Pretty Bird Woman House

Supporting a women's shelter on the Standing Rock Reservation

A Women's Shelter

Jackie Brown Otter created The Pretty Bird Woman House after the brutal rape and murder of her sister, whose Lakota name means Pretty Bird Woman.

PBWH provides emergency shelter and advocacy support for women on the Standing Rock reservation who have been victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. It opened on January 5, 2005.

In the fall of 2007, the Pretty Bird Woman House was forced to move out of its original location after a number of break-ins through the exterior walls left it in such bad condition that the women could not safely remain there.

Well, the incredibly generous netroots really came through for them, and by the end of December of 2007 we had enough money to get them a new house! Pat yourselves on the back, and keep those donations flowing.

2008 Donations Report

1. $1936.01 - General fund donations

2. $5,159.71 for a new furnace. This was a really important project! We did the fundraiser in honor of Joe Biden's mother-in-law, Bonny Jean Jacobs. The shelter has installed the new furnace, and I also received a thank you card from the Biden family.

3. $1000 for house paint. The paint was peeling terribly on the house, so a youth group volunteered to paint it in July. It now looks great. If you search this site, you'll find some pictures I posted of the house being painted.

4. $1286.01 for children's bedroom furniture. This was for bunkbeds so that more children could fit into the bedrooms with their mothers.

Pretty Bird Woman House

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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