The tiny barns will also be moveable -- so they may be utilized in the future by the Standing Rock tribe, and transported to support Pipeline Fighters on the frontlines in other states.
Everyone who makes a donation will have their name inscribed on a plaque placed on the tiny barns at the camp.
$25: Pitch in for a solar panel $50: Pitch in for a tiny solar barn $500: Solar panel + battery for one tiny solar barn $3,500: One tiny barn ($3,000 barn kit; $500 solar + battery)
Let's take inspiration from Hal Jackson, owner of Laurel Nest Yurts, who is a Peace Hero willing, able, and brave enough to do even more. In the face of pipeline employees bulldozing many of the structures already there at Standing Rock and persistently harassing the protesters with violence, dogs, and mace, Hal Jackson and his wife are both bold and generous enough to take active, constructive, non-violent resistance. (See Sara Berlingers's video at http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/401124495.html)
We hear various reports about how long it might take to resolve the pipeline controversy. If it takes months, then those protesters, or water protectors as they call themselves, will have to endure some very cold North Dakota weather.
Hal Jackson and his family spent most of the day unloading wood and other supplies at the Sacred Stone Camp.
They're from North Carolina, but wanted to help provide temporary shelters for water protectors this winter.
"They can handle 100 mile per hour winds, really heavy snow loads, and it seems like that's going to be some of what they're getting here." - Hal Jackson, Laurel Nest Yurts Owner
Jackson has built yurts for more than 12 years. They are made of canvas, wood and reflective foil for insulation. Others at the camp are cutting wood, putting up teepees with lining, and building temporary solar barns to stay warm.
"There will be a solar panel on top for electricity and a wood stove inside, and just trying to accommodate people and get them out of the weather," Mekasi Horinek, state director of Bold Oklahoma.
Horinek says more than 300 indigenous nations have been represented at the camps, and he has no plans of leaving until the pipeline is stopped. Jackson says an injustice to mother earth is what pulled him to help and he and his family try to protect the water at home.
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