crazy Horse School
Attn: Monica Perkildsen
101 School Rd,
Wanblee, SD
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NAMAPAHH_Radio
Blizzard Relief Needed! Snow storms hit SD and impacts Native & non-Native Communities-You can help!
All week I have been getting alerts about the storms that have hammered parts of South Dakota. Snow blizzards have been causing the brunt of the power outages and there are people who have especially been hit hard on some of the Reservations. Rescue efforts have begun, but others can't get out or do not want to leave their homes. We can help out by sending food, warm clothes, blankets, money to non-profits helping with the rescue efforts. Tune in Saturday at 10am-noon (when I/my callers have free minutes) and we will focus our energy, love and prayers on South Dakota and the Rez's who need help at this time, due to the season of Winter starting for them now...
Please tell your friends and family to listen, call in as well, if they have news from that area, first hand stories and or ideas and/or can offer ideas of their own.
da ha dwubs, Robin
Keep checking my blog for updates & guests TBA….lots of good music too- we will remember and pay tribute to Floyd Red Crow Westerman during part of the show…..
Custer Died for Your Sins/The Land Is Your Mother by Floyd Westerman (Audio CD - 1993)
"Like most Native Americans of his generation, Floyd Westerman was wrenched away from the arms of his family at the age of five and sent off to a government boarding school nearly 100 miles away. These blatant attempts to destroy Indian civilization by breaking up families and making traditions obsolete became one of many subjects Westerman would take on when he developed into an important Native American protest singer and actor.
A Dakota Sioux, Westerman remained at the boarding school for the next 12 years, until he had finished high school. By this time he had learned guitar after watching… Read more"
http://www.amazon.com/Floyd-Westerman/e/B000APMVPM/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel
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Updates 11-15-08
RE: URGENT! Fundraiser for Pine Ridge Rez - plz donate
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From: Native American Myspace
Date: Nov 15, 2008 6:24 AM
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From: Information on Myspace
Date: 15 Nov 2008, 08:09
URGENT! Fundraiser for Pine Ridge Rez - plz donate
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From: Kat/T. I. Y. P.
Date: 14 Nov 2008, 19:59
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From: Rick at IPI
Date: 14 Nov 2008, 19:28
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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From: sierranichole
Date: Nov 14, 2008 7:58 PM
Hey Robin,
Just thought I'd give you a little heads up on what's going on down here. Luckily, my part of the reservation has been getting back to normal and came out relatively unscathed. It's Parmelee that's been hit the hardest. They're finally getting power back. They're asking, though, mainly for heat sources, water, and non-perishable food items, especially ramen noodles. If you read the Rapid City Journal, there are stories of people in Wanblee that took their family to Crazy Horse school, dropped them off, then went back to their home because of looters. The situation has been the winter version of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans almost!
Just thought I'd tell you a little bit about it. Hope all is well. And thank you for all your help on behalf of those who are in desperate need of it.
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