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Hello Everyone,
I sincerely hope the New Year brings you all that
you wish for and a good year for everyone.
Unfortunately, this will not be the case for a lot
of Elders on the Pine Ridge Reservation, many
struggling to bring up Grandchildren also. This is
the case on other Lakota reservations too. I am
being told of Elders sitting in the cold because
they have no money for fuel for heating. I have just
been told of one full blood Lakota man that collects
soda cans just to try and get some money for fuel
and food!! The Elder is not on his own, there are
way too many that have to live this way and no help
is ever given.
I am slowly accumulating a list of people that live
in the remoter areas of the reservation lands, and
are always struggling just to try and get through
life, especially in the winter months, and I am
putting this newsletter out to ask for help for
these people.
You can help by sending a few dollars, or a food
parcel etc, and also by writing to them and touching
the hearts of these people, thus giving them some
hope that someone, somewhere cares!!
If anyone would like more information about this
project I am trying to build up, then please e-mail
me at:- info@lakota-aid.co.uk
If you would like to make a difference to an Elders
life, no matter how small a contribution, then
please contact me and I will give you the relevant
information for an Elder.
Also, I am going back to South Dakota in march of
this year after a couple years gap due to personal
circumstances. I am so looking forwards to seeing my
friends on the reservation again, but this will also
be a trip in which I intend to do a lot of research
and gain more knowledge of conditions etc on the
reservation.
Bearing in mind that I live in the UK, I am
intending to do more talks after this trip about my
work with the Lakota people and if anyone would like
me to do a talk on this subject, then again please
e-mail me at:-
info@lakota-aid.co.uk
Thank you for reading this newsletter and I hope
that this appeal will touch the hearts of many
people.
Best Wishes for 2008
Brenda – www.lakota-aid.co.uk
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