Na Ann Wright
I kēia manawa aia wau ma Standing Rock, North Dakota ma kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Oceti Shakowin e hoʻōki i ka Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) no nā lā ʻehā i ka wā o ka puahiohio o ka lehulehu a me ka honua ma hope o ʻelua mau hōʻike weliweli o ka hana hoʻomāinoino a nā mākaʻi i ka poʻe pale wai.
Ma ka lā 27 ʻOkakopa, ʻoi aku ka nui o 100 mau mākaʻi kūloko a mokuʻāina a me nā National Guard i ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā mea hoʻohaunaele me nā mahiole, nā pale maka, nā ʻōpala a me nā lole pale ʻē aʻe, e lawe ana i nā pū puʻupuʻu i ka hoʻomoana o Front Line North. Ua loaʻa iā lākou nā lako kaua ʻē aʻe e like me ka Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Personnel carriers (MRAP) a me nā Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) a me kahi ʻano piha o nā taser, nā pōkā ʻeke pīni a me nā huila. Ua hopu lākou i 141 mau kānaka, ua luku i ke kahua hoʻomoana o Frontline a hoʻolei i nā waiwai pilikino o ka poʻe i hopu ʻia i loko o nā ʻōpala. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mākaʻi kalana ʻo Morton e noiʻi ana i ka luku kumu ʻia o ka waiwai pilikino.
Ma kahi hoʻopiʻi ʻē aʻe i ka poʻe pale wai kīwila ʻole, i ka lā 2 o Nowemapa, ua kī aku nā mākaʻi i ke kinoea waimaka a me nā poka pīkī i nā mea pale wai e kū ana ma kahi kahawai liʻiliʻi i ka muliwai ʻo Missouri. Kū lākou i loko o ka wai anuanu no ka pale ʻana i kahi alahaka i hana lima ʻia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai a hiki i nā hale kupapaʻu kapu i luku ʻia e nā mākaʻi. ʻO nā makaʻi sniper e kū ana ma ke kua o ka puʻu kupapaʻu me ko lākou mau wāwae ma luna o nā ilina kapu
On 'Okakopa 3, i ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea mālama wai, kokoke i 500 mau alakaʻi hoʻomana mai nā wahi a pau o ʻAmelika i hōʻea mai e hui pū me nā mea mālama wai i kahi lā pule no ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka Dakota Access Pipeline. Ua hoʻouna aku ʻo John Flogerty i ke kahuna ʻEpepa i hoʻomaha i ke aupuni no nā kāhuna pule e hele mai i Standing Rock. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua pīhoihoi ʻo ia i ka liʻiliʻi o nā lā he ʻumi, ua pane nā alakaʻi 474 i ke kāhea ʻana e kū no ka pale ʻana o Mother Earth. I loko o nā hola ʻelua o ka hōʻike ʻana ma waena o nā haipule, kūkākūkā a me ka pule kokoke i ka ʻeli ʻana o ka Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) i kēia manawa, hiki i kekahi ke lohe i nā mīkini ʻeli e luku ana i ka laina kualapa ma ka hema o ke Alanui 1806.
Ma hope o ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana, ma kahi o 50 o ka hui i holo i Bismarck, ke kapikala o North Dakota, e kāhea aku i ke Kiaʻāina o ka mokuʻāina e hoʻōki i ka paipu. Noho iho la na kahunapule ma ka rumi o ke kapito i ka pule, ua hoole lakou e hoopau i ka lakou pule a haalele i ka hale o ke kapito i ka wa i kauohaia ai e na makai a ua hopuia.
ʻElima mau kānaka i hopu ʻia 30 mau minuke ma hope i ka wa i hoonohoia aku ai na koa ino e hooweliweli aku i ke koena o ka hui i ko lakou hele ana ma kela aoao o ke alanui no ke alahele ma ke alo o ka hale hana holoholona o ke Kiaaina e kukuli pule. Ua lawe ʻia nā wahine i hopu ʻia i 4 mau hola i kahi hale paʻahao kalana ma Fargo, North Dakota i ka wā i loaʻa ai kahi keʻena wahine ma Bismarck. Ua hoʻopūʻiwa ʻia ʻelua o nā kāne i hopu ʻia i ka haʻi ʻia ʻana ua lawe ʻia nā wahine i hopu ʻia i Fargo no ka mea ua hoʻokomo ʻia lākou i loko o kahi keʻena e hoʻokipa ai i ʻumi i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine. Ua ʻōlelo pū ka poʻe i hopu ʻia ua lawe ʻia kā lākou kālā a ua hoʻopuka ka hale paʻahao i kahi kikoʻī no ke kālā, no laila ʻaʻohe o lākou kālā i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ke kiʻi ʻana i ke kaʻa a kūʻai paha i ka meaʻai ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i nā ʻauhau a me nā hale kūʻai. Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka poʻe e puka mai ana mai ka hale paʻahao e hele i kahi panakō e hoʻolilo i nā kikoʻī e kū mamao ana mai ka hale paʻahao a pani ʻia paha ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka poʻe i hopu ʻia.
Ma ka Pōʻaono, Nowemapa 5, ua hoʻonohonoho nā alakaʻi o ka ʻaha kūkā o nā ʻohana i kahi hui no nā lio no ka mea ʻo ka poʻe India he "mau mamo mai kahi lāhui lio ikaika." Ua hoʻomanaʻo ke alakaʻi ʻohana ʻo John Eagle i kahi kokoke i 1,000 mau kānaka i loko o kahi pōʻai nui ma ka Tribal Council Sacred Fire hou, ma ʻAukake 1876, 4,000 mau lio i lawe ʻia e ka pūʻali koa US mai ka Lakota ma kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo ke kaua ʻo Greasy Grass, a ua ʻike ʻia ka pūʻali koa US e like me ke kaua o ka Little Bighorn. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia no ka poʻe ʻaʻole Sioux ʻo ka ʻōlelo Sioux no ka lio ʻo ia hoʻi "kaʻu keiki kāne, kaʻu kaikamahine." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o nā lio i ke ahi kapu, he mea ia e ho'ōla ai i nā lio no ko lākou hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou mau kūpuna i ke kenekulia i hala a me ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka lāhui ʻAmelika no ka ʻeha genetic no kā lākou mālama mōʻaukala. o ko lakou mau kupuna. ʻO ka ho'ōla ʻana i nā poʻe he nui ma Standing Rock mai kā lākou hana ʻino ʻia e nā mākaʻi a me North Dakota National Guard, kahi mea nui o ka hana.
Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ke Aliʻi John Eagle he nui nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i komo i ka pūʻali koa a ma ke ʻano he poʻe koa kaua, ua loaʻa iā lākou ʻelua koʻikoʻi post traumatic stress (PTS), ʻo ka mua mai ko lākou mālama ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a ʻo ka lua ma ke ʻano he mau koa kaua. Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo John no ka poʻe kahiko kaua maoli, he mea nui ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka huaʻōlelo "nā mea pale wai," ʻoiai ʻo nā huaʻōlelo "nā mea hōʻike a me nā mea kūʻē" hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka pane PTSD mai ko lākou mau lā i ka pūʻali koa US. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia hiki iā ia ke ʻike i ka PTSD i nā maka o nā mea he nui i hele i kēlā me kēia o nā hālāwai hou me nā mākaʻi.
E like me ka wehewehe ʻana o John Eagle i ke kumu o ka hana, ma kahi mamao e holo ana ma ke ala o nā hae i loko o kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Oceti Sankowin i hele mai ai he 30 mau lio a me nā mea holo. Me ka "kahea maluhia" ʻaʻole ka leo kaua, ua wehe ʻia ka pōʻai nui 1,000 kanaka e hoʻokipa i nā lio a me nā mea holo. Ua hoʻopuni pinepine lākou i ke ahi kapu i ka piʻi ʻana o kēlā me kēia "kahea maluhia" a me ka paʻi ʻana o kahi pahu nui. Ua kāhea ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia "pale wai" e loaʻa ka wiwo ʻole i loko o ko lākou naʻau e lanakila i ka huhū a me ka makaʻu a huli i ka pule, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā mākaʻi a me ke aupuni i ka hana ʻana i ka hana ʻino a me ka pule. Ua noi aku nā alakaʻi ʻaʻole e paʻi kiʻi kekahi o ka hana kapu ke komo nā lio i ka pōʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi alakaʻi e pono e hoʻomaka ka poʻe ʻAmelika e kala aku ma mua o ke kali ʻana i kahi kalahala no kā lākou mālama ʻana e ke aupuni US. Ua wānana ʻo ia ʻaʻole e hāʻawi ke aupuni ʻAmelika i kahi kalahala a inā ʻaʻole e kala ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ka ʻeha o ka noho ʻana, e noho lākou me ka huhū. "ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ola inā hiki i kekahi ke kala aku," wahi āna. "Pono mākou e hoʻololi a pono mākou e hoʻololi i kā mākou mālama ʻana iā Mother Earth."
Ua haʻi aku ke keiki a ke alakaʻi o ka American Indian Movement (AIM) ʻo Russell Means i kona noho ʻana ma ke kahua hoʻomoana o Front line a hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā mākaʻi i kona pale ʻana i kahi luahine. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka hana ʻino ma mua, ʻo ka mālama ʻana e nā mākaʻi ma 2016 "maʻa i ko mākou koko." Hoʻomanaʻo pū ʻo Means i nā mea āpau e kōkua i nā ʻōpio pale wai e pilikia nei i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā lākou ʻike me nā mākaʻi i nā pule ʻelua i hala.
I ka pau ʻana o ka hana ma kahi o kanakolu mau ʻōpio Navajo Hopi a me nā kākoʻo makua i hōʻea i ka pōʻai ma hope o ka holo ʻana mai Arizona. Ua hoʻokipa ʻia e ka uē nui mai ka 1,000 poʻe i loko o ka pōʻai, ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi ʻōpio Hopi he 15 makahiki me ka uē, "150 mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua koi ʻia mākou e holo aku mai ko mākou mau home akā i kēia lā ua holo mākou e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou mau home a me ko mākou mau home. he ʻuhane pule, akā e hōʻike i ke aupuni ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokuke hou iā mākou.
I koʻu hele ʻana mai ka pōʻai mai, ua haʻi mai kekahi wahine ʻelemakule Sioux iaʻu aia ʻo ia ma ke kahua hoʻomoana o Front Line i ka lā i luku ʻia ai. Noho ʻo ia i ka pule i ka wā i komo mai ai nā mākaʻi, hoʻomāinoino i nā kānaka, wāwahi i kahi hoʻomoana a hopu iā ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua noho ʻo ia ma kahi hoʻomoana no ʻekolu mahina a e noho ʻo ia a pau ka hoʻomoana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka waimaka, “Ke ola nei au e like me koʻu mau kūpuna i noho ai… ma ke ʻano o ka lā a pau, i kēlā me kēia lā, i ka noho kaiāulu, ka hana a me ka pule pū. Ua kali au no kēia hui ʻana i koʻu ola a pau.
No ka mea kākau: Ua lawelawe ʻo Ann Wright Ann Wright i 29 mau makahiki ma ka US Army/Army Reserve a ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Konela. He diplomat ʻAmelika ʻo ia no 16 mau makahiki a lawelawe ʻo ia ma US Embassies ma Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan a me Mongolia. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia mai ke aupuni US ma Malaki 2003 e kūʻē i ke kaua a Pelekikena Bush ma Iraq. Ua kipa ʻo ia i Standing Rock ʻelua manawa i nā pule ʻekolu i hala.
