Veterans Support for Standing Rock!

Good day to you all my friends and relatives! My name is Ivan Sam and I am a U.S. Navy Veteran that served 2 tours during Operation Desert Storm Era, I also served stateside in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as an Aviation Electrician. I am a full-blood Navajo Veteran from Hunters Point, Arizona but reside in San Diego, California. I actively volunteer my time with the Native American Community as much as I could throughout Southern California. In the past I have served as President of the American Indian Warriors Association for a few years and have served on other veteran educational boards within San Diego State University, Mesa College, and Grossmont College.

   Reason for my request for donations through the GoFundMe.com website is to assist and accommodate my fellow veterans and myself who will be traveling from San Diego, California to Standing Rock, North Dakota to answer the call of duty for our veterans to assemble as peaceful, unarmed, Water Protectors at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on Feb. 21-28, 2017 once again. I was delegated to take on the lead role in recruiting and organizing within the San Diego community and surrounding areas to make this deployment possible. As a continuous advocate for the overall well-being for our people, I feel it is necessary and important as a veteran to continue to carry on my duty to protect and serve "The People" as I have sworn into othe many years ago....I still try to live up to those expectations.

Please help us with donations and share this request with your friends, family, relatives, and coworkers!

Thank you in advance and we look forward to standing alongside peaceful Water Protectors who have endured enough harsh and violent attacks from private-hired task force. militarized police. and DAPL security. Thanks again to our elders and leaders of the Sioux Nations who have given their full support and we will do our best to fight for clean water! Mni Wiconi! Water Is Life!