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uncovered,
so they wanted an equipment shed/workshop to allow work to be done on machinery
when winter comes. Through a grant, the group was able to bring in a group
from Maine to lead a workshop to teach several Lakota men how to build
timber frame houses and the workshop built the group the shed it wanted.
The workcamp went over there a couple days and helped set this building
up.
This
summer, Project Lakota was taken under the care of Illinois Yearly Meeting's
Quaker Volunteer Service Training and Witness Committee (QVSTWC). We hope
that this alliance assures that Project Lakota will be still around even
if Candy and I go on to other projects and adventures. The committee is
working on a tri-fold pamphlet that will be sent to meetings within the
yearly meeting.
The
log cabin kit for Gerald cost $32,000, so like any good non-profit group,
we are in the red by $10,000. Next year, we hope to raise more than $42,000.
$32,000 would go either for finishing the inside of Gerald's cabin next
summer, because right now Gerald's health is bad due to diabetes, but also
the $32,000 could go for another log cabin kit for another member of his
tiopayse and $10,000 would cover the leftover balance from last year. Another
project that we are going to help raise money for is to bring teens from
several northern New Mexico pueblos (Native American villages) to the AFSC-IMYM
workcamp next year. Mike Gray does a workcamp with the Pojoaque pueblo,
located in northern New Mexico. This would be a good opportunities for
the two Native American groups to work together. Project Lakota would pay
for the transportation up to the reservation and the workcamp fees for
the teens and their leaders.
This
year, Candy and I will write letters and articles about Project Lakota
to monthly meetings and yearly meetings. Also, I will be working on setting
up a website that will be linked to Illinois Yearly Meeting website (www.ilym.org)
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