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
You’re gonna regret not supporting sooner!
The people have to provide for the people. I’ll donate.
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
Don’t think I’m being snarky, do you think the Viet Minh would have been issuing passports to citizenry on behalf of the US occupied government? Previous CLN posts clarify the project’s relationship with the sovereignty of the Oceti Sakowin.
thanks for the reply. I am looking for said clarification now, I must have missed it. I understand why a colonized nation would want to issue passports, I just thought CLN was mainly a mutual aid network not like, itself a revolutionary party that would aim to govern (or at least have enough input on governance to be procuring id card makers that is), is all. I’ll read more when I’m less feverish and hopefully will understand better then because I feel like I’m still missing a few things. I still think in terms of spreading the message and soliciting donations some more succinct summary would be useful but its none of my business tbf and maybe this is all obvious to everyone else here
CLN is an NGO with a relationship with the Oceti Sakowin, which is not just on Pine Ridge Reservation (which the US administers with the IRA government). The Oceti Sakowin live in many reservations, reserves, and border towns (any settler town) in the US and Canada (and around the world). CLN is a servant to all of them. The US recognized government on Pine Ridge is a product of divide and rule.
I just thought CLN was mainly a mutual aid network not like, itself a revolutionary party that would aim to govern (or at least have enough input on governance to be procuring id card makers that is)
The elders requesting the IDs can’t be expected to procure them without assistance, somebody’s gotta help organize and execute the plans. There isn’t necessarily a real dichotomy in the two classifications you’ve set out for CLN. If you’re asking about how to solicit on behalf of CLN, match the terms to the audience, though stressing Indigenous sovereignty that the group supports to all audiences is a must.
oh hey I missed your edit. Was already a helpful comment but your edit addresses the part I felt you missed too! thanks!
That is helpful. I still think some people will find it confusing what exactly the org is/does without quite a bit of background which could hinder fundraising but I think I understand now why it’s presented as it is, not neatly slotted into some box of charity or NGO or revolutionary party or whatever, and I can see why keeping it broad would be desirable. Thanks again, and I tossed an additional dono in the pot for the current drive as well :)
Yeah coming right out and saying “hey we are a revolutionary vanguard party” is probably a suicidal thing for any org in the imperial core.
Well see people can’t really taste the pear by reading it, just like people can’t understand the full extent of our connections, goals, achievements, and influence without a deeper investigation. This is mostly due to really good opsec I maintained until I failed at unaliving myself and the party I was in refused to utilize these connections, and then voted to be tailists literally. I then said on Twitter august like 2022 I guess now, that I will be utilizing clout as a tool to push education material and mutual aid, and so have developed a fairly successful fundraising strategy to better enable a group that already existed and was just struggling to do this same work. All I did was direct people to a good place to donate, verse some grifter like Lakotaman1 or New Amuata. Theres a lot going on that is hard to find time to write down as we weld struggles across the continent and world together in solidarity, by becoming monthly sustainers you bring us closer to providing stipends to worthwhile organizers we have identified that deserve the support patreon podcasters on the left get to make jokes and say the r-slur, or use slurs for my nation. Im trying to be brief by alluding to everything going but like I said; you thought you were asking a simple question. The point is when you read those posts theres a lot more to them then what was written, that stuff should be being investigated with absolute fervor by the movement long before my works are published on it. Though hammer away I will
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?
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Hi do you have documentation of how donations are allocated and spent?
Also yknow you can come see it and we take pictures of the things we do with it
Yes and will be centralized and posted on our website when it launches which has been delayed for several reasons, the documentation is the bank statements and this will be the first year an accountant goes over everything which is when it will be organized and made easier to view for the public. Until then, in the discord I post every in and out and where it goes, and you can help make those decisions
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