A little from these ends goes a long way for granny. Among many things, she is a resourceful woman.

She is also an Oglala Lakota revolutionary, from a long line of the same, who has dedicated her life to the next 7 generations.

Standing on treaty rights from Occupy Wounded Knee in 1973 to Standing Rock in 2016 and everything in between, to personal projects involving youth, the incarcerated, and the occupied; granny’s devotion is known by the nameable actions she has been a part of, but, like all true things, its impact is not limited by what is definable.

Beyond the grasp of any historical event, voyeur, spotlight, or opportunist; her legacy exists in the lives of the many people who have grown in their understanding of her love, rage, and uncompromising perspective. Like every elder, she is instrumental to the existence of the good life our children’s children will live. She does well in honoring this role, despite the fight it is to do so under present conditions.

What does it mean when our grandmas are struggling, braced for impact, and we need them to rest, but they can’t?

For many generations, it has been a dream and a battle to live out one’s elder years with ease and peace, free to be on one’s own land, feeling loved and supported. When our elders face mortal resistance to embody their role as such, to say that the world is at stake is both stating the obvious and an understatement.

Another hemorrhage within the circle of intergenerational knowledge and care hurts. This type of destruction takes many forms.

Living through ongoing genocide is a situation that many of us globally have in common, and that all people have a stake in, whether they have chosen to understand that or not.

Our dreams are acts of gestation, our battles are labor pains. What we are creating is only known by living it. We implore you to take choice in how you are participating, because you already are.

Helen Red Feather fought and continues to fight for self-determination. She has not been memorialised as the individuals who she has worked alongside of whose roles are public-facing, but deserves the same community support as any individual attempting to survive in this colony, especially as an elder who has fought for every single one of us with disregard for personal gain.

It should not matter that granny has dedicated her life to fighting for the liberation of all peoples, or that she is indigenous to turtle island. She is entitled to community support because everybody is. We are all we have, and this is the only way forward.

Granny took out a 3k bank loan for a 4wd vehicle that is suitable both to navigate the terrain on her land and be transport for doctor's visits off rez; a deeply necessary purchase. Upon going to pick this vehicle up, it was not as described, and unsafe to drive. The mechanic's estimate for what it would have cost to repair was over 5 grand. Needless to say, this has set us back.

The bank loan continues to deduct 250/mo from her already limited disability benefits, and will do so for a year. This leaves her with little money for the unique set of necessities she has as an elder who lives without running water or electricity, not to mention another vehicle.

Including, but not limited to:

Propane
Animal food
Home repair/winterization
Ensures Gas to access:
Water
Emergency services
Groceries
Garbage dump
Mail

Her land is very remote. Gas took most of her check even before the loan.

She takes great solace in the cleanliness of her land, and the well-being of her beloved pack of dogs and cats.

Support goes directly to a card in her possession, under the c@s h app $taa888

The sooner we can pay off this loan, the less interest will accumulate, the sooner we can get her a reliable vehicle, and the easier we will all sleep at night.

Migwech

GRANNY’S LIVING EXPENSES

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GRANNY’S LIVING EXPENSES

Return some devotion to Oglala Lakota revolutionary Helen Redfeather