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Please Help Me, I'm terrified
Hey guys, if you don't know me my name's Jack, I'm a 22yr old transman, I live with my disabled wife and her family, our cats and chihuahua. I really don't want to have to do this but I've exhausted all options. I don't have any family that can help, so I'm turning to my family on here to see if any might care enough to try and help me.
The picture above is from my most recent xray. I am in severe pain from all of the problems I have. I have a tooth infection, and impacted wisdom teeth that the dentist said NEEDS to come out and that I've put it off for too long and its causing problems. On top of that I have several broken and cracked / severely decayed teeth that they said are at risk for becoming infected after the upcoming surgery that I have. I've already been on antibiotics for two weeks.
If I get another infection, my insurance is not going to cover it, and the ER wouldnt be able to help. Where I live, there is only a 1000 dollar EMERGENCY only fund for dental work, and I'm using it up with the extraction entirely. My appointment is coming up soon and I have to lose the tooth at 22 years old because it's running the risk of infecting my bloodstream and insurance won't cover the root canal. I can't afford it because my wife is disabled and I'm trying to find work right now, but that's not really going to happen when I'm in so much pain that I can hardly ever eat at all, and I have to heal from this upcoming tooth extraction.
They said all in all I have over 1000 dollars worth of work that needs to be done, and thats just what's emergent and need to be done as soon as possible. They don't offer payment plans at any of the dentists in my area, and I have already been denied for carecredit, and I cant find any loans. My wife is constantly terrified thinking another infection will kill me, because we've already called and they refuse to do anything to help me even in a dire situation other than that annual amount. I hate that I can't comfort her. We've been living in constant stress and I'm in pain all day long. I do brush my teeth religiously, but it wont fix these problems. My dad also has horrible dental problems, and they seem to think it's genetic. I obviously can't and don't expect the full amount from you guys, I just really want to not be in pain all the time and stop worrying about becoming seriously ill from these infections. I've been having horrible migraines and nausea just from this one tooth.
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Her PAYPAL is paypal.me/tcmazzi or the email is tangelinamazz@icloud.com and anything will go to helping with the most severe problems I'm having. It will literally be a life saver and I hope to return the favor when I'm able which will hopefully be soon. If you cant help, please boost, it would mean the world to me.
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Help the Pataxó people fight for the right for their land
I’ve made a few posts about this but they may have been a bit confusing, so after a few days of tourmoil of emotions and stress, I’ve decided to take some time to talk a little more in-depth about what’s been going on with the Pataxó people in Brazil and how we can help them prevent an immense injustice that’s just about to unfold
First off, an introduction!
The Pataxó inhabit the areas of the Brazilian states of Bahia and Minas Gerais, and nowadays have a population of about 13.000 people. The Pataxó were one of the first peoples in Brazil to come in contact with the Portuguese settlers, along with the Tupinaky’ia, Poti’wara, Tupinambá, Tabajara and others, and have been resisting colonization and genocide for over 500 years.
in the picture above, you can see a picture of the Awe ritual at the Coroa Vermelha reservation, 2006 taken from the website https://img.socioambiental.org/v/publico/pataxo/foto+20_+AWE+SARAH+MIRANDA.JPG.html
After centuries of colonization, the Pataxó, like many of the other first contact nations previously mentioned, have suffered many losses to their culture, including land sovereignty, language fluency, the right to practice their religion, the right to name their babies with traditional names, and many others.
But like the aforementioned nations, the Pataxó have been doing an amazing job going back their traditional lands, getting to teach their children their traditional language, the Patxohã (pah- tsho-han) language, strengthening their ties to their spirituality, culture and land.
this a video of the IX Pataxó games, featuring competitions of traditional sports and practices
The most difficult part about fighting for their land when you’re a first contact nation in Brazil though, is that, as you can see torwards the end of the video, our traditional land is the coast, the beaches and the forests that sorround them (Mata Atlântica). And the thing with the Brazilian coast, is that it is heavilly disputed by multimilionaire hotel companies and construction companies, gringos and rich Brazilians wanting to build summer houses and buy private beaches, basically EVERYONE has their eyes on this land. Because having a hotel in the brazilian tropical coast, or building summer houses by the beach to rent is pretty much guaranteed to bring in a LOT of money. It’s all about money.
this is a traditional build (kijeme) destroyed last year in results of a conflict with white land owners. many other builds were destroyed in the occasion. The criminals destroyed them in the middle of the night and no one even saw them. Picture posted on the village leadership Thyara Pataxó’s twitter account
So there are enormous and lengthy legal conflicts between the Pataxó people and the big business owners and private land owners (because of course the Brazilian government doesn’t give a shit) over the land. And of course, like all indigenous people, the land is SACRED and fundamental for the Pataxó’s lives. But sometimes the Pataxó are able to kick out invaders and rebuild villages* on their regained land.
in this video, Pataxó youtuber Tukumã Pataxó shows us traditional body paint done by artist Janarô Nuhay
SO HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED A FEW DAYS AGO
An aviation club owner (we still dont know his name) claimed that the entirety of the Pataxó village Novos Guerreiros, which is a part of the Red Crown reservation to be his, somehow arguing that he owned the land before the Pataxó reoccupied the area. This process is called Land Repossession.
The village were notified out of the blue that there had been an judicial ruling against them and that they will be FORCED TO LEGALLY AGREE LEAVE THEIR LAND IN FIVE DAYS. So of course everyone is absolutely angered and has started a big campain to fight against this judicial ruling.
Today (27/08/2020) was the deadline the federal police gave them to peacefully leave the land. But of course they resisted and said they weren’t going anywhere. After an entire day of arguments between the caciques (chiefs) and village leaderships and the police, the Pataxó were given a week to leave their land, under the threat to face police brutality. But obviously they still aren’t going anywhere.
Pictures of federal police on Pataxó land earlier today
OVER 2.500 FAMILIES LIVE IN THAT AREA. CHILDREN, ELDERS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PEOPLE WHO WERE BACK TO THRIVING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL LAND. THEY’RE ALL GOING TO BE HOMELESS AND HAVING TO BEG FOR FOOD BECAUSE THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO HUNT FOR FOOD OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE FOOD THEY CULTIVATE. LAND LOSS IS AN IMMENSE LOSS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
“Pataxó people againt land repossesion! Land Sovereignty NOW“ picture taken today, posted on Thyara Pataxó’s twitter account
AND WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP??
There are a few things that the caciques and village leaderships have asked us (who are not Pataxó) to do:
First, spread the news so that everyone knows what’s going on, cause the traditional Brazilian media doesn’t care to notify this
Second, SIGN THIS PETITION: https://t.co/0fqeoifqIs?amp=1
Third, send this e-mail to the judge who ruled the order against the Pataxó land sovereignty (all info is in the google document): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sygR9_utO214UneqYCxHcjyCBTbW4fXuf5SWk2YmXI0/edit
Fourth, and this is optional, you can donate to their gofundme (originally created to help fight covid-19 related issues). Keep in mind that dollars and euro are worth A LOT in Brazil, so donating 2 dollars is SOMETHING lol: https://gogetfunding.com/pataxoyouth/ .
You can keep up with the news through the twitter account https://twitter.com/PataxoYouth/
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND TIME! PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THIS!
*village is a rough translation of the portuguese “aldeia”, which is pretty much our equivalent to what you call in North America a “tribe”. But the direct translation of tribe (tribo) is considered offensive to us. Anyway, just clarifying.
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