Cannon Ball, ND — Donations of warm clothing, blankets, and other items to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe water protectors and their supporters have been welcomed as several encampments brace for a severe North Dakota winter on the open plains. But, perhaps most welcome among those donations, are tiny houses transported all the way from Oregon by a carpenter.

Matt Musselwhite arrived at the camps near the Missouri River in a 5-ton flatbed truck, bearing the modular components of three tiny homes to be assembled on site, Yes! Magazine reports. Volunteers welcomed Musselwhite, quickly unloaded the sorely-needed houses, and began putting the pre-constructed pieces together, as free coffee and food were passed around.

"This feels like a new America I want to be a part of," Musselwhite told Yes! Magazine.

Musselwhite hails from a small community southwest of Medford, Oregon, in the mountains along the border with California. He and other residents have been concerned about how water protectors will survive subzero temperatures and frigid winds this winter, but weren't sure how to help.