Since April of this year, tribal members have been protesting the planned construction of the 1,172-mile, four-state Dakota Access Pipeline. Since that time, the movement has grown larger and the resistance from state and federal agencies has also grown more obdurate. Activists have been assaulted with all forms of abusive measures that never seem to be rolled out when criminal and racist white gun owners are “protecting” federal land. A few days ago it was announced that 2,000 veterans were going to Standing Rock to form a human shield for the water protectors. Now, the National Nurses United (NNU) have just announced a meaningful donation and show of support for those veterans forming the human shield.
National Nurses United today announced that it is donating $50,000 to support U.S. service veterans who are assembling this weekend as peaceful, unarmed defenders for the water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota who are enduring military style police assaults for opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project.
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The NNU donation will assist a delegation of Navajo veterans from Arizona and New Mexico who will join the veterans gathering this weekend. Through NNU’s Registered Nurse Response Network, RN volunteers have worked with Navajo First Nation members before, providing first aid in September at the Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ.
The veterans plan on protecting the protectors starting December 4, for three days. The weather conditions are freezing and these men and women will once again be putting their lives on the line to protect our country’s best and most inspiring values.
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