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Lakota Kidz Newsletter

Holiday Gift Giving Campaign
Help make the season a little brighter for the children of Wanblee South Dakota.
Visit our Amazon.com Wish List .

IN MEMORIUM: ERIN LEARY

Lakota Kidz volunteer Erin Leary
Lakota Kidz is sad to announce the passing of one of our talented volunteers, Erin Leary, who was killed in an automobile accident at the young age of 16 on August 6. Erin had a short, but nevertheless remarkable life, which is perhaps best described by Shannon Leary, who wrote this beautiful college essay about her little sister last Spring. Erin, may the Great Spirit watch over you, and may you be at peace.

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REMEMBERING VERNON BELLECOURT ON THE DAY OF MOURNING

Day of Mourning, Plymouth Massachusetts 2007Greetings, sisters and brothers: I’m writing this letter from Plymouth, Mass., on what most of us call Thanksgiving Day.

Many Native Americans, however, call it the National Day of Mourning. Indians don’t have a whole lot to be thankful for, especially the Lakota Sioux of Wanblee, South Dakota, the poorest town in America. 75 of its 107 households live below the poverty level. Diabetes and other life threatening diseases are rampant, but there’s no money for medical bills. Families get through the bitter wanietu (winter) by huddling together underneath their blankets inside bare bones government shacks. Alcoholism—the white man’s gift to the Indians— is devastating the town’s young adults, who make up 56% of the population.

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NATIVE AMERICANS AT HIGHER RISK FROM H1N1 INFLUENZA

President Obama's advisory council released a report assessing preparations for 2009-H1N1 Influenza A. While the precise impact of the resurgence of H1N1 infection is impossible to predict, it indicated that Native American groups are considered high risk and have elevated risks of severe outcomes. Federal health officials recently announced $350 million in national grants to fight H1N1, but that money is going to states and hospitals, not to the federally recognized tribes, a policy that could make reservation communities increasingly vulnerable to epidemics. Many residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment on the Reservation make medical care difficult to obtain even in normal conditions.

In light of the H1N1 influenza, the Crazy Horse Elementary School is in need of donations of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant wipes. If you'd like to help out, please check out our wish list at Amazon.com. All you have to do is access the Lakota Kidz Wish List, place a tax deductible order & these items will be shipped directly to the elementary school.

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PLEASE DELIVER A LITTLE HOLIDAY CHEER TO THE POOREST CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTRY.

Help us make the holidays a little brighter for the children of Wanblee. Sixty-three percent of the kids in Wanblee live below the poverty level and as such, many of them have never received a new coat or a holiday gift for that matter. Our Adopt A Child program allows you to make a difference in a child's life during the holiday season, via a tax-deductible gift donation.

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RHODE ISLAND CHAPTER PRESENTS

Corrie Anna Martin, Co-Chair Lakota Kidz Rhode Island Chapter sporting a face paint red hand at the Lakota Kidz Trading Post.The brand new Lakota Kidz Rhode Island Chapter held its first educational fundraiser on Saturday, May 31, at the historic Little Compton, RI, Community Center.

The first Lakota Kidz Trading Post exceeded our expectations, despite torrential rains.

"Our goal was to get some hands-on experience in organizing non profit events," said newly installed Chapter Co-chair Mika Mason Martin, 26. "We would have been happy breaking even."

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Lakota Kidz – a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2004, staffed entirely by volunteers, and funded solely by private donations and grants – is dedicated to making brutal winters a little warmer, and to supporting Head Start programs, for the Lakota Sioux living in Wanblee, South Dakota, the poorest town in the poorest county in the nation.

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