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Post by sara on Nov 12, 2008 11:21:08 GMT -5
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Post by peacekeeper on Nov 12, 2008 18:40:02 GMT -5
I did.
Jackie
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Post by sara on Nov 13, 2008 10:22:11 GMT -5
Good morning,
The Crow Creek website has Northwestern Corp. as the Utilities, but the truck in the video reads something else. Let me do some asking around and I will get back to you. I had the same idea of putting preasure on the Utilities. We could also sponsor several families the next few months in heating bills. Maybe Mona or others at Ft Thompson could help us find those most in need this winter.
If we all donated $20 that could add up. I know many of us live paycheck to paycheck as it is, but somehow we always find away to spare a few dollars.
I will get back to you with the names and numbers Dawn.
Sara
Thank-you for forwarding the video.
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Post by Vicky on Nov 13, 2008 14:28:22 GMT -5
Sara, can you tell us what this is about? Those of us with dial-up can't do most videos. Thanks!
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Post by sara on Nov 13, 2008 18:29:12 GMT -5
Dawn, That is what I was thinking also. Do we give it to the Utility Co or find someone to send money too that would make sure the neediest families get it.
I was in class all day and the internet was very slow so did not get much investigating done.
Vicky, The video on youtube showed footage of Utility companies taking out meters from homes just before a major winter storm.
I heard about this last year when the Diversity Foundation went out there. They said the meters were being taken out while they were there.
I will get back with some contact info soon. Sara
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Post by sara on Nov 13, 2008 18:43:42 GMT -5
"Crushing Poverty" - Sept. 30, 2007 Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson: Muslim group helps Crow Creek Submitted by Greg Peterson on Sat, 2007-09-08 09:26. Help Crow Creek: Multicultural Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson Sept. 30, 2007
Multicultural Humanitarian Day project to provide healthcare, clothes, toys, books, bikes for Crow Creek Sioux Tribe thanks to Islamic Relief, Minnesota motorcycle group, other non-profits, and public support
(Fort Thompson, South Dakota) - Clothes, medical care, books, bikes and toys will be provided for members of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and any other low-income Fort Thompson area residents that attend the Islamic Relief Humanitarian Day project - a multicultural event that brings together diverse groups for an important cause on the country's poorest American Indian Reservation oft compared to a Third World country.
Donations of all kinds are still needed for the September 30, 2007 Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson that will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the pow-wow grounds on the banks of the Missouri River.
Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson will include a wide range of free medical care and the items to be given away include books, a large selection of clothing, toys, bicycles and hygiene kits.
The Native American and Islamic cultures have come together to help Fort Thompson area residents, who like many at Lakota/Dakota reservations are faced with severe poverty, unemployment and many other social issues.
Event organizers hope people of goodwill will view donating as a "moral obligation" because of the often overlooked but highly documented social crisis on South Dakota Native American reservations.
"Everyone should be conscience of the need for the people in our society to be able to obtain basic services," said Anisah David, coordinator of Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson. "I believe this is a moral obligation."
David said she believes it is "immoral for a society as ours - with its status in the world - to be ignoring the plight of the indigenous people of this country."
Often compared to Haiti, Crow Creek is the poorest American Indian reservation in America and suffers from 80-90 percent unemployment, serious medical issues including a high incidence of diabetes, and substandard overcrowded housing.
The U.S. government has yet to provide emergency funds to repair the high school that was damaged by fire, leaving students education two years behind public schools. Many residents have to walk great distances because few have vehicles and there is no public transportation.
Spread over 400 square miles in Hughes, Hyde and Buffalo counties, the reservation has Third World water problems despite two major reservoirs on the Missouri River that cover 35 square miles. The dams are operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The poor water quality is due to shallow groundwater and because federal contractors placed septic systems within a few feet of wells. Surface water is often contaminated with bacteria and undesirable minerals. Many residents get sick drinking the water because they can't afford bottle water or expensive filtration systems.
"In the future, we would like to help change the For Thompson area water problems by recruiting organizations to sponsor the installation of water purification systems in the homes," David said.
Items in short supply on the reservation include children's clothing, shoes, diapers, underwear, socks, winter clothing and personal hygiene items.
Terry Alex, founder of the Crow Creek Longriders, said Humanitarian Day "will pass on hope to these people at Crow Creek show these young people that we care."
The Crow Creek Longriders champion Native American and other causes to create awareness to the plight of the tribe from current suffering to it early years of the hanging of 38 American Indians, countless beatings, rape and murder at the racist hands of U.S. troops in 1863 during the forced removal from Minnesota.
The Minneapolis motorcycle group holds an annual five-state memorial ride each June to honor those who died or suffered during the forced exile that included sending about 1,300 Native Americans to Crow Creek in cattle cars and riverboats.
Saying Crow Creek residents endure "crushing poverty" every day, Alex said "it's just not right that our people are suffering like that - being the poorest of the poor.
The Crow Creek reservation has ninety-percent unemployment because residents have "no way of sustaining self employment" and where new businesses are rare because of "logistics and location - sixty miles off the interstate in the middle of prairie country," said Alex, a member of the Dakota tribe and welding foreman in Minneapolis shop that makes small bridges.
The forced exile is a footnote in schoolbooks because "it's a dark chapter in history," said Alex, a grandfather with three grown children in their 20s.
Alex said the motorcycle ride and Humanitarian Day remind people that Crow Creek residents "haven't disappeared off the earth - it was the original intention to make these people vanish yet these people survived - they are still here today.
Founded in 2000 by the ILM Foundation in California, Humanitarian Day was turned to a nationwide event in 2005 by Islamic Relief USA. Thousands of volunteers observe Ramadan by organizing events in the poorest areas of 20 American cities.
Islamic Relief USA, in partnership with Islamic Relief UK, provides relief and development services in 36 countries. This is the third year of the Humanitarian Day national effort to bring attention to the critical issues of homelessness, poverty and hunger within the United States.
During the third weekend in Ramadan - September 29 and 30 - the event is held in 20 U.S. cities involving 5,000 volunteers and serving 25,000 people.
A busload of about 50 volunteers from the Sioux Falls area will help at the event, and are paying their own overnight lodging expenses. Additional volunteers are needed.
Humanitarian Day will include a series of booths offering items like food, children's books, school supplies, and clothing.
Bicycles refurbished by Pedalers3 will be given away to children on Humanitarian Day
Pedalars3 has already given away 60 refurbished bicycles to Crow Creek residents this year and hope to give away at least 20 more on Humanitarian Day, said Pedlars3 founder Bob Semrad, a retired United Methodist Church pastor and U.S. Air Force chaplain who puts together the bikes at his Brookings, SD home.
Semrad hopes people will drop off broken bikes and parts that can used to increase the total number of bikes to be given away on Humanitarian Day.
"They can bring old bikes and bicycle parts to 803 4th Street in Brookings," said Semrad adding even bikes that have been run over by a car can be useful. "Sometimes kids park a bike behind dad's car and it gets run over - the frames and wheels are bent - but there are still good cables for brake assembly or derailers."
"We cannibalize parts off busted up bikes," said Semrad, who is involved in numerous projects to help Native Americans across South Dakota. "Sometimes it takes two or three busted up bikes to make one new good rideable bike that will keep some kid going and make some kid happy."
People who donate old bikes and parts can "make a difference in one kid's life," said Semrad, a retired colonel and air force reserve pilot who flew missions in Vietnam.
Books can be donated through the event's website. David said appointments are not required for the wide-range of medical services available on Humanitarian Day.
The doctors and other healthcare professionals will help as many people as possible, David said.Several Sioux Falls area doctors will be provide free medical screening.
The Sanford Health System mobile medical unit from Sioux Falls will provide free OB/GYN services. The Church of Latter-Day Saints has donated 2,000 kits with personal hygiene items that will be distributed during the event.
Organizers hope to arrange the donation of free fungicidal mold remover to help the many residents whose homes have heavy mold contamination. David said any business or group that can provide mold remover should contact Humanitarian Day officials.
Another goal is providing free winterization products, to help reduce cold weather utility bills.
"People often have their utilities to be cut off during winter due to late payment of bills or for having an unpaid balance," David said.
"Unlike many states that have laws in place to protect its residents from cut offs in dangerous weather, South Dakota does not have any law to protect the poor from having their heat shut off - and this has caused the deaths."
Event organizers have contacted the South Dakota Lions Foundation hoping to arrange Humanitarian Day eye exams using the club's mobile unit.
"We have yet to hear back from the South Dakota Lions Foundation," David said. "It's our understanding that this would be the first time the Lions Foundation has ever served the needs of Fort Thompson area residents at Crow Creek."
Islamic Relief is providing a $5,000 cash grant to cover the cost of the charter bus for volunteers and doctors, event shelters, rental trucks to haul the donations to Fort Thompson and to purchase new products like children's winter clothing items.
The multicultural effort appears to be a natural fit on several levels. "Friend" is the meaning in two languages of the Native American word Lakota and the Arabic name Anisah - the first name of the Islamic coordinator whose great-great-grandmother was Native American.
The project fits the Islamic Relief USA goal of "focusing on the broader population of needy" not consider "homeless" but live in desperate conditions like those found on nearly all of South Dakota's Native American reservations, David said.
"This includes working poor, low income senior citizens and the ‘invisible' homeless who are living in another person's home due to lack of housing."
Organizers hope the ingrained poverty, teen suicide and other problems on South Dakota reservations will become as important to local residents as it is shocking to outsiders who send volunteers and relief to the Native American community.
David said some South Dakotans are working hard to help the tribes, but to many residents the obvious poverty has somehow turned oblivious - hidden in plain sight. Humanitarian Day, she says, is an opportunity for those same residents to open their eyes, hearts and pocketbooks.
"We need to help the people now," David said. "The severe situation on the reservations is morally wrong - we need to change the cultural genocide now - not tomorrow - now."
"I have issues of social justice and moral obligations to help those being oppressed - regardless of their faith and cultural identity," said David, who is Muslim American.
The goal of Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson is reaching low-income families "within and surrounding the Crow Creek Sioux reservation, due primarily to the economic condition that exists in that area," David said.
"We seek to help bring justice through economic assistant to the people who have for so long been marginalized by the dominant culture," said David, referring to generations of racism in some Americans.
Hoping to make Humanitarian Day an annual event in Fort Thompson, David said the project aims to bring "dignity through cooperative assistance, that allows the adults in Crow Creek to empower themselves and to provide for their children."
While an important first step, David believes Humanitarian Day "is only one drop in the bucket" for addressing conditions at Crow Creak where "the needs are immense."
"This will take a fire brigade of buckets full of water, to put out the fire of cultural genocide and heal the people," David said. "But the healing will come from inside the tribe, when they feel they are no longer the forgotten people of Crow Creek."
Humanitarian Day partners from as far away as California, Virginia and northern Michigan are involved. They include the South Dakota Muslim Women's Network, Islamic Community of South Dakota, Islamic Relief USA, Crow Creek Longriders, Community Food Banks of South Dakota, South Dakota Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Sunset Shuttle Inc., Intellect Love Mercy Foundation, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Northern State University Native American Student Association, One Spirit, iGive.com, Indigenous Internet Chamber of Commerce, Tree of life Ministries, Can-Do.org, Alibris and the Turtle Island Project.
People can help the event in one of six ways listed on the official website: Wal-Mart or other gift cards, website link to purchase books, cash donations a non-profit charity listed on website community partnership page (donation for Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson), online shopping at businesses that donate some proceeds, and volunteer on Sat., Sept. 29 loading donations in Sioux Falls and both days at the Wacipi grounds (tent set up Saturday, various duties at 12 noon Sunday).
For more information call 605-693-3753 - or email: humanitarian_day@mail.org
A grandmother of two with a grown son in Denver and daughter in Egypt, the 45-year-old David lives in the tiny farming community of Bushnell (pop. 89) and is passionate about fighting inequities facing a wide range of people, regardless of race or faith.
David has volunteered or founded a dozen related causes starting in 1995 during her senior year studying sociology at South Dakota State University with the creation of Human Interaction for Religious Understanding which promoted fair play and "respect for the diversity of faith & religious traditions" for 8 years - ending when she went overseas.
Living with a Muslim American abstract sculptor/painter and life partner, the disabled David has turned the internet into her connection to the world that enables the participation in the wide variety of projects that would exhaust most.
David spent six months helping hurricane victims after Katrina including serving as the Islamic Relief Mississippi state coordinator after spending three months in Biloxi as a volunteer.
David founded the interfaith "Covered Women for God" that utilized the internet to bring together women of diverse religious traditions - mainly Christians, Jews and Muslims - to discuss modesty within their own faiths and support each other in modest dress including the covering of the head and hair.
The 1999 founder and now secretary of the "South Dakota Muslim Women's Network," David is a member of the one-year-old "Islamic Community of South Dakota" masjid (center/house of worship). Both Islamic groups are ethnically diverse including Euro-Americans, African-Americans, Africans, Europeans, Asians and Native Americans.
"I strongly believe in inter-cultural and interfaith interaction - and tolerance for diversity," David said. "I have worked in social issues all my life, in one form or another."
David said racism and unfair antiquated reservation treaties have deeply wounded the culture and heritage of some American Indians.
"It is one thing to claim ‘we didn't take the land' but as long as we pay taxes to the government whose policies and programs prevent true equality to (American Indians) and deny them social ways to develop as they see fit as a cultural community - then we are the oppressors," David said.
Educated in a boarding school, David's great-great-grandmother was "stripped of her Native American identity to such a degree that she could not pass on her family lineage knowledge to her children and grandchildren - a plight faced by many generations of American Indians, said David calling it "ethnic and cultural genocide."
"I have links, though distant, to Native Americans - the drive to be involved in my cultural lineage is there and something I can never walk away from," David said.
"I don't want any other person to experience the severing of their ancestral ties that happened to my family's genealogy," David said. "We have a long record of our European ancestors - but our Native American side starts and ends with my great-great grandmother."
David said the U.S. government treatment of Native Americans is "no different than the Chinese government oppression of the Tibetan culture" and similar to the persecution of religions and minorities in many countries because all "take possession of minority community resources."
"We can't point fingers at others human rights violations when we have issues right here at home," said David.
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Related websites/contacts:
Humanitarian Day (9-30-07) event for the Crow Creek website (Close two gaps in address):http://www.geocities.com/humanitarian_day
Islamic Relief USA:http://www.irw.org
Crow Creek Longriders blog - also outlines 150 year history of the tragedies faced by the tribe:http://crowcreeklongriders.blogspot.com/
Humanitarian Day Yahoo group:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humanitarian_Day-Ft_Thompson_SD/
Islamic Relief USA:http://www.irw.org
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Humanitarian Day at Fort Thompson
47825 Main Street
Bushnell, SD
57276
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Coordinators/Contacts:
General Coordinator
Ms Anisah David
Bushnell, SD
605-693-3753
Health Fair coordinator
Mr Imann David
Sioux Falls, SD
605-376-0610
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Clareen Menzies
Domestic Program Manager
Islamic Relief USA
122 C Street NW #830
Washington DC 20001
Office: 202-347-0774
FAX: 866-533-9402
Cell: 612-237-9167
email:
clareen@irw.org
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Crow Creek Longriders
Terry Alex
Hm: 612-345-5400
Cell: 612-242-5677
email:
rezbilliedeluxe38@yahoo.com
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Peddlars3
Bob Semrad
605-695-4766
605-692-5207
b1semrad@hotmail.com
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Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Chairman: Lester Thompson, Jr
P.O. Box 50
Fort Thompson, SD 57339-0050
Phone (605) 245-2221
Fax (605) 245-5470
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 13, 2008 19:16:04 GMT -5
SARA,
THAT WAS A MOUNTAIN OF INFORMATION, I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS THAT BAD.
I COPIED DOWN ALL THE PHONE NO.'S AND EMAIL ADDRESSES, AND WILL START THE SQUEEKING DOOR, THAT WILL GET OILED. HOPEFULLY, IF ALL DO THE SAME SOMEONE WILL LISTEN TO THE NOISE.
GOD BLESS,
DAWNDAY
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Post by sara on Nov 14, 2008 9:51:21 GMT -5
This is the contact info for the Utility Company. Central Electric Co.
Customer Service
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm
E-mail: cec@centralec.coop
Phone: 605.996.7516 Toll Free in SD: 800.477.2892 Fax: 605.996.0869
Office Locations: Headquarters Office: PO Box 850 1420 North Main Street Mitchell, SD 57301 USA
Plankinton Branch Office: PO Box 130 102 South Main Street Plankinton, SD 57301 USA
Feedback: We think your comments and concerns are very important so please let us know how you feel. We can not improve our service without your input. Use the feedback form to ask a question, make a comment or tell us how we are doing. We will not be able to respond without a phone number or e-mail address.
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 14, 2008 15:35:34 GMT -5
SARA,MONA, VICKY AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES,
I CALLED THE CENTRAL ELECT. @ THE 605-996-7516 PHONE AND SPOKE TO A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF MARGIE. SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE A NON-PROFIT CO-OPERATIVE GROUP THAT BOUGHT THEIR POWER FROM EAST RIVER ELECTRIC AND ( HYDRO PLANT IN FT. THOMPSON).
SHE TOLD ME THE DISCONNECTS WERE DONE AFTER THE WEATHER WAS IN THE 40'S, SHE SAID THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCONNECT SERVICE TO ANYONE WHILE THE TEMPS. ARE 30 DEGREES.[ NEVER MIND THAT COULD BE THE NEXT DAY OR WEEK THE SERVICE IS NOT CONNECTED] I THEN TOLD HER THERE WAS A YOU TUBE VIDEO OF THEIR SERVICE MAN DISCONNECTING SERVICE JUST BEFORE THE STORM, BUT SHE STILL DENIED THAT IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I TOLD HER THE YOU TUBE WAS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES FOR ALL TO SEE. SHE THEN REFERRED ME TO THE CROW CREEK HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I THEN ASKED HER HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISCONNECTED AS WE SPEAK AND SHE SAID 4 OR 5 THAT SHE KNEW OF FOR NON PAYMENT. THE NEXT PERIOD FOR DISCONNECT IS DEC. 8TH. BUT SHE ADVISED ME TO CALL JOE SAZUE JR. AT 605- 245-2250 HE IS THE CROW CREEK HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ONE OF OUR PEOPLE, THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ME FURTHER. TO WHICH I JUST SPOKE TO, AND I EMAILED OVER THE OYATE WEBSITE TO HIM AND THE YOU TUBE FOR HIM TO WATCH FOR HIMSELF. HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE KNEW WHO HAD TAKEN THE PICTURES FOR THE YOU TUBE. BUT ACTUALLY WHO VIDEO TAPED IT IS BESIDE THE POINT.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HIS RESPONSE IS AFTER WATCHING THE "YOU TUBE" VIDEO, AND GOING INTO OYATE.
BUT BEFORE I HUNG UP FROM TALKING TO HIM, HE ASSURED ME ANYONE WHO IS IN NEED, ONLY NEEDS TO CONTACT HIM AND HE OR HIS COMMITTEE WILL HELP THEM. HE SAID HE CAN'T HELP THEM IF HE ISN'T AWARE OF THEIR SITUATION. JOE SAZ@HOTMAIL.COM
DAWNDAY
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 15, 2008 15:33:26 GMT -5
SARA OR MONA,
PLEASE CONTACT ME ON MY EMAIL ADDRESS; I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP OUR PEOPLE AT CROW CREEK ESPECIALLY AND FT. THOMPSON. A MEMBER OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY SUGGESTED OPENING UP BANK ACCOUNT POSSIBLY WITH AN AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL EACH MONTH. I HAVE EMAILED JOE SAZUE FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT I THINK I NEED TO KNOW SOMEONE ELSE REGARDING THE DISPURSEMENT OF FUNDS NOT ONLY PAYING UTILITIES. BUT ALSO THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE CROW CREEK PEOPLE.
I PHONED A MS ANISAH DAVID BUSHNELL S.D., , THAT WAS LISTED ON THE HUMANITARIAN DAY OF SEPT. 2007, THAT WAS POSTED ON OYATE. SHE IS A VERY KIND AND CARING WOMAN. I BELIEVE MONA, OR SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT CROW CREEK PEOPLE NEED MATTRESSES, AND I ASKED MS. BUSHELL ABOUT THAT, AND SHE SAID THERE IS A WELDING CO. THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING BUNK BEDS, BECAUSE SPACE IS LIMITED FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE FAMILY TO A HOUSE. SHE TOLD ME TWIN BED MATTRESSES, WOULD BE BETTER TO TRY TO OBTAIN. SHE ALSO TOLD ME SHE ALSO KNEW THAT WOMEN FEMININE PRODUCTS WERE IN NEED. SHE WAS AMAZING TO TALK TO, SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR EVERYONE AND SHE EXPLAINED IN HER WORDS THAT DIGNITY MUST BE MAINTAINED IN THE GIVING OF GOODS. GOD BLESS HER FOR CARING ENOUGH TO WANT TO HELP. SHE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR BRAND NEW ITEMS TO BE OBTAINED NOT SOMEONES THROW AWAY CLOTHES. AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREED WITH HER.
I AM TRYING TO CONTACT KIMBERLY-CLARK FOR FEMININE PRODUCTS. I HAVE THE PH. 3'S I CAN START THE BEGINNING TO THE WEEK. BUT MY PROBLEM IS WHERE DO I ASK FOR THESE ITEMS TO BE SHIPPED TO ? IF I AM ABLE TO GET THESE DONATED. THIS BEING THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN LARGE COMPANIES COULD USE WRITE OFFS BY POSSIBLY DONATING THEIR GOODS. I MEAN TO KEEP TRYING UNTIL SOMEONE WILL LISTEN.
AND I ALSO NEED HELP WITH PHONE NUMBERS OR NAME'S OF LARGE FURNITURE COMPANIES IN THE RADIUS OF FT. AND CROW CREEK AREAS AGAIN, IT IS WRITE OFF TIME OF THE YEAR.. I THINK THE CLOSER THE BETTER, FOR DELIVERY. I AM WILLING TO CONTACT THESE COMPANIES, BUT I DO NOT LIVE IN THE AREA. AND NEED HELP WITH WHO TO CONTACT? AND IF SO WHERE MIGHT THEY BE ABLE TO DELIVER ANY MATTRESSES I MIGHT GET THEM TO DONATE?
PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I MEAN TO START CALLING THE FIRST OF THE WEEK.
YOUR RELATIVE,
RENE'E DAWNDAY ]BUT I NEED HELP
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 16, 2008 18:51:18 GMT -5
I HAVE HAD A FEW SUGGESTIONS FROM DESPI, AS TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP CROW CREEK, FT. THOMPSON PEOPLE. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ANSWER BACK FROM ANYONE WHO HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, ON WHERE WE CAN SEND ANY CHECKS OR FUNDS TO HELP.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE, NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE WE CAN SEND THE MONEY?
DAWNDAY
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 17, 2008 14:21:40 GMT -5
SARA, MONA, OR ANY INTERESTED PARTIES, ANSWER BACK FROM JOE SAZUE[CROW CREEK HOUSING AUTHORITY]
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe does have a huge tax lien on them and monies can be taken. The Housing Authority does not fall within that area. We can use a separate account for any money donated. We do recertify people on an annual basis for eligibility for our low rent program so we have some numbers of needy families. We can give family names but not personal information like household income. If there is anything else I can do to help, please let me know and thanks for your consideration.
"JOE SAZ II"
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT JOE SAZUE THEMSELVES: JOESAZ@HOTMAIL.COM
OR CALL 605-245-2250.
ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL MYSELF, SARA OR MONA ON OYATE..
DAWNDAY
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Post by starlit on Nov 18, 2008 9:55:24 GMT -5
Hi, Aunt Rene'e. I made it in to the forum. ;0) Love, Yvette
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Post by hermin1 on Nov 18, 2008 16:24:58 GMT -5
My sources tell me that that video showing the electric meters being removed, was taken in 2007. So much for manipulation of the news media. I have also been told by my sources at the Federal govt. level, that the Reservations are not subject to Federal Taxes, as they are considered soveriegn entities. i do not question that therre are needs of the people at Crow Creek. and i applaud the efforts of the muslim group and others in their efforts to help alleviate the situation there.
what appalls me is that they have a tribal govt. there, and the 'powers that be" there are sitting on thier duffs doing nothing about it. or am i whistling dixie?
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Post by BIG JON on Nov 18, 2008 17:34:15 GMT -5
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PAT ROBERTSON, BUT DIAMOND WILLOWS MINISTRIES HAS TROOPS ON THE GROUND IN CROW CREEK (SO TO SPEAK)...THEY ARE HIGHLY ACTIVE IN HELPING THE PEOPLE OF CROW CREEK...TEENS FROM THE SOUTH COME TO ASSIST OUR PEOPLE...I HAVE SEEN THEM HELPING FIRST HAND, AND THEY DO NOT DISCRIMINATE ACCORDING TO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS...THEY ARE JUST THERE TO HELP...THEY WOULD GLADLY ACCEPT ANY DONATIONS AND WOULD NOT USE THEM FOR ANY OTHER CAUSE BUT CROW CREEK...ROD VAUGHAN (THE PASTOR) IS HIGHLY INVOLVED THERE AND AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY...I HAVE MET HIM AND I RESPECT WHAT HE DOES...JON BRINGS www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGwN-lCkTFE&feature=related
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Post by sara on Nov 18, 2008 17:39:39 GMT -5
Yes , I knew the video was taken last year.
I also know that the conditions have not changed in over 150 years.
By the time the money trickles down to families it is a band aid on a gaping wound.
They need help and will need help for a long time.
I work at Tiospa Zina Tribal School Agency Village on Lake Traverse Reservation, we have a new HS Science teacher this year, he worked at the Crow Creek school before coming here. What our human resource dept did not know about him was he was indited on 3 charges of theft, money laundering and bribery for stealing funds from Crow Creek school. He will be sentenced in December. He had a plea deal with the feds. I have no sympathy for this man, I won't even look at him when we pass in the halls. It takes all my strength not to physically hurt him. He reminds me of the Indian Agents and fur traders of long ago. The poorest community in the United States and you feel the need to steal from them. Our 2nd year School Superintendant who knew him and brought him to Tiospa Zina justified it by saying..." Well the other guy was indited on over 50 charges". What the _____! Does that make it right?
I know there is a risk in sending money to someone you don't know, but I will go on faith that it will get to a family that needs it.
Toksta ake, Sara
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Post by hermin1 on Nov 19, 2008 2:03:37 GMT -5
sara; it would anger me too. I understand where you are coming from.
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 20, 2008 1:33:05 GMT -5
SARA, BARB., AND ALL,
SORRY, I DID GET AN ANSWER BACK FROM JOE SAZUE, AND CAN-DO.ORG. HOWEVER, I WAS AT THE DOCTOR'S AND MISSED THE CALLS. IT SOUNDS LIKE JOE SAZUE, IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR CROW CREEK AREA'S PEOPLE TO GET THEIR UTILITIES BACK ON AND NOT TURNED OFF AGAIN, I HOPE. I WILL CALL HIM BACK TOMORROW, AS TO HOW TO GET IT STARTED. AND WILL POST THE ADDRESS: FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.
CAN-DO, SAID SHE IS GOING TO TELL ME WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR OUR PEOPLE OF CROW CREEK AND FT. THOMPSON AREA'S. I WILL POST ON OYATE AS SOON AS I FIND OUT. I WILL RETURN HER CALL TOMORROW.
YOUR RELATIVE THAT MEANS WELL, AND HOPES TO HELP THE ONLY WAY I KNOW.
DAWNDAY
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 20, 2008 18:20:50 GMT -5
SARA, BARB., MONA, DESPI, AND ALL,
I TALKED TO CLOE, AT CAN-DO.ORG. WHO SPONSORED THE "YOU TUBE" VIDEO. SHE WILL KEEP US INFORMED, AND UPDATED. AS I HAVE PROMISED TO KEEP HER INFORMED AND UPDATED. THESE PEOPLE ONLY WANT TO HELP CROW CREEK, FT. THOMPSON PEOPLE WITH UTMOST DIGNITY. THEY KNOW WHAT HARD TIMES ARE, THEY HAVE SEEN IT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING UP AN ACCOUNT FOR THE UTILITY'S TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ANONYMOUSLY . I MENTIONED THE TURBINE WIND MILLS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, TO LOOK INTO.
IN THE MEAN TIME( PETER LENGKEEK), IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE RECREATION BLDG./WAREHOUSE FINISHED BEING BUILT.. I BELIEVE SHE SAID HE IS SHORT $7-$8,000 TO FINISH IT. CROW CREEK HOUSING AUTHORITY OR THE TRIBE DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO HELP AT THIS TIME. JOE SAZUE, WILL MENTION IT AT NEXT TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, BUT PROBABLY NO HELP AT THIS TIME. CAN-DO.ORG. ERIK KLEIN, ARE WORKING ON POSSIBLE DONATIONS THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION TO FINISH THE BUILDING. THE EXACT FINISH TIME IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.
BEFORE I CAN START CALLING MATTRESS CO.'S, CAN-DO SUGGESTED I CALL HOTEL, MOTEL'S FOR MATTRESSES THEY CHANGE THEM EVERY 6 MONTHS, SHE SAID. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. AT LEAST IF NOTHING ELSE. WE NEED A PLACE TO GET THEM DELIVERED TO. IT WAS SUGGESTED THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN FT. THOMPSON MIGHT BE A PLACE TO HAVE DELIVERED AND PLACED FOR A SHORT TERM, AS THEY WOULD BE GONE IN NO TIME. I NEED TO CALL RHONDA HAWK AT CROW CREEK TRIBAL OFFICE AND GET AN OKAY FIRST.
JOE SAZUE SAID,"THERE ARE AROUND 3800 PEOPLE ENROLLED AT CROW CREEK, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAN ONLY HANDLE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT.
WITH HELP FROM THE CAN-DO ORG. ALSO, HOPEFULLY NO ONE WILL BE FREEZING THIS WINTER.
THAT IS THE UPDATE TODAY,
DAWNDAY
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Post by DawnDay on Nov 24, 2008 19:21:30 GMT -5
SARA, BARB. MONA AND ALL,
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH CLOE AT CAN-DO ORGANIZATION, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING UP AN ACCT. DIRECTED TOWARD THE CROW CREEK UTILITY FUND. BUT IN THE MEAN TIME THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN ADDRESS THAT DONATIONS CAN BE EAR MARKED ESPECIALLY FOR THE CROW CREEK UTILITY FUND THE ADDRESS IS: CAN-DO 578 WASHINGTON BLVD. STE. 390 MARINA DEL REY, CALIF. 90292
OR CAN-DO.ORG., AND CAN DONATE DIRECTLY ON LINE WITH CREDIT CARD ETC. AGAIN EAR MARK IT FOR: CROW CREEK UTILITY FUND, THEY ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THEY HAVE AN EIN/TAX ID#20-1489454 YOU CAN GOOGLE THEIR ORGANIZATION FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS . ALSO IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY CONTACT CLOE, AT 323-788-2718 CAN-DO.ORG.- SHE WOULD LIKE YOU TO LET HER KNOW THE EXACT PEOPLE WHO NEED THE MOST HELP AT THIS TIME. PETER LINKEEK, AND MONA WHO LIVE IN THE AREA,WILL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT INFORMATION ALSO.
I WILL NOW BE ABLE TO GET ON WITH CALLING FOR DONATIONS ON MATTRESSES. WE ARE ALL RELATED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
DAWNDAY
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