Earlier this month we were able to purchase a community member a trailer home, and are now trying to fundraise money to connect this trailer to the electric grid. You can direct money to $ZitkatosTinCan on CA or @zitkato on ven, or bandsofturtleisland@gmail.com on Paypal. We got a ton going on already this year, and I think we more then proven our ability to do great things with your support, so please support this endeavor to provide basic amenities most people enjoy. The reason we do not have access to this electricity easy or cheaply is due to the design of the Indian Reorganization Act and Allotment Acts (Dawes Acts), and New Deal public works projects like Pick-Sloan Plan which though producing a lot of electricity does not service the reservations it helped undermine the traditional social organizing in river valleys that were flooded. A land grab not for profit, but for public land for public good, to quote the national parks program.
Beyond this goal which we have 45/1000 of we are seeking an additional $800 for either more wood or more nights in the hotel depending on time it takes to get repairs done. We are also trying to get a shipping container for 2500, we have 1121, that will be filled in Toronto by several organization (EcoJust Food Network, Beads Against Fascism, Fellow Travelers, etc) https://www.gofundme.com/f/deliver-wood-coats-supplies-to-pine-ridge?utm_campaign=unknown&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=linktr.ee with a variety of aid to be distributed and then the container will be utilized to store building materials. It will also be used by the permaculture experts who will arrive in March, they will be staying in a Tipi and tents until we can build an A-Frame cabin so the container will also be their main storage. This will be shipped with the help of the org Direct Aid, who also ship more furniture and appliances then what we do in our container, only we dont get to keep their trucks but they handle the brokers and truckers which was a larger barrier to our goals.
There is a lot more going on this year so I recommend following our other social medias while I get better at updating here and participating in the communities. https://linktr.ee/chunkalutanetwork has all of our links, as well as a patreon and liberapay you can join to provide stipends for our organizers across the world (this isnt an exaggeration and we have member in Bulgaria, Germany, Japan, Australia and more!) Our goal is 2k/month this year we are already more than half way there and look how much we accomplished before getting that first 1k. I know there are software engineers and such on here with a lot of money that they probably give to podcasts, well we have a podcast and we do so much more than the average Joe. Help us show a better way, be a part of something amazing
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Already a donor and glad to see more details on the plan! I do have a question though about this bit:
ID/Passport making technology
What is the idea here? Chunka Luta is not a part of the government of Pine Ridge, right? I feel like I don’t have a great idea of who you are and what the, like, intermediate scope goals are here (in between specific projects and “build[ing] a base of resistance to the Imperial Occupation of Turtle Island.”, or even where you operate… I’ve gathered from previous posts that some stuff is happening in pine ridge, and I assume from the reference to Oyate that other stuff is on a different reservation?
Anyhow it seems like yall are doing great work just hoping to get some clarity for my confused ass
You clearly have a very bare understanding on NDN politics and I recommend trying to understand the actualities verse you preconceived notions of what these words mean. Theres about 50 years of history youre asking for TL:DR for that we have tried to explain over many posts so theres a lot of repeating Id do here
Okay… maybe I should have been more specific with my questions
I’ve read most of those past posts, believe it or not, and while I’m interested in the history, that isn’t really what I was asking for, just thought that if I didn’t find certain aspects of the project clear from reading both posts and the linked sites (things like, where are these different projects happening? why would passports/ID cards be part of the plan for a non-government org this early on? what are these global organizers working on? and any number of other questions), then maybe other prospective donors wouldn’t understand those either and there’d be like, an opportunity to clarify or point us in the right direction so people feel more confident donating. but I guess not, have a chill day tho, I still do think you’re doing good work for whatever that’s worth
The issue is you think youre asking a simple question, youre not. 1) We are building dual power systems wherever we are asked 2) our work with the Oceti Sakowin Treaty Council (who is not the US installed government on the reservation often called the Tribal Council) is much like any other nations, they need the tools to administer a nation and will not be given those by the settler-colonial government occupying them and stealing from them. 3) Our org doesn’t exist in a void it is an ongoing part of a much larger history being covered in depth and at length to explain it in its fullest why we are doing what we are doing. Our work on Pine Ridge brings us to the forefront of the struggle of the oppressed due to the leadership and organizers we back and built relationships with, who are responsible for combatting zionism in Indigenous organizing early on in the 70s and 80s, formation of the IITC, and a variety of other name droppable moments in history that we can skip over for now. 4) Passports and IDs are a standard part of any nation, if a nation asks you to help obtain those things, do you say no when your goal is represent that base?
The people have to provide for the people. I’ll donate.
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