Many of our Elders and children do without the basic necessities, for others it is a struggle day to day with nothing left for any amenities whatsoever.

We will be compiling a list of recipient organizations and individuals known and trusted who have participated in years past in assistance to our People.

Warm clothing and blankets are needed as well as money for fuel. Also personal needs, soap, toothbrushes, diapers, etc. Please remember to send toys and art supplies to the children.

• Please send information to contact other individuals and organizations who are sending much needed supplies and funds where needed.
• Let us know if you have worked with them before successfully.
• Many of our people face a bleak season far from home behind bars in the federal prison system. Please send names, reading interests and contact information for a book drive. Notice: in most cases "books" must come directly from the publishing companies.
• To have others added to this list email VLockard@aol.com

Greetings,

If you wish to make a difference and help children and elders through the harsh winter months in Montana, please take the time to read this request. On behalf of reliable Northern Cheyenne contacts from Lame Deer, we are once again collecting donations for the children's shelter and senior citizens center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.

Our goal is to collect new and good quality used items for the shelter and senior center, as well as toys which can be used for the children's shelter at Christmas time. The toys will be distributed during the Christmas give away but the clothes and blankets will be distributed right away. During Montana winters, the temperature can drop to 30 or 40 degrees below zero so warm winter clothing can be lifesaving. Often, when a child arrives at the shelter, all they have is what they are wearing. This is very sad, but it is the reality these children have to face. When a child leaves to go to a foster home, or some other place, the people at the shelter try to send a weeks' worth of clothing with the child so they will at least have something. In other words, what ever is sent to the shelter can be used and there is a great need. There is a very high turnover rate due to the extreme poverty in the Big Horn and Rosebud Counties.

The senior citizens center is in special need of:

• blankets
• warm winter coats
• also needed by the seniors are socks, gloves, boots, hats and scarves

The children's shelter is in special need of :

• warm winter coats and clothing
• a baby crib and related bedding
• twin size bedding of all types,
• blankets
• toys

The children range in age from 0 to 12 years.

Since they have school for the children at the shelter, there is also a need for:

• educational toys,
• writing paper,
• pencils,
• crayons
• or anything else used in schools.

They can also use grooming supplies like toothpaste, tooth brushes, soaps and shampoos, combs, hair brushes, hair barrettes, rubber bands or other types of hair or pony tail holders. Last but not least : pampers diapers or pull-ups.

Please note that we have changed and reorganized our mailing instructions from those suggested last year. Contact: suemontana@mcn.net

For mailing information other than regular US Mail service. (Also please include your name and address if you would like for us to acknowledge/confirm receipt of your donations)
Donations can be sent to the following address:

Honor Your Spirit - Protect the Children
% Sue Buck
PO Box 901
Great Falls, MT 59403-0901

The priority of our group, "Honor your Spirit - Protect the Children" is to make sure all donations get to where they are supposed to and recognized. It is very important to us to make sure that everything is
distributed fairly and to those in the greatest need.

Additional contact information:

Thank you for any assistance you can give.

Greetings,

Please read Manuel Redwoman's message, and the request below it. As always, *all* donated items and help will go directly to those in need of support; but now will also include the homeless shelter.

HYS Project - Statement

Honor Your Spirit would like to take a moment to offer up a special prayer to all of our friends and supporters.

Today, we look back over this year and we see that a lot has been accomplished, but only with thanks to your help.

We thank and congratulate all of you that have made us this, the Sacred Circle of understanding and caring. Many of us have had to struggle in our journey in life, so we feel the pain of our brothers and sisters, elders and children who are now in need.

In the seven months with you, we have been able to give warm blankets and clothing to elders. With you, we've helped the children's shelter with clothes, toys at Christmas and much needed hygiene items. With you, we have all helped with donated items to the head start and day care. In the seven months you, the Honor Your Spirit family, have done so much and yet there is still an urgent need for assistance in other areas.

On the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, the Tongue River Homeless Shelter is now a reality.

However, the doors cannot open until it is supplied with beds, furniture, sheets, towels, all the items any home needs.

It has been a hard year but with your help, we know this journey will remain sacred. Thank you.

Respectfully,

Manuel Redwoman,
Honor Your Spirit, Protect The Children
........................................................................................................................................................................................

Items needed for the Tongue River Homeless Shelter:

All the items any home needs, in particular :

- beds & furniture,
- sheets,
- towels,
- Toiletries, shampoos, razor blades, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc

- Light clothing for all ages (in good condition)

Contact Information:
suemontana@mcn.net
thimiakischool@the.forthnet.gr

Donated Items can be sent to:
Honor Your Spirit, Protect the Children
% Sue Buck
PO Box 901
Great Falls, MT 59403-0901

======== THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ! ======PLEASE VISIT OUR SITE=========>

"Honor Your Spirit, Protect the Children"
Manuel Redwoman, Northern Cheyenne/Lakota/Arapaho
http://www.geocities.com/honoryourspirit/home.html

Many of our children are in need of school supplies. Listed below are some of the needs, and people that are accepting your donations. Every one listed is reliable and will see to it that the supplies get to those who are in need. Don't forget the middle and high school kids have needs as great as the younger ones.

Smoky's Own Shop
BIA 1 and Pine
St. Francis, S.D. 57572
Due to the fires in this area much is needed here for the kids.

New Mexico
Southwest Indian Foundation, 100 W. Coal,
Gallup, NM 87301.
Clothing, food, blankets, toys and cash donations.

The Gathering Place
Attn: Eric Younger:
PO Box 838
Thoreau, NM 87323.

physical address
23 1st Ave.
Thoreau, NM 87323.
http://www.navajo-coop.org/AboutUs.htm

There is a need for school supplies and clothing to be sent to the Appalachian area. If you can, please send things for these children. The poverty is great there also.

SEND TO
ANGEL HAVEN MINISTRY
C/OF SISTER GRACE DEEL
RT 1 BOX 433
VANSANT VA 24656
little-mohican@webtv.net

PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP AND PASS THIS ON TO OTHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

• Please send information to contact other individuals and organizations who are sending much needed supplies and funds where needed.
• Let us know if you have worked with them before successfully.
• Many of our people face a bleak season far from home behind bars in the federal prison system. Please send names, reading interests and contact information for a book drive. Notice: in most cases "books" must come directly from the publishing companies.
• To have others added to this list email VLockard@aol.com

I have addresses to send clothing, food, ect., to Pine Ridge and Rosebud I will give out. These are individuals who can be trusted to distribute to those with needs.You may contact me at dodiefinstead@ev1.net for these addresses. Dodie

Emergency heating funds ... the weather will soon be colder and it appears that it will be a much colder winter than the last few we have experienced creating an incredible hardship for many. Checks and money orders sent to the NDN-AIM Fund will be distributed (or paid on account) for those in need of heating assistance. In effect we will be creating a "voucher" system. Your donation may be of any amount and several put together to meet minimums necessary for orders.

HEATING FUND

Ndn-AIM list fund
For emergency assistantace and fuel fund.
Ndn-AIM Fund
c/o box 1334
Rapid City, SD 57709

Barefoot Connections, Inc.
PO Box 2065
Riverview, Michigan
Fax: 206-888-2094
Email: senior-staff@nativenewsonline.org

We provide as needed and available funds to the ndn-aim heat/fuel fund as a non profit organization.
Vitamins to malnourished children in Central America..and provided school supplies to the reservation school in Wendake Quebec after a fire took out their elementary school in September this year. ALL donations are tax deductible. We accept PayPal online.

Mission Statement

The mission of Barefoot Connections is to gather, maintain and make available voluntarily given; tangible, social and monetary resources to provide news, communications, physical necessities, educational support and community contacts to and concerning members of aboriginal nations in the Continental Americas on an emergency and on-going basis.

http://nativenewsonline.org/mission.htm

For Cherokee Families
Koki Wilson
P.O. Box 141
Marble City, Ok. 74945
918-235-0887

They need clothes, winter items, toys/items for children and teens, especially food as they will try to provide Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for those who will not have these, personal care items, gloves. If you can help please do, also remember items need to be new or nearly new and clean. They will also take money donations if someone prefers to help in this manner.

Cherokee Nation's Adair County, Oklahoma County Service Team

The Cherokee Nation's Adair County Service Team would like to have donations of new and slightly used coats to help Adair County school children and elderly keep warm this winter. Coats can be dropped off At 206 E. Allen Rd. or Contact Sharon Dry at (918) 456-0671 ext. 2483, Jody Reese at (918) 456-5740 or Pam Bakke at (918) 458-5609 for more information, to make arrangements for pick-up (local), or to donate money to buy coats. We need these as soon as possible so we can get them cleaned and make sure we have enough for those who need them. Deadline for donations is Dec. 12, 2003.

Black Mesa Indigenous Support
P.O Box 23501
Flaggstaff Arizona 86002

There is a needs list on http://www.blackmesais.org/needslist.html

New Mexico
Southwest Indian Foundation, 100 W. Coal,
Gallup, NM 87301.
Clothing, food, blankets, toys and cash donations.

Eastern Cherokee Alliance
5411 Laureltree Place
Louisville, KY 40229

This year we will be providing Christmas Presents and clothing (all new) for approximately 1,000 students at three schools, Loneman in Oglala, Wolf Creek in Pine Ridge and American Horse in Allen. We will also be assisting in Elders that we can in those communities.

Rosebud Reservation
Alfred Bone Shirt
P.O. Box 634
St. Francis, SD 57572

I have several families that I buy fuel for in Wanblee.(Pine Ridge) If you'd like to help out with that, it would be appreciated.The money goes directly to the Co-op in Martin, and they deliver the amount paid for, either by credit card, check or M.O. Contact me if you want to be a part of that. J. D. CHIPPS jdkc@woptura.com

Bonnie Whitesinger
Box 1073

Hotevilla, AZ 86030
would be able to handle fuel donations for Big Mountain.

J. Porter Selman
217 So. 2nd. St.
Sterling, KS 67579
All donations go to Rosebud Reservation

St. Labre Indian School

Our UPS address is:

If anyone has questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.

1000 Tongue River Road,
Ashland, MT 59003.

Audrey Wheeler
Donor Relations Manager
St. Labre Indian School
(406) 784-4500 X-4509

Good clean used or new clothing, coats, gloves, hats, household items.

Angel Haven Mission
c/o Grace Deel
RT 1 BOX 433
Vansant, VA
Clothing, toys, blankets, food.

The Gathering Place
Attn: Eric Younger:
PO Box 838
Thoreau, NM 87323.
physical address
23 1st Ave.
Thoreau, NM 87323.
http://www.navajo-coop.org/AboutUs.htm
Clothing, blankets, but especially children's books.

W.V.N.A.V.G.
Care of Shadow Wolf
311 Sansom Ave
Wayne West Virginia
25570
Phone 304-272-3522

Ah-Ho Relations,

A couple of weeks ago Dodie asked me if I could help by distributing some gifts they had gathered. I said I could because my wife and I know plenty of needy people. After thirty years as a Sundance society leader it seems like hundreds of people call me 'Uncle' or 'Grampa' around here. Anyway both Maureen and Ken have sent some very nice things up and Linda has distributed them. Yesterday she was happy because she had taken a box of things to a young single mother who said her car was broken down and the baby was on her last diaper(in the box was some pampers). She has three kids, no husband and is trying to go to school so she could use the entire box of assorted kid stuff. It was great for Linda and I too, our kids are grown so making these kids happy feels good.

Anyway, yesterday I read an article on some lady who delivered a whole semi-truck load of things to Pine Ridge. Along with it was an article comparing the rez to Afghanistan, with starving malnourished elders and children shivering in their log cabins. That is just not true, we are poor here but we're American poor not Afghanistan poor. There's a big difference, our kids have the basics even if their folks have to scramble for it. Our elders do too though they are often too proud to seek help. Our needs aren't for rice or wheat in bulk or for left-over, used clothing. Our needs are for basics but not THAT basic. The new coats and baby things Maureen sent and the pretty little girls outfit that Ken and his wife sent are the kinds of gifts needed. So far, Linda said, all those we have passed these things on to are single parents. My wife has a gift for befriending young mothers so we serve as emergency baby-sitters and such.

If some of you want us to distribute gifts for you we'll do it if you keep what I said in mind. We can't handle a big truckload but we do know many people who are in need, mostly young and with several children. And most of them are from the circle of traditionals that I know from the Sundance. If you want me to pass your gifts along make sure they're things you would give face to face and it will be fine. Winter clothes and toys for xmas. What we don't give to acquaintances we'll give to the various communities and vets center.

Carter

cartercamp@yahoo.com

Please send information to contact other individuals and organizations who are sending much needed supplies and funds where needed. Let us know if you have worked with them before successfully. Many of our people face a bleak season far from home behind bars in the federal prison system..please send names, reading interests and contact information for a book drive. Notice..in most cases "books" must come directly from the publishing companies. To have others added to this list email VLockard@aol.com.

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