Help Ayla & Coco Stay With Their Mama

Toni Christie is a phenomenal single mother who works hard to provide anything and everything for her two kids, Ayla who is 8 and Qotisa who is 7. Their father is serving a life sentence in prison, so she has been a single mother for a little over 6 years now. The children are part of the Redding Rancheria tribe from their father's side. Since the kids were little she has done everything to help maintian their culture and heritage. She celebrates special holidays with them, takes them to special functions whenever possible and had tried to keep a relationship between them and their father's family. Toni has always been a huge advocate for maintaining Ayla and Qotisa's heritage. She attended events and holidays with the Redding Rancheria when she was allowed to. Even after numerous occasions of her being mistreated from the Redding Rancheria Toni still allowed the children to participate. In 2018 Toni received notification from the Redding Rancheria that she was no longer able to attend any events herself, that she was to send the children alone. This is extremely unfair and inhumane, to expect the children, then 6 and 5 to be separated from their mother to celebrate their heritage. Instead, Toni found other events in Shasta County and surrounding areas to participate in where they could celebrate their culture and heritage together, as a family. Toni receives no child support for either of the kids, and the tribe has completely cut off all financial support the children are entitled to. She worked full time at Shasta College while taking classes and was the first in her family to graduate college, with an Associate Degree in business. She went through a cosmetology program to obtain her license and worked out of a salon chair in her home to help supplement her income while in school. Toni continued working at the college but had to find additional means to provide for her family since losing the financial help from the Redding Rancheria for her children. She then opened up her own salon, The Beauty Bar by Toni Lee in Redding, CA to be able to take clients full time. Juggling both jobs, she was able to adequately provide for her children and still spend plenty of quality time with them. They go to work with her in the salon, do their homework there and are able to watch their mom work hard for their little family. Through all of her hard work, she still manages to find the time to still take online classes to further her education. She participates in both of the kids' classes when she can, attends their field trips, and many school functions. She takes the kids on hikes, plays with them, helps them with their homework, takes them on little trips when she's able to. These children don't miss out on anything with her as their mom, she is truly amazing! In the fall of 2019 the children's paternal grandmother attempted to remove the children from her care. Toni got another job at Costco to help pay for attorney fees, fought for her children and won! The Redding Rancheria tribe continues to harass her and her family to no end. They are currently filing to remove the children from her care completely and are wrongfully doing so. She is working full time at Costco, taking clients when she can at her salon and is still unable to pay for the federal attorneys she needs to help fight this injustice. If you know Toni you know that she is an incredibly hard working mother, a great aunt to my children and an amazing friend. She deserves all the help she can get! Please, help donate anything you can and reshare this! Every little bit helps her and her family!