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Ganked from

eyetosky (her post is here) by way of

cleolinda (here.

The short version:
Pretty Bird Woman House, a South Dakota domestic abuse/rape shelter has been broken into, cleaned out of anything remotely valuable, and then subsequently burned down by vandals.

Bad enough, but then I read the DailyKos story and flames practically started coming out of my head.

From an Amnesty International report quote in the DKos story:

Amnesty International’s interviews with survivors, activists and support workers across the USA suggest that available statistics greatly underestimate the severity of the problem. In the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, for example, many of the women who agreed to be interviewed could not think of any Native women within their community who had not been subjected to sexual violence.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE
JESUS

Luckily, there are great people helping Pretty Bird Woman House. Three things we can do:
1. Donate money for a new house.
2. Donate items for the shelter. Details in

eyetosky's post
3. Spread the word: blog this. Please. Even if you can't afford to donate anything, just spread this meme.

Those folks in SD are doing a great, great thing. They just need a little help.