'They have protected our home and now we are going to make a home for them right here in the Yakama Nation.' 'It is fitting and proper that we take this measure now to stand up for our veterans when they come home,' Inslee said at the ceremony, NBC Right Now reported. He said Washington is home to nearly 12,000 Native veterans. Jay Inslee (D) helped dedicate the center. “The Vietnam veterans are the ones that started all this because they did not want our young veterans coming home and facing what we faced when we came home,” head warrior Victor Wood told KIMA. It will also house the Yakama Warriors Association, whose members worked on the project for more than a decade. The center will help tribal veterans find the services they need.
The Yakama Nation hosted a grand opening on Monday for the new Yakama Warriors Association Veterans Center on its reservation in Washington.
