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| Debra White Plume - Debra lives along the banks of Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Debra is an activist who works with The United Nations on human rights issues that involve Native Americans. She is also a Lakota Artist who teaches doll making to young girls and women to help them reclaim their Lakota identity and ways of life. | ||||
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Annabelle Between Lodges - Annabelle is Lakota and lives on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. She is the caretaker for 10 of her grandchildren and is a source of support to the elderly in her community.
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| Loretta Bettelyoun - Loretta is a Lakota Artist and grandmother who is well known for her bead and leather work and her quilting expertise. Loretta graduated from Spear Fish Teacher's college in Rapid City and now at the age of 70 continues to teach Indian Art and Beadwork at the Lakota College on the reservation. She has taught her artistic skills to her family and many are now artists in their own right. Loretta has 6 children and says she has quit counting the number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. |
Jeri Baker - Director, ONE SpiritBakers2@ptd.net Jeri has a Masters Degree in human services and is retired from "paying" work after 30 years in Child Protective Services and Children's Mental Health. Since her retirement, she has been continually involved in programs to provide support for the Native Americans on Pine Ridge. |
Carol Binnington - Project SHARE, Sponsorship Program Manager for Wounded Kneecbinning@uiuc.edu Carol is a physician working at the University of Illinois for 27 years. She has used her expertise for many organizations including a Crisis Nursery for Abused/Neglected Children, Habitat for Humanity, and the Box Project. She now wants to make a difference for the people in Pine Ridge. She is looking forward to retirement so she can do many of the things she loves to do - sew , knit ,garden ,read travel ,and spend time finding ways to better the lives of the poor using the skills acquired while working with people. Carol is also Program Manager for Wounded Knee. |
Rex Hartson - General Factotum and Consultant to the Director
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Diane Jones - Sponsorship Program Manager for Allen, Martin, Kyle, Potato Creek, Red Shirt Table, Other Outlying Areasrdj2027@msn.com
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Diane Capalario - Intake Manager for the Sponsorship Program, Newsletter Editor, Sponsorship Database Managerdicap1@comcast.net Diane has worked in the Quality field for over 25 years. She now works as Quality Assurance Manager in an aluminum investment foundry. They make castings for government and commercial applications. She trains the testing personnel (X-ray and penetrant testing) and oversees the quality system. She has two adult daughters and two wonderful grandsons. In her spare time she crochets for friends and relatives, takes care of her roses and her husband and she loves to travel to new places. |
Jennifer Night Bird Graham - Okini Program |
Sue Allgood - Donor Services SpecialistSue worked as a district and corporate advertising/marketing director for a number of retail stores. Her last paying position was that of Donor Services Specialist for a multi-million dollar non-profit humanitarian organization. She retired a couple of years ago and now provides the same type donor services for ONE Spirit except on a volunteer basis. Sue and her husband Don have two daughters, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren plus one on the way. |
AccountingSandra Claytor, CPA All donations to ONE Spirit should be sent to Sandra at: |
Bed ProjectLynn McLaughlin |
CommunicationsJane Rowe |
Craft MarketJeri Baker |
Intake Manager for the Sponsorship Program & Sponsorship Database ManagerDiane Capalario |
Donor Services SpecialistSue Allgood Sue is the person who keeps our donor program running and does fantastic work helping to find resources to meet the needs of our people. Please put Sue on our contact list and in your records. Please also let her know about events that we should be aware of in the lives of our sponsors. |
Fundraising, including Resource Development and ONE Spirit PartnersJeri Baker |
Gift Box ProgramMarcia McMorrow |
Human Services SpecialistTammie Rula |
SHARECarol Binnington |
Theater ProjectMelissa Baker Melissa trained in theater at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and at the University of California, Davis. After directing a theater company in New York in the early 90's she went to France to train in Comédia Del Arte mask performance. Then, in New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific, she directed several works with the indigenous Kanak people and the 'Caledoche' descendants of the prison colony, as well as with Wallisian teenagers in the urban housing project. She is currently creating theater with communities of Muslim women from North Africa in Lille, France. The French Cultural Ministry has provided funds to support bringing the Lakota Theater to France. Jeri Baker |
Utilities ProgramVacant - volunteer, anyone? |
Sponsorship Program ManagersIn response to your feedback, we have established Sponsorship Program Managers for each area of the reservation to provide support for both families and sponsors. We are very fortunate to have some wonderful people who are committed to ensuring that the Sponsorship program works to meet the goals of: 1) providing a shield from the worst effects of poverty, 2) encouraging and supporting efforts for self-sufficiency, and, 3) providing a bridge between cultures that allows for greater understanding, respect and valuing of Native Americans and of all cultures. We are including here the contact information for the program managers and for people who are managing other ONE Spirit programs. Please feel free to contact them with any questions, information needs, reports of great or poor experiences with the program, or just to say hello.
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SponsorsPeople who sponsor the children, elders, and families come from all over the US as well as from England, France, Spain, Germany and Australia. Some sponsors are single individuals, some are families, and some are groups of people who combine their resources to be able to help. Some folks are able to sponsor a family and some sponsor one individual, either a child or elder. Some people provide a partial sponsorship. One of our senior sponsors shops for food bargains and sews children's clothes, quilts and sleeping bags to send to families. Some groups knit and crochet and send the items to families who need them. Some people prefer to make a donation to the program, knowing that the money will be used to meet the urgent needs of the Lakota people. At present we have 500 sponsors. We also have over 600 children and elders waiting for sponsors. |
Members/PartnersMany individuals, groups, and organizations support the ONE Spirit Programs through regular contributions. These groups help us to supply beds, provide Christmas for the children, meet the heating needs, and provide food through Project SHARE. Check out the Membership Program for more information about what you can do and the rewards for doing. |
