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Dear Friend,   I sent this email yesterday and in case you missed it, I wanted to resend.  I promise if you’ll send a small donation to this effort, you’ll brighten your day - and help remove the stain from the Medal of Honor.   please read on...   Čhaŋté waštéya napé čhiyúzapi yeló, Friend. (I shake your hands with a good heart.) We’re not going to accept silence from the Trump Administration (our letter here) or some members of Congress (our letter to Congress here) on one of the most pressing moral issues for Native Americans – removing the stain placed on the Medal of Honor when our nation’s highest military recognition was wrongfully award to 20 murderers from the 7th Cavalry who participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre.  The descendants of Wounded Knee victims and survivors are headed to Washington, D.C., and they need your support.   And most disappointing, we still haven't heard back from Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming. (Read our letter to her here.)  Rep. Cheney represents the state where the historic Fort Laramie Treaty was signed in 1868, establishing the Great Sioux Reservation, which included the sacred Black Hills and Wounded Knee Creek, site of the massacre of Native American men, women and children on December 29, 1890.     As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, we believe Rep. Cheney should also be concerned about tarnishing the heroism of other Medal of Honor recipients with the cowardice and brutality perpetrated at Wounded Knee. Chief Spotted Elk of the Lakota Sioux, killed at Wounded Knee   We'll be in Washington the week of June 25th, the anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn, when the Lakota defeated General George Armstrong Custer of the 7th Cavalry.  We're seeking to meet with those who've ignored us, and we are meeting with members of Congress who support our call to rescind the Wounded Knee Medals of Honor and remove the stain those 20 medals place on our nation's most exalted standard for gallantry and courage.   This hasn’t happened before because Native Americans have lacked sufficient political clout to open doors on Capitol Hill.  As we’ve increased the participation of voters in Indian Country, we’re turning the corner on the moral imperative to do right by history and our ancestors.   Our message is simple – Wounded Knee was not a battle, it was the cold-blooded murder of innocents. We’ll give witness to what that means to the descendants of victims and survivors of that massacre, we’ll tell the stories handed down through the generations.  And we’ll share the observations of the commanding general of that time. You can understand this is a moment in time where we need to do something.  Like me, I know you can feel something is happening.  Like me, you want to bring humanity back to this land.  Please help us make this happen - our Nation is counting on you.  Give $10 here -  right now - to support this effort. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Express Donate $25 Some in Washington are listening, but others still need to understand the imperative to do what is right and decent by the memories and slain and wounded innocents.  Our journey has taken a century too long, but now we can take those final steps together.   Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ, (All my relations) Barbara and Oliver J. Semans Sr. Co-Executive Directors Four Directions, Inc   P. S. Please support this effort.  We must see that honor is restored to The Medal of Honor.  Give what you can now. ABOUT BARB & O.J. Barb and Oliver (O.J.) Semans, both enrolled members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, or Sicangu Oyate, helped form Four Directions, Inc., after leading the historic Native vote project in South Dakota’s 2002 U.S. Senate race. For that effort, the 21st Century Democrats awarded Barb and OJ the 2003 Paul Wellstone Grassroots Award. Since then, Barb & O.J.  (click for more) http://www.fourdirectionsvote.com/team/oliver-and-barb-semans  ABOUT FOUR DIRECTIONS Four Directions, Inc. (a 501(c)(4) organization) has conducted extraordinarily successful Native voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives, voter protection programs, and improved Native voter access through litigation and persuasion with local and state government officials in Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota over the past 17 years. We have been able to leverage partnerships with Tribes, Universities, top Law Firms, and Civil Rights groups such as ACLU, the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights Under Law, and the Native American Rights Fund. Read our case studies for an even deeper understanding of our work.   HOW YOU CAN HELP Four Directions runs on generous contributions from people like you.  Only with your help can we continue our ground-breaking work.  If you believe in equality at the ballot box and can make Four Directions part of your monthly giving plan, please help.  98% of our donors give less than $150, and 2/3 give less than $20.  Please become a Four Directions Sustaining Partner by clicking here.  Your financial support does more and means more with Four Directions.   PRIVACY & YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ***Emails are a crucial way to stay in touch with our supporters.  Please add us to your address book or safe senders list to ensure timely updates.  However, we do not want to send you email updates if you do not want them from Four Directions. If you would like to be removed, please click unsubscribe below, or respond to this email. 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