Ndi Ann Wright
Nthawi ino ndakhala ndili ku Standing Rock, North Dakota ku msasa wa Oceti Shakowin kuti ndiimitse Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) kwa masiku anayi panthawi ya chimphepo cha chidwi chamayiko ndi mayiko potsatira ziwonetsero ziwiri zowopsa za nkhanza za apolisi kwa oteteza madzi.
Pa Okutobala 27, apolisi opitilira 100 akumaloko ndi aboma komanso a National Guard atavala zida zachiwawa ndi zipewa, zofunda kumaso, ndodo ndi zovala zina zodzitchinjiriza, atanyamula mfuti adalowa msasa wa Front Line North. Anali ndi zida zina zankhondo monga Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Personnel carriers (MRAP) ndi Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) komanso mitundu yambiri ya tasers, zipolopolo za thumba la nyemba ndi zibonga/matoni. Anamanga anthu 141, anawononga msasa wa Frontline ndi kutaya katundu wa anthu amene anamangidwa m’zotayira zinyalala. Sheriff wa ku Morton County akuti akufufuza za kuwonongeka mwadala kwa katundu wamunthu.
M'njira inanso ya oteteza madzi osagwiritsa ntchito zida, pa Novembara 2, apolisi adawombera zipolopolo za utsi okhetsa misozi ndi zipolopolo kwa oteteza madzi omwe adayimilira mumtsinje wawung'ono wa Missouri River. Iwo anali atayima m'madzi ozizira kuti ateteze mlatho wopangidwa ndi manja kuwoloka mtsinjewo kupita ku malo opatulika omwe anali kuwonongedwa ndi apolisi. Apolisi achiwembu adayima m'mphepete mwa phirilo ndi mapazi awo pamanda opatulika.
On October 3, mogwirizana ndi oteteza madzi, atsogoleri achipembedzo pafupifupi 500 ochokera m’madera onse a United States anafika kudzagwirizana ndi oteteza madzi pa tsiku lopempherera kuimitsa Dakota Access Pipeline. Wansembe wa Episkopi wopuma pantchito John Flogerty anali atapempha dziko lonse kuti atsogoleri achipembedzo abwere ku Standing Rock. Iye adati adadabwa kuti pasanathe masiku khumi, atsogoleri 474 adayankha kuyitanidwa kuti ateteze Mayi Earth. Munthawi yaumboni wa maora awiri ophatikiza zipembedzo, kukambirana ndi kupemphera pafupi ndi kukumba komwe kulipo pano kwa Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), munthu amamva makina okumba akuwononga mzere wakumwera kwa Highway 1806.
Msonkhanowo utatha, anthu pafupifupi 50 a m’gululo ananyamuka pagalimoto kupita ku Bismarck, likulu la North Dakota, kukapempha Bwanamkubwa wa Boma kuti ayimitse bombalo. Atsogoleri achipembedzo 14 anakhala pansi mu rotunda ya capitol m’pemphero, anakana kutsiriza mapemphero awo ndi kutuluka m’nyumba ya capitol pamene analamulidwa ndi apolisi ndipo anamangidwa.
Anthu ena asanu anamangidwa Patapita mphindi 30 pamene asilikali a mphepo yamkuntho anatumizidwa kukaopseza otsala a gululo pamene iwo anadutsa mumsewu kulowera m'mphepete mwa nyumba ya Kazembeyo kuti agwade m'pemphero. Azimayi omwe amamangidwawo adatengedwa maola 4 kupita kundende ya ku Fargo, North Dakota pamene selo la amayi linalipo ku Bismarck. Awiri mwa amuna omwe adamangidwa adadabwa kwambiri atauzidwa kuti azimayi omwe adamangidwawo adatengedwa kupita ku Fargo chifukwa adayikidwa okha m'chipinda chomwe chikanatha kukhala ndi khumi omwe adadzazidwa ndi zinthu zaukhondo zachikazi. Amuna omwe adamangidwawo adanenanso kuti ndalama zawo zidatengedwa ndipo ndendeyo idapereka cheke chandalama, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ALIBE ndalama atatulutsidwa kuti akwere kabasi kapena kugula zakudya zomwe sizingatheke chifukwa ma taxi ndi masitolo nthawi zambiri salipira ndalama. M'malo mwake, omwe akutuluka m'ndende amauzidwa kuti apite kubanki kukapereka ndalama zamacheke omwe ali kutali ndi ndendeyo ndipo mwina amatsekedwa pamene omangidwa atulutsidwa.
Loŵeruka, November 5, atsogoleri a bungwe la mafuko analinganiza mwambo wa akavalo pamene Amwenye a m’zigwa ali “mbadwa za mtundu wamphamvu wa akavalo.” Mtsogoleri wa fuko John Eagle anakumbutsa anthu pafupifupi 1,000 omwe anali mgulu lalikulu pa Tribal Council Sacred Fire yatsopano, kuti mu Ogasiti 1876, akavalo 4,000 adatengedwa ndi asitikali aku US kuchokera ku Lakota mu yomwe imadziwika kuti Battle of Greasy Grass, ndipo imadziwika kuti. asilikali a US monga Nkhondo ya Little Bighorn. Iye anatchulanso osakhala Sioux kuti liwu la Sioux la kavalo limatanthauza “mwana wanga, mwana wanga wamkazi.” Ananenanso kuti kubwerera kwa akavalo kumoto wopatulika kudzakhala kuchiritsa kwa akavalo chifukwa cha kukumbukira kwawo kwachibadwa kwa machiritso a makolo awo m’zaka za m’ma XNUMX zapitazi komanso kuchiritsa mbadwa za ku America chifukwa cha kuvulala kwa majini chifukwa cha chithandizo chawo chambiri. za makolo awo. Kuchiritsa ambiri ku Standing Rock kuchokera ku nkhanza zawo zaposachedwa ndi apolisi ndi North Dakota National Guard, inali mbali yofunika kwambiri pamwambowo.
Chief John Eagle adanenanso kuti Achimereka ambiri aku America adalowa usilikali ndipo monga omenyera nkhondo, ali ndi nkhawa ziwiri za posttraumatic stress (PTS), choyamba kuchokera ku chithandizo chawo monga Achimereka aku America ndipo chachiwiri ngati omenyera nkhondo. John adatsindika kuti makamaka kwa omenyera nkhondo mbadwa, ndikofunikira kugwiritsa ntchito mawu oti "oteteza madzi," popeza mawu oti "owonetsa ndi otsutsa" angayambitse kuyankha kwa PTSD kuyambira masiku awo ali kunkhondo yaku US. Ananenanso kuti amawona PTSD m'maso mwa ambiri omwe adakumana ndi apolisi posachedwa.
Pamene John Eagle anafotokoza cholinga cha mwambowu, patali akuthamanga mumsewu wa mbendera mumsasa wa Oceti Sankowin anabwera 30 akavalo ndi okwera. Ndi “mfuu ya mtendere” osati mfuu zankhondo, gulu lalikulu la anthu 1,000 linatsegulidwa kuti lilandire akavalo ndi okwerapo. Anazungulira moto wopatulika nthawi zambiri ku "mfuwu wamtendere" wokulirapo ndi kuliza ng'oma yayikulu. Iye wapempha aliyense “woteteza madzi” kukhala olimba mtima m’mitima mwawo kuti athetse mkwiyo ndi mantha komanso kuti ayambe kupemphera, popeza apolisi ndi boma sadziwa momwe angathanirane ndi kusagwirizana ndi kupemphera. Atsogoleri adapempha kuti palibe amene angatenge zithunzi zamwambo wopatulika akavalo atalowa mubwalo.
Mtsogoleri wina ananenanso kuti mbadwa za ku America ziyenera kuyamba kukhululuka m’malo modikira kuti boma la United States liwapepese. Ananeneratu kuti boma la US silidzapepesa komanso kuti ngati Amwenye a ku America akhululukire zowawa zomwe akukhalamo, azikhala mokwiya. "Miyoyo imakhala yabwino ngati munthu angakhululukire," adatero. "Tiyenera kusintha ndipo tiyenera kusintha momwe timachitira ndi Amayi Earth."
Mwana wamwamuna wa mtsogoleri wa American Indian Movement (AIM) Russell Means adanena za kukhala pamsasa wa Front line ndi kumenyedwa ndi apolisi pamene ankateteza mayi wachikulire. Iye ananena kuti ankaona kuti chiwawa chikuchitika m’mbuyomo, ndipo zimene apolisi anachita mu 2016 “zinali zodziwika bwino m’magazi athu.” Means adakumbutsanso aliyense kuti athandize achinyamata oteteza madzi omwe akuvutika kuti athane ndi zomwe akumana nazo ndi apolisi m'masabata awiri apitawa.
Mwambowu ukutha pafupifupi achinyamata makumi atatu a Navajo Hopi ndi otsatira akuluakulu adafika pabwalo atathawa kuchokera ku Arizona. Polandilidwa moni ndi kulira kwakukulu kwa anthu 1,000 omwe ali m’bwalo, wachichepere wina wazaka 15 zakubadwa wa ku Hopi yemwe anali wachisoni anati: “Zaka 150 zapitazo tinakakamizika kuthaŵa nyumba zathu koma lero tathamanga kukuthandizani kusunga nyumba zanu ndi nyumba zathu. mzimu wopemphera, koma kusonyeza boma kuti silingatipangitse kuthawanso.”
Ndikuyenda kuchokera pabwalo, mayi wina wachikulire wa ku Sioux anandiuza kuti anali pa msasa wa Front Line tsiku limene unawonongedwa. Iye anali atakhala pansi m’pemphero pamene apolisi analoŵa mkati, kuzunza anthu, kuswa msasawo ndi kumumanga. Anati wakhala mumsasawo kwa miyezi itatu ndipo akhalabe mpaka msasawo utatha. M’misozi, iye anati, “Tsopano ndikukhala monga momwe makolo anga ankakhalira…m’chilengedwe tsiku lonse, tsiku ndi tsiku, m’dera limene tikukhala, kugwira ntchito ndi kupemphera limodzi. Ndakhala ndikudikira msonkhano umenewu moyo wanga wonse.”
Za Wolemba: Ann Wright Ann Wright adatumikira zaka 29 ku US Army/Army Reserve ndipo adapuma pantchito ngati Colonel. Anali kazembe waku US kwa zaka 16 ndipo adatumikira ku Embassy za US ku Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan ndi Mongolia. Adatula pansi udindo wawo ku boma la US mu Marichi 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Purezidenti Bush pa Iraq. Adayendera Standing Rock kawiri m'masabata atatu apitawa.
