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(Updated x 3) Pretty Bird Woman House: Let's Unbury some Hearts

by: winter rabbit

Tue Oct 30, 2007 at 14:24:37 PDT        
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("We continue to believe that someone important someplace cares and will do something before our situation becomes impossible." Fools Crow from "Fools Crow," by Thomas E. Mails. p. 217 - promoted by winter rabbit)


Herstories on the issue of violence against women

A Cheyenne proverb states, "A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done, no matter how brave its warriors or how strong its weapons." Our hearts are not on the ground. Our feet are. And we are moving forward.

A travesty to the true spirit of justice is taking place on the Standing Rock Reservation that covers North and South Dakota. Predominantly white male rapists are sexually assaulting American Indian women and getting away with inadequate consequences or no consequences whatsoever.
winter rabbit :: (Updated x 3) Pretty Bird Woman House: Let's Unbury some Hearts
Crossposted at Native American Netroots

Show me a rapist of an American Indian woman and I'll show you an upstanding member of society. That's what the Major said about a man who plead guilty to raping an American Indian woman. Maybe the thieves and vandals who have caused property damage so severe that Pretty Bird Woman House had to close its doors for now are "upstanding citizens" as well.

Thieves have stolen food and a television set from Pretty Bird Woman House. The very walls were smashed through to break inside or destroy it; then, it was set on fire.

(Not Pretty Bird Woman House)
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What if this occurred in a Caucasian controlled city or county? Allow me to share a story from my personal experience.

I left a gig with horn and stand in hand; I was walking to the parking garage. I witnessed a couple fighting when I got to the elevator. "A little unusual, but none of my business," I thought. However, next the man called his girlfriend a slut and slammed her up against the wall. It became my business. While three others were standing around, wondering if they should call 911, I said "Stop" firmly to him. Ignoring me, he became more violent; so, I commanded her to get out of the elevator.  One of the others was calling 911 at that point. She did not get out of the elevator, "My keys are in his truck." He lowered his head and pushed his hand towards me for me to back off; he couldn't look me in the eye. I told her to get out again. The doors closed.

I told the others with cell phones to follow me up the stairs and to be calling 911. They bailed. I went to the second floor and waited. Nothing. I didn't know which floor they went to, "Battered wife syndrome" I thought as I went down the stairs and found a police officer on the street. I told him what happened and he went into the parking garage to investigate. That is the difference between what happens on the Standing Rock Reservation and a Caucasian controlled city or county - justice.


Source

In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in Oliphant v. the Suquamish Indian Tribe that tribal governments have no criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians. When a crime is committed, tribal police and their non-Indian counterparts must hash out whether the suspect is Indian or not.

I have two primary reasons why I did what I did. The first one is that violence against women doesn't happen in front of me; I won't allow it. The second one is that that woman, whatever her name, is my cousin. She is my relative.

Here is a CHIPIN CAMPAIGN from PiledHigherandDeeper, who asked me to do this here.

Please make a donation at the CHIPIN CAMPAIGN for the Pretty Bird Woman House to help keep the hearts of the women off the ground.


Source

"I prefer to characterize rape simply as a form of torture.  Like the torturer, the rapist is motivated by the urge to dominate, humiliate, and destroy his victim.  Like a torturer, he does so by using the most intimate acts available to humans -- sexual ones."

Helen Benedict, Virgin or Vamp, 1992

[Update]

  At least $1035.03 has been raised!!!

I'm so grateful, I cannot begin to say.

Mitakuye Oyasin

[Update #2]
 

At least $1190.03 as of 11:40pm last night (October 30th), then rose to $1300 after that!!!

[Update #3]

PiledHigherandDeeper tells us the following:

Now we're at 

$2892.

Here are examples of the continuing fucked up situation for women on the reservations.

1. I put on the blog a request for sweat suits and new underwear. Why? The hospitals that can do forensic exams require all of the women's clothes. The shelters don't have enough to give them. Recently a hospital discharged a woman in just her HOSPITAL GOWN and a BLANKET! WTF is that??????

2. I was emailing Georgia and she was out of the office most of the week on another rape case. The woman was very scared to testify in court, so they were worried. Not to worry, the perp didn't show up in court. An arrest warrant is out for him.

But he'll probably get away with this because the rape occurred on the reservation and all he had to do is step foot off of it and there's nothing they can do.

It never ends. Lets keep on with this, this kind of shit can be fixed. We can't fix Congress, but we CAN really help this situation a LOT!
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I'll promote this sometime after (4.00 / 11)
it falls off the list so it can get maximum time on the page.
You my friend (4.00 / 5)
are the real deal.

Love to you and yours.  If you're ever up in Michigan, you have a place at our table, and a place to stay.

Whats ours is yours.

Mean it.

Visit me @ The Wild Wild Left! Crossposting is good for us all!

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Diane, keep it up over (4.00 / 2)
at your Wing! Sorry I had to come down so hard on that guy, he was giving the casual reader the wrong impression.
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We sure will Diane. (4.00 / 2)
After she's out of school with her PHD, we may move to Michigan for all I know.

I'm very honored.

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It's now up to $1300! (4.00 / 2)
I can't wait to check this again tomorrow!
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Thanks. Part of the problem (4.00 / 6)
with this kind of lawlessness is that there are usually only about 2 officers patrolling a reservation the size of Connecticut at any given time. So, if there is vandalism or domestic violence it's difficult to get help on time.

When it's rape, according to a recent Amnesty International report, it's a majority of white men committing the crime against Native women. And then the problem is also that due to jurisdictional issues, and a lack of will by FBI/DOJ personnel, the men are rarely prosecuted. And then there is the problem of a lack of rape kits in hospitals. THAT one pissed me off especially. How is this allowed in this country?

As we saw in the recent case in S.D., there are also issues of racism whereby the mayor of a town can get up in court and say that a rapist is an upstanding citizen! Due to the publicity the Amnesty report gave this issue, South Dakota's DA didn't relent, and he pled guilty after a hung jury.

PBWH is only going into its 3rd year of operation. Before that there was no place for women to go on the reservation.

I'm helping them raise money for a new building, whether it is that house across from the police station or another one. If we even get half way there then grants can cover the rest, but they seem to always require a match. It would be great to get all of the money so they can begin operation sooner than these long grant cycles.

All the info is in the Chip In blog. I put in links to all the info you need to become informed on the issue, including an Amnesty Mag article on the Daily Kos campaign that saved it from closing its doors.

Thanks Winter Rabbit for continuing to bring this to everyone's attention.

This is one thing we can do that will make a big difference in someone else's life.

I am honored you asked (4.00 / 8)
and I'm putting this all over the place, Street Prophets, many places. I hope it does what we need it to do.
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Come on over to Kos (4.00 / 9)
I may need you to take over. I took my wife to the hospital this morning for tests, I finished mostly writing this before  we went. I can barely hold my eyes open.
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Are we not all (4.00 / 6)
kos rejects?

"Last Summer Before Armageddon!"
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LOL! (4.00 / 4)

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Nah....some of us play both places... (4.00 / 3)
and I like DailyKos...and Kos as a person.
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I do to, (4.00 / 4)
but I understand it's purpose. It's frustrating to not make the rec list with some things, but its primary purpose is to elect democratic leaders. I've learned a lot there and met some wonderful people.

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If it doesn't say Edwards these days (4.00 / 1)
it won't make the rec list. Lots of good reading will slide away until after the primaries.

Subscribe to jotter, if you want to see the good stuff. It may be a day old but always the High Impact Diaries diary is best list of the day.

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Good idea (4.00 / 2)
jotter does very good work.
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I feel the same way (4.00 / 1)
but this place gets to be a breath of fresh air from the constant themes in the other diaries, especially all those candidate ones. I like the more artful approach here.
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I think you did make the rec list today (0.00 / 0)
I saw your diary early today, and then again when I checked the site at ~7 pm. If you posted  here and there around the same time, this could only be possible if your diary were on the rec list. And, I seem to recall that is was, although there's no rec tag.

Did you see it on the list? If so, I'll add the tag, fwiw.

This sentence no verb.

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OK (4.00 / 1)
I just had to finish my class lecture and now I'm going over.
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Only 2 recs so far (4.00 / 3)
pathetic
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crap. (0.00 / 0)
I'm so used to you being FP'd I forgot to rec.  Done, sorry!

Visit me @ The Wild Wild Left! Crossposting is good for us all!
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We got 25$ from condoleaser (4.00 / 3)
at Kos!
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yay! (0.00 / 0)
I love Kossacks and Dharmaniacs!
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They're my cousins too. (4.00 / 2)
You can have art/gear/shops from me. Suggestions and critiques are welcome. Here's one - no designated charity yet:
http://www.cafepress...
Germans were raised on Karl May novels and are mad for anthing Native, so an appeal to that demographic may do well. Goodstorm is another great venue for fundraising, and to get the German/EU market, let's use Spreadshirt.
Will do art for Pretty Bird Woman House next.
I will check in later.
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Now THAT'S IT!!! (4.00 / 2)

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That's wonderful stuff (4.00 / 1)
Can't wait to see the PBWH stuff too. So touching that you're doing that.
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Happy to help (4.00 / 1)
This is a draft. It will get a lot more complicated.
pbwh whitebuffalowomdraft4
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This is very cool looking (4.00 / 1)
I can't wait to see the updates.
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Beautiful Tigana. (4.00 / 2)
I can't wait to see it finished.
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Update - second draft (4.00 / 1)
pbwhwhitebuffwom11 t
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Tigana you have to email this to Georgia (0.00 / 0)
She's going to love it.
littleshield@lakotanetwork.com
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I see you also have the (0.00 / 0)
symbolic purple going. It looks nice. You know the founder of the shelter, Jackie Brown Otter is going to be very touched because this will remind her of her murdered sister.
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Second Update (4.00 / 3)
This may be ok as a logo. Click on this image to access the code.
pbwh sil lavwhite logo lett
Kind regards to Georgia and Jackie.
I'll do more tomorrow. See you then!
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I absolutely LOVE IT! (0.00 / 0)

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Another update (4.00 / 2)
Still working on it
pbwhwhitebuffwomtents t
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A little further along (4.00 / 3)
pbwhwhitebuffwom3tentst
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Beautiful! n/t (0.00 / 0)


Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines.  ~ Pink Floyd
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Not yet! (4.00 / 2)
Thank you, On The Bus...Getting there...
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Igf it looks like something by the Dillons (4.00 / 1)
- Leo and Diane Dillon - when it is done, then it will be a success.
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Really beautiful (4.00 / 1)
This now at the top of the page on the blog, and somebody else put it up on hers too.

Thanks so much Tigana.

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What??? (4.00 / 1)
Not ready for prime time!!!
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Ok (4.00 / 1)
There's this other blog, immasmartypants.blogspot.com that picked it up out of here too.

I'll take it off until you give the go ahead.

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This is better :) (0.00 / 0)
I tried to get a resemblance to Ivy.
pbwhwhitebuffwom2400kivyb
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But it is a long way from being finished (4.00 / 1)
:)
More tomorrow!
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A study (4.00 / 1)
PBW Ivy 900 t
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Tigana (4.00 / 1)
I love to see the evolution of this work. I never knew that things that turn out like this could go through such an evolution. Thanks so much for posting the progress, even if we didn't know we weren't supposed to publish it yet.
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It's me (4.00 / 1)
who put it up on my little blog. I've been updating it as you go along. But if you'd rather I wait until you're done, let me know.

Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi
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Just a wee blog? (4.00 / 1)
No problem... :) But I am a day ot two from being done.
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Yeah, just a wee blog LOL (4.00 / 2)


Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi
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Further along here... (4.00 / 1)
PBW Ivy 900 ov7lav3 t
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I loved it that you put it up on your blog (4.00 / 1)
I think Tigana didn't realize how good her first ones were too.
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But of course I'll wait until she's done (4.00 / 1)
My sister is an artist too and I know how it goes that you want people to see the finished product.
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My wish list (4.00 / 1)
I am working with one pic of Ivy's face for this image of White Buffalo Calf Woman. If Jackie Brown Otter permits, and can supply more photos of Ivy, I think I could do better. Another big wish is pics of traditional dress for SD. Thank you.
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Tigana, here's Georgia's email (4.00 / 1)
address.
littleshield@lakotanetwork.com

I think it would be so nice to tell her about how you got inspired as an artist to do this tribute and then she can tell Jackie. I just have the connection to Georgia.

This is really so nice.

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Yes, wrote to Georgia (0.00 / 0)
I know she must be very busy, but hope to hear back!

pbwh whitebuffalowompurp6t

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Oh.... (4.00 / 1)
I really love this one.

She'll get back to you I'm sure. She just forwarded me something, but I think she was out of the office for like 2 women all over the planet, give school presentations, etc. Really, I don't know how they do it.

Hey, I have a feeling that if you go to the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian website you can copy a photo of plains Indians women's dress.

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Here's a nice illustration for you (4.00 / 1)
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I just got an email (4.00 / 1)
They're rushing off to take a rape victim to  court, and she's scared to testify. Crossing my fingers on that one, but it brings the importance of their work home, doesn't it!
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Now the world is watching (4.00 / 1)
White Buffalo Calf Woman is no one to trifle with. Courage!
Another stage:
pbwh whitebuffwmpurstars
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Now you've got a definite (4.00 / 1)
mystical element added in there. and the sky looks lovely.
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Ready for critique (0.00 / 0)
The eagle feathers are too short, and a bird on the wing is needed.

pbwh fr 4000 lett

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In this way (4.00 / 2)
women receive their gifts from their dreams.

So let a dream tell you if it's done or not.

Follow your heart.


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Thank you, Winter Rabbit (4.00 / 1)
What a lovely thing to say - thank you!
Art images often do appear in my dreams.
This one must be useful for PBWH, and women/community members from Standing Rock may have opinions and preferences to express.  I will do my best to please.

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Missionfish (4.00 / 1)
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Great idea (4.00 / 1)
how to do this?
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;) I think I know. (0.00 / 0)
.
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OK (4.00 / 1)
:)
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Let's set up Air Miles donations (4.00 / 1)
to supply transportation of goods to SD for the women and their children. The poverty is there is unbelievable, and winter is here. We all have coats, blankets, books, tech schtuff we don't need or use - Air Miles is a way to get it there.
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Wow, that's another good idea (4.00 / 1)
How do we do that?

Hey check out this yahoo group called
friendsofpineridgereservation (add dot org for the website). They put up these 100 item challenges and people happily email their progress. They seem to get an amazing amount of stuff. Lately they've been asking for space heaters.

Also Devilstower and another guy are interested in doing more too but Andrew wasn't so sure what to do. I wonder how we can get all of this started.

Do you think we should start a Yahoo group on this?

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Hey I just started a Yahoo Group (4.00 / 1)
for this. Since I don't have your address, just go over to the blog when you have a chance because I put a subscription button over there.
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I found a great site with white buffalo photos (4.00 / 1)
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Thank you - lovely! (0.00 / 0)
You are so thoughtful, PHD!
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How about in meditations? (4.00 / 1)
One day I was in this meditation where I was supposed to be at the beach -- and then suddenly I found myself in the middle of a herd of buffalo. I was like, "how did THAT happen?"
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Did you have roller skates on? (4.00 / 1)
;)
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No but it would have been (4.00 / 1)
helpful to get out of there!!
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Tigana (0.00 / 0)
I'll check back to use your wonderful work to promote this. Looks like you're still working on it. The creative process goes according to our timeline, doesn't it?
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Hey NLin (4.00 / 1)
The fundraising blog is getting hits because of your site, so not so "wee". Yay.

I am having a problem getting a link that works though. It seems to work when I preview it but when I post it something happens that makes it not work. I'll keep working on it.

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Thats amazing!! (4.00 / 2)
Thanks for letting me know. I guess you never know who's reading?!

Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi
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For some reason, all products are not shown (4.00 / 1)
Not sure why just housegear and buttons are showing up; I'll work on it. You can see the whole line at
http://cafepress.com...
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I'll be donating as soon as I fix my paypal acct. (4.00 / 2)
repair mission is underway

"The truth shall set you free - but first it'll piss you off." Gloria Steinem
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Thanks (4.00 / 1)
It's exciting now, as of 8:35 we have $760.
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winter rabbit (4.00 / 2)
we sent a check in previously to PBWH, and will at some point be sending in more.  I'd do the credit card thing but for some reason when they had that virus on DKos, somehow, related or not, someone got my credit card number.  Someone charged three plane tickets on it, the credit card company won't cooperate with me to see who flew where (man, the least I could have done was send a postcard to myself...), or investigate, they are not sending papers to me to protest, and I'm about to complain with the Comptroller General of the Currency about them (just had to get it off my chest).  This is to say that I don't trust anything to do with credit cards/DKos, I think somehow there was a security leak.  I can't prove it but the timing seemed beyond coincidental.  Oh, and the thefts which I am disputing maxed out my credit card, if Mango (in Melaque) sees this... 

Has anyone else had theft of credit card/identity in dealing with DKos?

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That's terrible! (4.00 / 1)
You can send a check because I'm going to be putting a thermometer up there at the end of the week so we can see the total of all the donations.

Was that the period of time when Visa and MC had that big data loss too? And why aren't they letting you dispute that anyway? Sorry to hear about all of that.

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they are heel-dragging (4.00 / 2)
and supposedly have 120 days to deal with it.

I suspect it's like so many things "finance" in US... they probably are operating out of deep insolvency somehow.  Probably my credit card debt together with the credit card debt of 100,000 others has been bundled into a security which was tossed into a hedge fund and is now a worthless, unsaleable asset because the value was hypothecated and used as collateral for another worthless debt...  therefore until they get their insurance money they won't speak to me.  Just guessing.

I think this is it for me on credit cards. 

A friend who is high up in a prominent bank's fraud division says nothing, nothing freaks out a bank like being turned over to the Comptroller General of the Currency.  Halloween for them by me.

Thanks for sympathy!

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Hey stonemason (0.00 / 0)
I just started a yahoo group on this. If you go over to the pbwh blog there's a subscription button in case you want to join. If you do, use the digest function or you might get a lot of emails.
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Even if we only go halfway there (4.00 / 1)
that would be the match PBWH would need to start writing a grant for the rest.
And, it's now up to $610.03 (0.00 / 0)
Nice jump from this diary. Thanks Winter Rabbit.
Thanks for letting us know about this. (4.00 / 2)
I made a donation and sent the link to some friends of mine. We should be able to make this happen for our sisters!!

Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi
Thanks so much (4.00 / 2)
This diary is making a huge difference - now we've got $760.
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Cool (4.00 / 2)
I hope it reaches thousands and thousands.

Visit me @ The Wild Wild Left! Crossposting is good for us all!
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Now it's up to $1035.03 (4.00 / 2)
Way cool!
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Makes me SO HAPPY! (4.00 / 3)

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Here's a list of all the other locations (4.00 / 2)
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Winter Rabbit I just made a (0.00 / 0)
yahoo group on this if you want to join. Some people besides Jill from Kos contacted me about what else they can do, so I thought it would be easier to talk that way. If you want to join go over to the blog because I put in a sign up button on the lower right side.

:)

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You & me both (4.00 / 2)

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$1190.03 as of 11:40pm est (4.00 / 1)
All I can say is wow.
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For people in the NY Metro area (4.00 / 3)
You can meet Georgia and one of the members of her board of directors at an event Amnesty International is hosting at the Musuem of the American Indian on Nov. 15th.

There will be a photo exhibit and they will be discussing the report and raising money for PBWH (and I will be adding a thermometer to the blog to show all the donations combined at the end of the week).

You'll need to RSVP by Nov. 1 if you want to go. You can send an email to Sara at Amnesty. Her email address is: skochschulte@aiusa.org

Regrets... (4.00 / 1)
I'd love to go. Very odd, finding that magazine article (in a Curry's Art supplies) and then learning that PBWH will be there....
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I'm going to do a photo diary of it so (4.00 / 1)
you'll see how it was anyway.
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You might even meet a Kennedy (4.00 / 1)
If you go to the Amnesty Invitation which is on the PBWH link to this diary, Rose Styron and Kerry Kennedy seem to be sponsoring the event....hmmmm
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Here is the Smithsonian announcement of the event (0.00 / 0)
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It's also at (4.00 / 3)
My Left Wing

Very long but beautiful night last night.

this is up on the Dharmapedia (4.00 / 2)
in the current events section now

link

Keep up the good work.

My views are not necessarily spelled correctly but should be taken to represent the views of the poor sap running this site even when it is obvious that we disagree.HowOd

Thanks (4.00 / 2)
the site got a hit because of that.
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That is so awesome! (4.00 / 2)

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Winter Rabbit, (4.00 / 3)
you MUST get over to Kos and see Miss Laura's diary, because somebody has put up a match challenge!!

I could cry.

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Going now! (4.00 / 3)

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That is wonderful!! (4.00 / 3)
At over $1,500. They've GOT to get the security system.
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noweasels! (4.00 / 3)
She is a sweetheart. 
I contributed earlier today and just sent her an email so that she will match it.  I wouldn't have known about it if you didn't mention it here. Thanks PHaD. Awesome! 

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines.  ~ Pink Floyd
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Great! (4.00 / 3)
Now we're up over $1700
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just recruited a donor (4.00 / 2)
for you, hope that helps.

My views are not necessarily spelled correctly but should be taken to represent the views of the poor sap running this site even when it is obvious that we disagree.HowOd
thank you (4.00 / 2)
everything helps!
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Now we're at (0.00 / 0)
$2892.

Here are examples of the continuing fucked up situation for women on the reservations.
1. I put on the blog a request for sweat suits and new underwear. Why? The hospitals that can do forensic exams require all of the women's clothes. The shelters don't have enough to give them. Recently a hospital discharged a woman in just her HOSPITAL GOWN and a BLANKET! WTF is that??????
2. I was emailing Georgia and she was out of the office most of the week on another rape case. The woman was very scared to testify in court, so they were worried. Not to worry, the perp didn't show up in court. An arrest warrant is out for him.
But he'll probably get away with this because the rape occurred on the reservation and all he had to do is step foot off of it and there's nothing they can do.

It never ends. Lets keep on with this, this kind of shit can be fixed. We can't fix Congress, but we CAN really help this situation a LOT!

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Winter Rabbit (0.00 / 0)
Thanks for putting this on the FP again

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Very welcome my friend (4.00 / 1)
Let's hope it inspires more to write about it and bring awareness. We need 30% more this month at least.

I'm going to (not soon) write a dairy on the Medicine Bluffs. Hopefluuy this brings healing.

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That's really beautiful (4.00 / 1)
I hope so too.

You know, the last fundrive had 685 people in the chip in. I don't know how to rile up the crowd that much. Lets see what happens at this Amnesty fundraiser next week. If we get a big boost that might jumpstart everyone's enthusiasm. I'll be taking pictures to post.

A lot of people are starting to post this on their blogs though, so awareness is spreading in any case.

I'll be looking forward to that diary on the Medicine Bluffs and appreciating the healing energy of that place. Where are they anyway?

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Fort Sill (4.00 / 1)
which means no vision quests.....
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why? (0.00 / 0)

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You can't camp there over night (4.00 / 1)
It's an army base, complete with a Sheridan Street and a Sheridan mountain close by.

It's where Geronimo escaped the troops, among other things. It's very Wakan land.

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But it's been contaminated (0.00 / 0)
with that military energy, sounds like. Another sad thing.
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That is true, (4.00 / 1)
yet I had a powerful experience here at the base of it.
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Now how can I let you (0.00 / 0)
not tell me what it was?
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From my notes I made: (4.00 / 1)
Right there, a White Buffalo came, maybe 4 - 5 ft. tall, Her/His back left leg came off and was on the grass in front of me. She/he fell into the water as blood covered the water, the White Buffalo's blood.

Wohpe, the White Buffalo Cow Maiden came and picked up the leg and took the pipe out of my heart. She put the energy of the White Buffalo leg into it. The White Buffalo then came and picked up the leg and took the pipe put of my heart. Wohpe then put the energy of the leg into the pipe.

The White Buffalo had come out of the water and the pipe that was taken out of me became the White Buffalo's hind leg. She walked away over the water, the water you see above you.

Later, the pipe was returned to me, put back into my heart.

[ Parent ]
Wow, (0.00 / 0)
that is amazing.

Did you see changes in your life after that?

[ Parent ]
Actually yes. (4.00 / 1)
I'd have to tell you in a personal note.
[ Parent ]
OK (0.00 / 0)
go to the blog and get my email there
[ Parent ]
try this one (0.00 / 0)
betson05@yahoo.com
[ Parent ]
I'll have to (0.00 / 0)
this afternoon after work.
[ Parent ]
Andy's got a GREAT PBWH (0.00 / 0)
diary over on Kos right now. He doesn't post here, but can you cross post it at your great blogs?

Here's the Url:

http://www.dailykos....

He worked in a shelter and has a story in there.

[ Parent ]
eeeewwww (0.00 / 0)
I just looked up Fort Sill. My first thought was that history is written by the victors.
And it looks like maybe that rewrite might be a nice subject to tackle some day......
[ Parent ]
I wrote of some of it (4.00 / 1)
[ Parent ]
Oh good, now I'm off to read that one. (0.00 / 0)
thanks for the link.
[ Parent ]
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