Those that came before us - Please help MS/LA tribes

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Fellow DUers,

When you are making donations in response to Hurricane Katrina, please keep the various indigenous communities of Southeast LA and MS in mind. The United Houma Nation of SE Louisiana was particularly devastated by Katrina and needs assistance.

Here's some info you would like to donate directly to the tribes:

NCAI Hurricane Relief Fund:
National Congress of American Indians
1301 Connecticut Ave, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
[phone] (phone)
[phone] (fax)
[e-mail]
http://www.ncai.org
Write "Hurricane Relief" on check. Donations will go to
the tribes in Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama.


Some of the tribes affected by Katrina:

United Houma Nation
Hurricane Relief Fund
20986 Hwy 1
Golden Meadow, LA 70357
Tribal Office Phone Number
985-475-6640

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians

Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

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Indian Country Today has a recent editorial that will give you some idea of what these tribes are going through.

Thank you!

:grouphug:

[TahitiNut]

1. 'MS" not 'MI'

MS - Mississippi
MI - Michigan
MO - Missouri
MN - Minnesota

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2. oops

Thx!

:hi:

[NVMojo]

3. From a friend at Reznews yahoo groups:

I just receive word one of the churches in Little Rock Arkansas are
housing about twenty choctaw women and children while the single
choctaw men are staying at the fair grounds. Has there been any
information as to which tribes are helping indian people at this time?
Arkansas just is not the best place to be displaced, already Conway and
Russellville are doing mandatory background checks on those who just
arrived. Anyone who is found to have offenses can be removed from
conway and russellville and sent else where. These families have
enough to deal with without being subjected to further stereotyping
and infrigments on their civil rights. Any information will be
helpful. Thanks!

K. W.

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4. Background checks?

jeez...:(

[rumpel]

5. kick

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6. kick

for the morning crowd...:hi:

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7. kick!!

Last kick...

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