Kathryn - Ms. Fire Thunder and the Oglala Sioux Planned Parenthood
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Ms. Fire Thunder and the Oglala Sioux Planned Parenthood
I called the Office of the President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge, and spoke with Ms. Fire Thunder herself. (In case you haven't seen it, this is in reference to http://www.indianz.com/News/2006/013061.asp)
If you want to mail donations to the reservation, you may do so at:
Oglala Sioux Tribe
ATTN: President Fire Thunder
P. O. Box 2070
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
OR: and this may be preferred, due to mail volume:
ATTN: PRESIDENT FIRE THUNDER
PO BOX 990
Martin, SD 57751
Enclose a letter voicing your support and explaining the purpose of the donation. Bear in mind, the Pine Ridge Res is not exactly dripping with disposeable income, so do consider donating funds directly to the tribe as well as specifically for this effort.
ETA: Make checks out to OST Planned Parenthood Cecelia Fire Thunder. This will ensure that the funds get routed properly.
For email contact, you can contact the president at:
firethunder_president AT NOSPAM yahoo DOT com
cc:vbush AT NOSPAM oglala DOT org
That is Ms. Fire Thunder's personal email address; I have received permission to post it here. For the sake of record keeping, do cc: the listed address on all correspondence; that's her official secretary.
She was frankly kind of surprised that a white girl from Seattle was calling to express support, and even more surprised that the news had spread so far so fast. She's likely to get deluged with screaming hate mail soon, so get your support in fast. Send email with good thoughts if you can't send money.
ETA: Yes, please, dear God, link it anywhere and everywhere!
ETA: OK, folks, before you all go off half-cocked, read the disclaimer. If you want to argue, do it somewhere else.
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That's it, I'm sending them $20. I may be the brokest of the broke that ever broke, but this is worth $20.
Q, you rock. You rock from orbit. :D This RULES.
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| Date: | March 22nd, 2006 09:27 pm (UTC) |
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But you pop up from time to time on my extended /friendsfriends list.
May I link to your post directly from my journal? This is astounding, and I'd like to help get the word out.
alex
Awesome. Thanks for following up!
(here from friendsoffriends)
Thank you for this. I will write a letter of support tonight. When I get paid on Friday I will send a small donation. I was on the reservation in 2003 and was quite impressed with their way of life and how they survived.
You? Are super awesome. THANK YOU for posting all this info.
Would you recommend making checks out to Oglala Sioux Tribe?
Can I metaquote? It's not funny, but it should be shared with more folks.
She was frankly kind of surprised that a white girl from Seattle was calling to express support, and even more surprised that the news had spread so far so fast.
I hope she weathers the approaching shitstorm. Nibs will want to hear about this.
Thank you so much for posting this, they'll be getting my emailed gushing and a nice check in the mail to help support the effort. I have to say this is the first story out of SD that's put a smile on my face in a long time. Gosh it's nice to know that there's at least one president in the continental United States that I can actually admire and adore.
| From: | tahomapagan |
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| Date: | March 22nd, 2006 10:20 pm (UTC) |
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I have reposted this on my LJ and elsewhere, and will be emailing my moral support shortly.
Woo and likewise hoo! That was my first thought -- okay, my second thought -- when I read the story, was "Where can I send money?". My first thought was "GO, PRESIDENT FIRE THUNDER!"
Isn't the internet amazing? I, too, am going to send a note and a check to President Fire Thunder. And I have sent the information along to my sisters in my women's chorus.
Great to hear good news coming out of SD for once.
Hi there! I found out about this story from other LJ folk, but I got here from solarbird. I have put this on my LJ... ... and also mentioned it at Eschaton. I'll do AmericaBlog and dKos as soon as they have their evening open threads up. :)
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| Date: | March 22nd, 2006 10:46 pm (UTC) |
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Should checks be payable to Oglala Sioux Tribe?
to the Canadian Greenspirations email list. Toronto Action for Social Change's list and the Toronto Burlesque and Vaudeville Alliance List.
Thanks.
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| Date: | March 22nd, 2006 10:55 pm (UTC) |
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to cut down on spam;
firethunder_president at yahooNOSPAM dot com
cc:vbush at oglalaNOSPAM dot org
(The NOSPAM part probably isn't necessary, but the spam spiders get more creative every day.)
Im going to repost this alright?
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| Date: | March 22nd, 2006 11:21 pm (UTC) |
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I got here from amaebi. THANKS! Duly posted/linked to in my blog as well! Soon as we have any money to spare I'll send some (huband unemployed - ugh - no rent... hope a job comes through this week...) Anyway - THANKS!!!
I followed the yellow brick road. I linked on my journal and emailed it to my non-LJ friends as well. Thank you so much for posting this info!
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| Date: | March 22nd, 2006 11:26 pm (UTC) |
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bless you. i had been absentmindedly trying to find her phone number and figure out where to send donations; thank you for doing it.
Thank you for this, sweetie.
(And I hope no negative consequences end up attaching to you for helping get this word out.) |
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