S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Dec 25, 2022

I am furious. For 10 days, Lakota Sioux have been snowed in and trapped in South/North Dakota. I just now heard about this. People are dying. Many have no heat, they can’t get food or fuel. They are burning clothes.

In America. In 2022. The National Guard was called out, *finally*. Unconscionable.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64083848

I am waiting to hear re: donations but this appears to be a start (not sure how quickly the goods can be delivered): https://friendsofpineridgereservation.org/a-blankets-quilts-comforters-donation-drive-for-pine-ridge-reservation/

US winter storm: Stranded Native Americans burn clothes for warmth

"We're fighting a losing battle," says Oglala Sioux Tribe's president as the reservation is cut off by impassable roads.

BBC News
Show threadMarci BrinkerDec 25, 2022
@szattwellauthor I just donated here:
https://www.1stfamiliesnow.org/donate
DONATE | Best Indian Charity | First Families Now | United States

Our Mission is to improve the quality of life for families and thereby improve the vibrancy of the communities of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation towards sustainability.

First Families Now
Show threadS. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Dec 25, 2022
@marcibrinker thank you!! I hope it’ll help! I can’t imagine. It’s so cold even in Boston. And thank God I have heat and layers and all that. These people are way way out in rural nowhere. I come from an area sort of like that. This is another level.
Show threadMarci Brinker
@szattwellauthor it sounds so bad. I’m glad the National Guard is being sent in to help too. It’s so cold and that’s one of the most impoverished areas in the US.
Dec 25, 2022 at 3:52amWeb
Show threadS. Z. Attwell ☕️💻Dec 25, 2022
@marcibrinker and most sparsely populated. I’m just worried that they’re already too late for a lot of people.