SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCY ON PINE RIDGE

[emilylevine]

OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE DECLARES A SEVERE WINTER WEATHER STATE OF EMERGENCY ON THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION.Share
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FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE:

Oglala Sioux Tribe
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION
Loretta Afraid of Bear~Cook
“Anpetu Luta Win”
Post Office Box 2070 ~ Pine Ridge, So. Dakota ~ 57770
Mobile: (605) 441 | 5692 ~ Fax: (605) 867 | 6076
Email: [e-mail]
Office of Public Relations
Oglala Sioux Tribe President Theresa Two Bulls has declared a State of Emergency for the Pine Ridge Indian Agency Reservation due to severe winter weather.
A State of Emergency presently exists on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation due to the hardship on reservation residents caused by the snow storm that began on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2009, that dumped 36 inches of snow on the reservation, and along with high winds caused blizzard conditions throughout the reservation.
Hardship on reservation residents caused by the snow storm includes:
• Drifting snow that is blocking roads leading up residences that prevents children from getting to school and families from getting to stores to purchase food, fuel and other necessities;
• The breakdown of electrical transmission lines that has placed a hardship on families, especially those that heat their home with electricity
• Reservation residents, including children and elderly, who cannot get to the Indian Health Service Hospital or clinics to receive medical care, and;
• Livestock owners who cannot get feed to their cattle and horses, or otherwise care for their animals.
President Two Bulls will notify and negotiate with the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Indian Health Service (IHS) officials, the U.S. Congress to obtain all financial and other emergency assistance needed to deal with the hardship and crises caused by the storm.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe Emergency Management Team, along with the Oglala Sioux Tribe Transportation Department, Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety, Fall River County Road Department, Custer County Road Department and the Two Bulls/Brewer Administration are currently coordinating efforts.
Please keep checking back periodically for official updates on the official website of the Oglala Sioux Tribe at
www.oglalalakotanation.org.
For more information, please feel free to contact Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook, OST Public Relations @ [phone]
or [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].
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FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE:
OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE DECLARES A SEVERE WINTER WEATHER STATE OF EMERGENCY ON THE
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION.
Contact: Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook, OST Public Relations
Telephone: [phone] or [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]
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[miyelo]

Very bad everywhere out here...not just Pine Ridge. Rosebud, Lower Brule, Cheyenne River, all the rez's in South Dakota hit by two blizzards in a row. It was bad bad bad.

[emilylevine]

reservations in North and South Dakota continue to suffer from snow/ice storm damage and are in need of suplies