By Ann Wright
Kamar ta mun dawo zuwa shekarun 1800 lokacin da Sojojin Amurka suka kai hari kan kabilun Amurkawa na Yammacin Amurka. 'Yan sanda da' yan sanda suka yi amfani da su a wannan makon don amsa kalubalantar 'yar asalin Amurka ta Tsayayyar Rock Sioux a Arewacin Dakota zuwa babban mai da bututun mai mai hadari ya tunatar da daya daga Matsayin karshe na Custer game da Sittar Bull.
A zahiri, hoton Sitting Bull yana kan ɗayan shahararrun t-shirts da suke tallafawa masu ba da kariya ga Masu Kula da Ruwa, kamar yadda aka san waɗanda suke zanga-zangar duk da haka ƙara fashewar bututun mai da ke haye wurare masu cike da ruwa da manyan koguna na Amurka.
Kwana hudu a makon da ya gabata, Na shiga ɗaruruwan Americansan asalin andan Amurkawa da masu ba da izini game da adalci daga ko'ina cikin Amurka da kuma a duniya, a ƙalubalantar Dakota Access Pipe Line (DAPL), nisan 1,172, dala biliyan $ 3.7 dala ta fuskar Arewa Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa da Illinois. Makon da ya gabata, na dauki hoton yankin a gefen titin 6 kudu da Bismarck inda 'yan kwangila masu ba da Harkokin Makamashin Makamashi suka kasance suna aikin tono kicin don "Macijin Gashi" kamar yadda ake kira bututun.
Photo by Ann Wright
Na kuma kirga motocin 'yan sanda na 24 da suka dawo Bismarck a canjin canji 3pm, dimbin jama'a da ke tilasta bin doka da oda da motocin da aka keɓe don kare kasuwancin kamfanoni, maimakon haƙƙin citizensan ƙasa.
Manyan injunan suna ta lalata duniya kusa da hanyoyin samun ruwa na duk Dakota ta Arewa. An sake fasa bututun bututun ne daga kusa da Bismarck don haka idan bututun ya fashe to hakan ba zai kawo cikas ga aikin samar da ruwa ba babban birnin jihar. Koyaya sun ƙaura zuwa inda zai tsallaka Kogin Missouri kuma hakan zai iya jefa ruwan wateran asalin ƙasar Amurka da duk Amurkawan da ke zaune a Kudancin North Dakota da kuma gangarawar Kogin Missouri!
A ranar Alhamis, tonowa ya kara juyawa. Manyan kayan aikin hako sun iso ne don yanke duk hanyar Babbar Hanya ta 1806 a wani wuri inda masu kare ruwa suka kafa sansani na gaba watanni da yawa da suka gabata, mil mil arewa daga babban sansanin mutane sama da 1,000. Yayinda kayan aikin suka iso, masu kare ruwa sun toshe babbar hanyar.
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A cikin wani hadari mai hadari, wani mai tsaro mai zaman kansa na DAPL dauke da makamai ya zo sansanin kuma masu kare ruwa sun fatattake shi a cikin ruwa yana rufe sansanin. Bayan an dauki dogon lokaci ana rikici, sai ‘yan sanda na hukumar kabilanci suka zo suka cafke mai gadin. Masu kare ruwa sun bankawa motar tsarorsa wuta.
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Ran juma'a fiye da 'yan sanda na cikin gida da na jihohi na 100 da North Dakota National Guard sun kama mutane 140 wadanda suka toshe babbar hanyar da ke kokarin dakatar da lalata ƙasar. 'Yan sanda cikin kayan tarzoma da bindigogi masu linzami da aka yi jerin gwano a kan wata babbar hanya, tare da MRAPs da yawa (motocin sojoji masu matattaka-da ke hana garkuwa da ma'adinai)
igiyar sauti ta LRAD wacce zata iya hana mutane kusa, Humvees wanda Masu Kula da Kasa ke tukawa, da motar yan sanda masu sulke da kuma bulldozer.
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'Yan sanda sun yi amfani da mace, feshin barkono, hayaki mai fashewa da gurneti da kuma jakar wake a kan Americansan asalin Amurkawa waɗanda suka yi layi a kan babbar hanyar.
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'Yan sanda sun ba da rahoton cewa, sun harbe harsasai na roba a kan dawakansu kuma sun jikkata mahayan daya da dokinsa.
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Lokacin da wannan 'yan sanda ke ci gaba da faruwa, wani karamin garken dutsen ya zana a kusa da wani filin da ke kusa, babbar alama ce ta alama ga masu tsaron ruwan da suka fashe cikin raha da ihu, suna barin jami'an tilasta bin doka da mamakin abin da ke faruwa.
An yi tambaya game da halaccin amfani da Jihar North Dakota na Guardungiyar Tsaro ta forasa don zanga-zangar. Masu tsaron kasa suna ta gudanar da bincike kan shingen shiga yankin sannan daga baya rahotanni suka ce sun yi amfani da shi ne zuwa gida-gida don tattaunawa da ‘yan kasa game da zanga-zangar - a bayyane yake ayyukan aiwatar da doka, ba nauyin kungiyar soja ba.
Magoya bayan masu kare ruwa sun fito daga ko'ina cikin Amurka. Wata kaka ta iso da kayan girki da abinci, wanda aka siya tare da cek din ta na tsaro. Jikarta wanda ke taimaka mata wajen bin diddigin yadda take kashe kuɗi, ta kira ta ta ce, “Goggo, $ 9 ne kawai ya rage a asusun banki. Ta amsa, "Ee, kuma zan yi amfani da shi a yau don siyan ƙarin abinci don dafa wa waɗannan mutanen kirki waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin adana ruwanmu da al'adunmu."
