Thankyou Carol for posting this poem, it really touches the heart, if
you have any others please feel free to post them, this goes for all
our members, maybe it will remind visitors of the suffering that
people are going through, and hopefully they will also wish to help

Love Steph

Sitting here, I get the feeling
Maybe there is no out side world
These four walls are closing in
And I can't take much more
For many years we've fought the battle
But will we ever win the war?

Grandfather's look upon me
I hear them chant 'forevermore'
And it gives me strength
Let freedom rain, let freedom rain, let it rain down on me

There's a place that I remember
Where prairie meets a clear blue sky
Our Mother's beauty-neverending
Where Ghost Dancer's sing a warrior's cry And you could ride into
forever
While atop you trusted steed
Where living in true freedom
Didn't mean you had to bleed
And it gives me strength
Let freedom rain, let freedom rain, let it rain down on me

My family's smiles are burned forever
In the sketching of my mind
Echoes of laughter from my children
And the Old Ones left behind
I know one day I'll taste that freedom
And I'll see them once again
Till then I'll fight the good fight
With the help of all my kin
And that gives me strength
Let freedom rain, let freedom rain, let it rain down on me

So on this day as I reflect
These many blessings in my heart
Every fiber of my being
Threatening to fall apart
And though white mans lies may keep me here
Behind these walls of gray

My Spirit soars above this place
And they can't take that away
This gives me strength.......

©Lynny Two Crows Laughing 2001





~Thundering Drums~
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/index.html

Hau Linda,
I have a few DR prisoners on my site if you want to add them to yours.
It will be easiest if you go to my website and click on DR pen pals and
cut and paste the names. I know they will be grateful.
Wowahwa,
~Carol~





~Thundering Drums~
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/index.html

Hi
Im with a group called Human Writes in England,
we can take any death row prisoners wanting
penpals.
Linda

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Hau Jessie,
Thanks, and please thank Toja if that is who is putting the other names
on her list. All of the prisoners on my lists have asked for pen pals
and most of them are very lonely and anxious to have some one to write
to. Thundering Drums sent all of them Christmas card this year and all
of them answered us and were so happy to hear from some one during the
holidays.
Thanks Again,
Wowahwa,
~Carol~





~Thundering Drums~
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/index.html

Would you please send me the contact info for the United Friendship prison pen pal organization as I receive a number of requests from non Natives for NAPN.  I have some exception policies, but for those who don't fit in these, I try to find other places, that do not charge for their services since too many prisoners can't afford the charges, to refer these non Native prisoners to.

Thanks,
Kim

Jessie Metz wrote:

And as for the non native penpals, I'll send these to a friend in the UK who runs the United Friendship prison pen pal organisation!!! Greetings, Jessie

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From: stephanie <starlightsteph@...>

To: JusticeForIndigenousPeople@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 1:26 AM

Subject: [JusticeForIndigenousPeople] Thankyou

I would like to thank everyone for joining this group, and also for
the members who have websites that we can all share, could everyone
please click on the links on the left hand side of this page and you
will find all the links to the websites and petitions, please sign
these petitions, they are very important as a persons life is on
hold, maybe if enough people sign these petitions, something will be
done about the injustice that is going on, if anyone has any other
ideas on how we can help, please feel free to post a message, or you
can contact me on yahoo messenger, also if anybody would like to have
the chat room opened so we can have discussions on what we can do,
just let me know,on what days and times would be best.
I look forward to hearing from you all
Love steph




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I would like to thank everyone for joining this group, and also for
the members who have websites that we can all share, could everyone
please click on the links on the left hand side of this page and you
will find all the links to the websites and petitions, please sign
these petitions, they are very important as a persons life is on
hold, maybe if enough people sign these petitions, something will be
done about the injustice that is going on, if anyone has any other
ideas on how we can help, please feel free to post a message, or you
can contact me on yahoo messenger, also if anybody would like to have
the chat room opened so we can have discussions on what we can do,
just let me know,on what days and times would be best.
I look forward to hearing from you all
Love steph

Hau Everyone,
I would like to request that anyone who has a site for Pen Pals, please
go to my site and put their names on your lists. There are so many sites
going up these days for pen pals that I hate to see any of these
prisoners over looked. They all need people to write to and the more
people that see their info the better chance they have in finding
friends.

Thanks,
Wowahwa,
~Carol~





~Thundering Drums~
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/nainmatessupportgrp/index.html

thank you Debbie for your support and to pass my address from
www.worldwidefriends.org
to Native American Inmates.
Also Kim http://members.tripod.com/~foltz.k/napppn/napppnhome.html has a
great website,
as well as Jessie with www.ironhouse.nl too.
We all work in the same spirit ;-))

a good source for all about prison etc. is www.prisontalk.com and
www.prisonerlife.com

thank you and kind regards
toja

"YOU must be the change you wish to see" Gandhi

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>      1. Peace, Hope, Love  And Joy To All!!!
>           From: "Debbie Finley <malakhswings@...>"
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>      2. Native Americans Address For Inmates
>           From: "Debbie Finley <malakhswings@...>"
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>      3. Re: Native Americans Address For Inmates
>           From: khoward <khoward@...>
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>   Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:47:21 -0000
>   From: "Debbie Finley <malakhswings@...>"
><malakhswings@...>
>Subject: Peace, Hope, Love  And Joy To All!!!
>
>Lets get down to The Business of Helping Native Americans!!!!Love To
>All!!!Debbie
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>Message: 2
>   Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:32:29 -0000
>   From: "Debbie Finley <malakhswings@...>"
><malakhswings@...>
>Subject: Native Americans Address For Inmates
>
>Hello Everyone, Yes, I Respect Other Faiths and would like to share
>an Address For The Inmates that are Native Americans, Which I pass on
>to them that ask---Native Americans: World Wide Friends Toja Drees
>P.O.Box 145  Ch-4153 Reinach BL2 Switzerland.  If Anyone else has
>Addresses to share with me so I can pass Them Along To The Native
>American Inmates, I would Appreciate it!!!I Also Have a List Of
>Addresses for Other faiths that I'm Willing To share If Anyone Wants
>them!!!Just E-Mail me and I will be More Than Happy To give them to
>You!!!!I Also Have A Prisoner Resoure Directory That Addresses a Lot
>Of Issues That Inmates Are Interested in---Such As-- Legal, Advocacy
>Groups, AIDS Info and Support, Artist& Writers, Books, Correspondence
>Schools, Death Penalty, Publications, Pre-Release and Parole and
>Other Issues!!!I Will Be More Than Willing To Share That With ALL You
>Too!!!
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 3
>   Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:31:34 -0700
>   From: khoward <khoward@...>
>Subject: Re: Native Americans Address For Inmates
>
>NAPN - Native American Prisoner Network - is for Native American prisoners.
>The site has multi function: to try to find pen pals and to display/promote
>Native American artwork, crafts, and writings.
>
>The site is at http://members.tripod.com/~foltz.k/napppn/napppnhome.html
>
>Kim
>
>"Debbie Finley " wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone, Yes, I Respect Other Faiths and would like to share
>> an Address For The Inmates that are Native Americans, Which I pass on
>> to them that ask---Native Americans: World Wide Friends Toja Drees
>> P.O.Box 145  Ch-4153 Reinach BL2 Switzerland.  If Anyone else has
>> Addresses to share with me so I can pass Them Along To The Native
>> American Inmates, I would Appreciate it!!!I Also Have a List Of
>> Addresses for Other faiths that I'm Willing To share If Anyone Wants
>> them!!!Just E-Mail me and I will be More Than Happy To give them to
>> You!!!!I Also Have A Prisoner Resoure Directory That Addresses a Lot
>> Of Issues That Inmates Are Interested in---Such As-- Legal, Advocacy
>> Groups, AIDS Info and Support, Artist& Writers, Books, Correspondence
>> Schools, Death Penalty, Publications, Pre-Release and Parole and
>> Other Issues!!!I Will Be More Than Willing To Share That With ALL You
>> Too!!!
>
>
>
>
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NAPN - Native American Prisoner Network - is for Native American prisoners.
The site has multi function: to try to find pen pals and to display/promote
Native American artwork, crafts, and writings.

The site is at http://members.tripod.com/~foltz.k/napppn/napppnhome.html

Kim

"Debbie Finley " wrote:

> Hello Everyone, Yes, I Respect Other Faiths and would like to share
> an Address For The Inmates that are Native Americans, Which I pass on
> to them that ask---Native Americans: World Wide Friends Toja Drees
> P.O.Box 145  Ch-4153 Reinach BL2 Switzerland.  If Anyone else has
> Addresses to share with me so I can pass Them Along To The Native
> American Inmates, I would Appreciate it!!!I Also Have a List Of
> Addresses for Other faiths that I'm Willing To share If Anyone Wants
> them!!!Just E-Mail me and I will be More Than Happy To give them to
> You!!!!I Also Have A Prisoner Resoure Directory That Addresses a Lot
> Of Issues That Inmates Are Interested in---Such As-- Legal, Advocacy
> Groups, AIDS Info and Support, Artist& Writers, Books, Correspondence
> Schools, Death Penalty, Publications, Pre-Release and Parole and
> Other Issues!!!I Will Be More Than Willing To Share That With ALL You
> Too!!!

Hello Everyone, Yes, I Respect Other Faiths and would like to share
an Address For The Inmates that are Native Americans, Which I pass on
to them that ask---Native Americans: World Wide Friends Toja Drees
P.O.Box 145  Ch-4153 Reinach BL2 Switzerland.  If Anyone else has
Addresses to share with me so I can pass Them Along To The Native
American Inmates, I would Appreciate it!!!I Also Have a List Of
Addresses for Other faiths that I'm Willing To share If Anyone Wants
them!!!Just E-Mail me and I will be More Than Happy To give them to
You!!!!I Also Have A Prisoner Resoure Directory That Addresses a Lot
Of Issues That Inmates Are Interested in---Such As-- Legal, Advocacy
Groups, AIDS Info and Support, Artist& Writers, Books, Correspondence
Schools, Death Penalty, Publications, Pre-Release and Parole and
Other Issues!!!I Will Be More Than Willing To Share That With ALL You
Too!!!

Lets get down to The Business of Helping Native Americans!!!!Love To
All!!!Debbie

I hope that all the people who join this group will respect each
others views and religions, and will not try to convert people to
their own as I have seen done in some other groups, this is not what
we are about, I am a spiritualist but would not force my views onto
other people, everyone has a right to their own faith, please
remember this and do not condemn someone if they are not of the same
faith as you, we are all the same inside.
This group is about fighting for justice for indigenous people as the
title says, one of the injustices is that native prisoners are having
their right to their own faith taken away, this is very wrong! if you
do not agree with this, then you shouldn't be a member of this group,
it is bad enough that they are being wrongfully imprisoned without
their own ways being taken from them as well. Please help to stop
this!
Love Steph

Yes, There is a Web-Site--www.christian-penpals.com Please Everyone,
Come and sign up!!!We are In Desperate Need for Pals for Prisoners!!!
A 7-12 Month waiting list and thats a Long Time for Them To Wait!!
Minutes seem like hours because The Time Goes By SOOOO Slow for
them!!!Mail Call could be the Highlight or Biggest Disappointment of
their Day!!!And Thats All They Have To Look Forward to!!!Please On
Their Behalf, Come and Sign up and you can say I sent you there if
you want to!!!Thanks In Advance!!!!Debbie

hi all
I am the owner of the largest Native American (Indigenous) Prison Pen-Pals
website
and more...See the description below.

If you know of Indigenous, Death Row or Female prisoners who want to place
their pen-pal request on it for free, please send them my application.
you can download it from my website www.worldwidefriends.org under the link
'informations'.

best regards
toja b. drees

"YOU must be the change you wish to see" Gandhi

www.worldwidefriends.org
FREE - The largest Native American Prison Pen-Pals website.
With Prisoner Art Shop (new), Help, Support, Urgent Actions,
Artwork, Poems, Stories, Informations, News,
The Death Row Report, Links

www.indigenoustourism.com
Tourism, Business, Artwork, Music, Flutemakers, Events
owned and operated by Indigenous People
Solidarity, Support, Help for Indigenous People and Projects

www.justice4u.org
You think there are no innocent women and men in prisons?
We invite you to meet some of them...
This website is made for my 4 innocent Dakota friends in prisons.
And all the other wrongfully convicted Indigenous women and men
behind the bars.

Hi Debbie

Thankyou for your message, is there a website that people can visit to find out more, or if you have an address, please feel free to put them on the site.

Love Steph xxx

 "Debbie Finley <malakhswings@...>" <malakhswings@...> wrote:

Hello, My name is Debbie Finley Secretary for Christian Pen Pals
Ministry and we currently have a 7-12 month waiting list for
Prisoners to receive Pen Pals!!!They are Desperate and Alone with No
One that cares about them, and with most of them, their Families and
Friends have left them behind!!!Some of them are So Young and So
afraid, and are even Suicidal!!!One Prisoner told me, He Thought
Death, would be better then living, in the Horrid Circumstances, he
was in!!!This Just Breaks My Heart!!I Write as Many as I Can, But I
NEED HELP PEOPLE!!!!Won't You Consider becoming someones Friend, To
Guide and Direct Them to Jesus Christ!!!Consider the Alternative---
Prisoners Killing Themslves!!!And they Carry it out!!!In Christ Most
Precious Name I Serve!!!Debbie



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Hello, My name is Debbie Finley Secretary for Christian Pen Pals
Ministry and we currently have a 7-12 month waiting list for
Prisoners to receive Pen Pals!!!They are Desperate and Alone with No
One that cares about them, and with most of them, their Families and
Friends have left them behind!!!Some of them are So Young and So
afraid, and are even Suicidal!!!One Prisoner told me, He Thought
Death, would be better then living, in the Horrid Circumstances, he
was in!!!This Just Breaks My Heart!!I Write as Many as I Can, But I
NEED HELP PEOPLE!!!!Won't You Consider becoming someones Friend, To
Guide and Direct Them to Jesus Christ!!!Consider the Alternative---
Prisoners Killing Themslves!!!And they Carry it out!!!In Christ Most
Precious Name I Serve!!!Debbie

Hi Im Linda
Im in England and I write to a native american in
Texas and an eskimo in Alaska.THankyou for
letting me join your group
Linda

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Hello and welcome to all our new members, it is lovely to see you all
here, please feel free to post messages and introduce yourselves,
also if you have any ideas that can help us in acheiving the things
we are trying to do, I look forward to hearing from you all, also if
you would like the chat room to be opened so we can discuss things
just let me know, and I will try to arrange it.

Love Steph

hiya steph, sheila & all future members who may happen read this,

    steph, i love all your work here very much, spreading the word of
petition for good cause, will do my best to help, especially as its
something that has touched me, justice for indegenous people and
freedom for all of us people, keep up the good work,
luv will xxx
    sheila, must thankyou for your email, its thoughts are pondering
me, will write soon :)
writing emails is kinda like playing tennis, know what i mean? & yes
you score well lol
luv will xxx
    for all, there are snow clouds here and snow flakes falling, wish
you could all see with me, but also they be about at least sometime
inbetween sunshine where you are too. haven't got anything else to
say for now except lotsa love, will ask some kinda shining angel/s to
look for all those people this site has been devoted too, happy new
year, take care :) etc will

Thankyou sheila

Welcome to our group, it is nice to have you as a member, I have
added some links to other sites that I hope all members will look at,
they explain what we are here for, and hopefully sign the petitions
that are linked to them, we need all the help we can get

Love Steph

Well done Steph it doesn't hurt to educate people of the plight of
others, and wish you well in your venture... luv She

Welcome to all

This is the first time I have even thought of hosting a site, so I
hope you will bear with me,but I felt so strongly that I needed to
help in some way, and I would be grateful for any helpful input, I
have made some lovely friends that have helped me, so it is my turn
to do what i can for others.
I am looking forward to meeting you all and hope you will also wish
to help, but even if you just wish to chat, that is ok too,

Love Steph