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TipJoy contributions this summer (2009) will help with all sundries as the building crew commences (from June 15) to build Gran'ma Claudia's cob house. As with previous years, much has been donated, from food to feed the builders, to tools and equipment necessary on-site. But cash-in-hand comes as a great relief each year, making sure that crews are not stranded without gas to get supplies as work proceeds. Some days the cash that WomenRise sent meant that we had fresh fruit to eat (can you imagine our delight in the dust & heat!). Sometimes, the cash meant the difference between having the right tool for the job or doing without. And, ultimately, the biggest single cost is the roof. So let's see what Tip Joy can do for Lakota this summer!.
So let's see what we can do this year with TipJoy!
'Building With Lakota in Wounded Knee' movie captured some of the highlights of the 2005 building camp, thanks to filmmaker, Yinka Selley. Filming through 10 unforgettable days of a season spent with a Lakota family building the community's first cob house (building volunteers also participate in ceremony and the spectacle of horse racing commemorating the Battle of Little Bighorn).
Elmer Bear Eagle broke ground with us at Leola One Feather's, showing up every day in time for the first pot of coffee.. and staying 'til the last song was sung, if that be 2am (how ever tired we were from hauling dirt, we always had energy for a night fire and Maggi's guitar!)
The group pictured here is the very first ground breaking team that traveled out to respond to the Lakota request for sustainable homes; special kind of houses, 'cob houses', real homes to serve families through the extreme summers and winters of South Dakota.
Women from two continents helping and learning with friends and family.The original call went to the women of WomenRise for Global Peace (Santa Cruz, CA, natural builders being among them, who responded by sending a team to discover how this great and practical vision of thriving, sustainable community in beautiful simple homes was going to be accomplished.
1000 hummingbirds is a program of Natural Villages
Natural Villages is the 501c3 that has evolved out of building with Lakota
http://www.natural-villages.org/
So let's see what we can do this year with TipJoy!
'Building With Lakota in Wounded Knee' movie captured some of the highlights of the 2005 building camp, thanks to filmmaker, Yinka Selley. Filming through 10 unforgettable days of a season spent with a Lakota family building the community's first cob house (building volunteers also participate in ceremony and the spectacle of horse racing commemorating the Battle of Little Bighorn).
Elmer Bear Eagle broke ground with us at Leola One Feather's, showing up every day in time for the first pot of coffee.. and staying 'til the last song was sung, if that be 2am (how ever tired we were from hauling dirt, we always had energy for a night fire and Maggi's guitar!)
The group pictured here is the very first ground breaking team that traveled out to respond to the Lakota request for sustainable homes; special kind of houses, 'cob houses', real homes to serve families through the extreme summers and winters of South Dakota.
Women from two continents helping and learning with friends and family.The original call went to the women of WomenRise for Global Peace (Santa Cruz, CA, natural builders being among them, who responded by sending a team to discover how this great and practical vision of thriving, sustainable community in beautiful simple homes was going to be accomplished.
1000 hummingbirds is a program of Natural Villages
Natural Villages is the 501c3 that has evolved out of building with Lakota
http://www.natural-villages.org/
