Below is a letter that I got from a friend of mine from Pine Ridge. All of the names that were enclosed have been edited to keep my friends anonymity. Life is hell for them....she writes me almost everyday to keep me up to speed. We try to help but we are alone in this movement and money is low for us to help them. ************
Hey there~,
It's a cold day in hell here!!I'm hoping I don't run out of propane soon,the tank is on empty and we are on fumes!!I never made it to Rapid City!or Wal Mart for Christmas....no gas!!.......besides my daughter Worm is being stubborn and unforgiving!!I kicked her out cause she didn't listen to me, she's in a very unhealthy friendship with a this cousin of hers! and she's on her way to self destruction!she's drunk all the time,going to bars and getting pushed around by my niece!!I'm going to let her have it when I see her!!stupid little shit thinks I don't know about him taking advantage of my daughter !! I don't give a goddamn if she's needy,!!I confronted my daughter about her cousin and she told me to stay out of her life!!
Ohhhh! I'm so pissed off that I just want to kick her ass when I see her!
I was so pissed when he tried to hang himself in front of my daughter, he says nobody likes him or cares about her anyway!! I almost fell for that bullshit but now I know different!! Well enough of that!! I'm tired of thinking about this........it makes me sick that my daughter may someday take her own life because nobody likes or cares about her!!!
So how was your Christmas?? did you cook?? I volunteered my time to cook, but before I got there the 'special' volunteers took all the good presents, you know who I mean, and all her people I didn't go for the gifts, just the dinner Monday night...because the vice-president decided not to pass out the presents that same evening..What an ass hole!! nothing ever goes right here! besides half the presents were stolen!!
Again!! You know they would rip off their own mother just to get what they want in life ,like the evil sisters I told you about!! Somebody told our community chair that they received a donation of $600,but they were at the Lakota Nation Indian tournaments, and was spending money that was given to the kids here!! Geez!! everyone goes nuts over money even if its intended for the children...Well I hope you had a better holiday than I did!! I hope everyone gets what's coming to them!! Later...signing off from this place I know as hell........M!!
Hey there~,
It's a cold day in hell here!!I'm hoping I don't run out of propane soon,the tank is on empty and we are on fumes!!I never made it to Rapid City!or Wal Mart for Christmas....no gas!!.......besides my daughter Worm is being stubborn and unforgiving!!I kicked her out cause she didn't listen to me, she's in a very unhealthy friendship with a this cousin of hers! and she's on her way to self destruction!she's drunk all the time,going to bars and getting pushed around by my niece!!I'm going to let her have it when I see her!!stupid little shit thinks I don't know about him taking advantage of my daughter !! I don't give a goddamn if she's needy,!!I confronted my daughter about her cousin and she told me to stay out of her life!!
Ohhhh! I'm so pissed off that I just want to kick her ass when I see her!
I was so pissed when he tried to hang himself in front of my daughter, he says nobody likes him or cares about her anyway!! I almost fell for that bullshit but now I know different!! Well enough of that!! I'm tired of thinking about this........it makes me sick that my daughter may someday take her own life because nobody likes or cares about her!!!
So how was your Christmas?? did you cook?? I volunteered my time to cook, but before I got there the 'special' volunteers took all the good presents, you know who I mean, and all her people I didn't go for the gifts, just the dinner Monday night...because the vice-president decided not to pass out the presents that same evening..What an ass hole!! nothing ever goes right here! besides half the presents were stolen!!
Again!! You know they would rip off their own mother just to get what they want in life ,like the evil sisters I told you about!! Somebody told our community chair that they received a donation of $600,but they were at the Lakota Nation Indian tournaments, and was spending money that was given to the kids here!! Geez!! everyone goes nuts over money even if its intended for the children...Well I hope you had a better holiday than I did!! I hope everyone gets what's coming to them!! Later...signing off from this place I know as hell........M!!
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Re: The Reality of Pine Ridge
Thu, January 10, 2008 - 5:56 PMWhat if people there dug underground places to stay during the winter? I remember reading about a black lady in Arizona who did just that, made a long staircase down into a 30 foot or so pit and insulated the top with found objects. Stayed warm enough (about 50 degrees F year-round). Surprised so few think of this. -
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Re: The Reality of Pine Ridge
Thu, January 10, 2008 - 6:35 PMShouldn't have to be that way though should it?
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Re: The Reality of Pine Ridge
Mon, January 28, 2008 - 2:01 PMThe Black Hills is not an area condusive to digging tunnels. Soil movement and erosion is an issue there. I'm surprised you didn't think of that. -
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Re: The Reality of Pine Ridge
Mon, March 31, 2008 - 4:53 PMAh, i've only been thru there once. It's my ignorance.
As for *it should be better*, well, that's a thought...then again, lots have tried that for a long time and who's listening? Lots of do-gooder reformists have come in and been there and helped, right? But something didn't happen, still. Gee, i wonder why...i.e. the State has mandated that such power spots are *not allowed* to be aided in such ways, and all of their soldiers open and covert help that "work".
Keep on plugging away at reform, tho, if that is truly your calling. Perhaps one day Pine Ridge will be like so many others, another mix into the "boiling pot" of what the u.s. of a. has been foerced to be. Then again, is that truly where the many many murdered and their silenced sisters and brothers and kids would truly wish?
...to bring in colonizer mind even more, and thus facade-ish the place with all sorts of misleading decor?
Hmmm, i guess there's a middle-ground, of course. So please ignore my rigidity if that is how my vibe touches you!
p.s. there is a reason Africa is so quagmired too, and it ain't "the Africans" fault.
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