I
n
ke kuʻuna o ke kūʻē ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana, ʻo ka Spring Survival Gathering
e hoʻohanohano iā Roberta Blackgoat i hala, ke alakaʻi kūʻē a me nā kuʻuna
matriarch, ua mālama ʻia ma kona ʻāina kupuna ma Big Mountain, just
he mau mile ma ka hema o ka lua lanahu Peabody Black Mesa ma ka hikina akau
ʻAleleana.
e hoohauhee ana
ʻoi aku ma mua o 26 mau mile o ke ala lepo, piʻi a i lalo i nā awāwa pali, ma ke one
holoi, ma ka wao nahele uliuli alohilohi me nā pua a kahili ʻia e
makani puna, maʻalahi ke poina i ka pilikia o ka wai a puni
ke komohana hema. Nui nā pūnāwai ma Big Mountain a ma nā kauhale ʻo Hopi kokoke
ua maloʻo ka poʻe o ka Navajo (a i ʻole Dineh) a me ka Hopi
manaʻoʻiʻo ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka wai o Navajo i lalo
ʻO ka Mesa ʻeleʻele, kahi hoʻopau ʻia e nā laina slurry lanahu e kahe ana ʻelima
miliona mau galani wai i ka lā mai ka aquifer.
ka
Ua ʻauhau ʻia ʻo Colorado River kokoke i ka palena e nā koi mai
nā kūlanakauhale ulu nui e like me Phoenix, Las Vegas, a me Los Angeles, a
hoʻoulu ʻia e nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā a me nā mea hoʻomohala i kākoʻo ʻia
ʻo kekahi hapa e ka lanahu i ʻeli ʻia mai ka Mesa ʻEleʻele. Hooweliweli ka hopena
miliona mau kānaka me ka maloʻo a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe o ka hiki ʻole ke ola.
ka
Ua hana ʻino ʻia ka hui ʻana e ke aupuni ʻohana Hopi
a kipa ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā e nā pūʻali koa Hopi, hele pū ʻia i hoʻokahi manawa
e ka FBI. Eia kekahi, nā mea hōʻailona ʻole o ka ʻaelike noho
e noho ana ma Hopi Partitioned Lands (HPL) i kipa ʻia ma ko lākou
home e Hopi Field Monitors a nīnau ʻia e pili ana i ka ʻākoakoa.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke ola o kēia mākaʻi kūʻē ma ka HPL, ʻāpana
o kahi hoʻolālā e hoʻokuke aku iā Dineh (Navajo) kuʻuna mai nā ʻāina i hāʻawi ʻia
i ka ʻohana Hopi ma lalo o ke kānāwai 1974 (PL 93-531), i hoʻoholo ʻia e kahi ʻike ʻole.
Ahaolelo ma ke kauoha a ka Hui Lanahu Peabody.
(“Hopi
Tribe" ma aneʻi e pili ana i kahi aupuni ʻohana i kau ʻia e United
Nā mokuʻāina ma luna o nā kūʻē o ka Hopi kuʻuna a ke kūʻē mau nei
e nā Hopis he nui e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana o Dineh.)
People
e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao hewa o ka laina, a ka Congress i huki ai i ka makahiki 1974,
nā mea hōʻailona a me nā mea hōʻailona ʻole o ka Accommodation Agreement, alo
he pūʻulu puʻupuʻu o ke aupuni a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana. He wahine
ma ka ʻaha kanaka e noho kokoke ana i ka lua lanahu i hōʻike aku ai i kona manaʻo ʻeha.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻae ʻia mai kāna hale mokuna Navajo e uku kālā i ka hoʻoilo
o ka home o kona makuahine, ua hai ia mai, “Ina e hele kaua a
kālā ia mea, hopohopo mākou e hele mai ka ʻohana Hopi a waiho i kahi
ka hihia. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe hoʻoponopono.
Ua
ua noi nui i ka ʻohana Hopi no ka uila, maʻalahi
hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā uea mine lanahu kokoke. ʻO ke aupuni ʻohana kūʻē like
no nā makahiki he ʻumi i mālama ʻole i kāna mau noi e ʻiliʻili i kona alanui a hoʻoponopono paha
kona mau pā, a ua ʻauʻa wale i nā ʻae wahie koʻikoʻi.
E
e hōʻiliʻili i ka lāʻau mai ko lākou mau kua, pono ka poʻe HPL e hele
50 a ʻoi aku paha mau mile no ka noi ʻana i nā palapala ʻae a i kēlā me kēia mahina he palapala ʻae hou
koi ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā ʻae. Nā mea hōʻailona ʻole
ma ke alo lohi a me ka malama ole. ʻAʻole hana ʻia a
hiki i ka ʻae ma ke koi a Rangers a i ʻole Range Monitors ke hopena
ka hao ʻana i ka wahie a/a i ʻole nā kaulahao.
kekahi
Pono e ʻae ʻia ke kūkulu hou ʻana ma ka HPL e ka ʻohana Hopi a i ʻole
hiki ke wehe. Ua hōʻike kekahi mea kū'ē i ka hui ʻana
Ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e haʻalele i kona hale i ka wā i lilo ʻole ai ka hale ma hope
Ua kuʻi ʻo Hopi Rangers i ke kahua e hoʻāʻo nei e hopu
poʻe kākoʻo i pāpā ʻole i ka bulldozer e hoʻoweliweli
ka hale. No ka mea, aia kona hale ma kahi kokoke i ka hanai pipi o Hopi
ʻāina a ʻo ia ka mea i nānā pono ʻia e nā mākaʻi, ua pau kona manaʻo
o ka hana malu ana i na hana e pono ai a i ole ka haawiia ana aku i palapala ae.
Kau holoholona
ka hao ʻana, e pili ana i nā ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa i kau ʻia e ka ʻohana Hopi,
He mea hoʻoweliweli mau ia i ke ola o ka poʻe HPL.
T
he
He liʻiliʻi ʻo Survival Gathering, e hōʻike ana i nā mea kākoʻo mamao
a ua pono nā kamaʻāina e hele, e noʻonoʻo pū kekahi
ka luhi i noho i loko o nā puʻuwai he nui mai ka wā i luku ʻia ai
o ke awa o Sundance e ka Hopi bulldozers i Augate, 2001, a pela no hoi
e hōʻike ana i kekahi kuʻikahi i hānai ʻia a hoʻonui ʻia
e na pilikia o ka hoao ana e ola a hanai i na ohana iloko o ka pilikia
kūlana o kahi ʻāina i noho ʻia.
At
hoʻokahi manawa o ka hālāwai, pilikia kekahi o nā lunakahiko
ka hoʻoholo ʻana i kahi kahua no ka hālāwai aʻe a, ma hope o ke kuʻi ʻana i kā lākou
poʻo pū no kekahi manawa, nā kaikuahine ʻo Catherine Smith lāua ʻo Pauline
ʻO Whitesinger, me ka ʻakaʻaka i ko lākou mau maka, noi aku ʻo Danny Black-
kao nāna e mālama i ka ʻaha kanaka i makemake ʻole ai
e alakaʻi hou, ua hiki i ka manawa o nā lunakahiko e hala i ka
ʻaʻahu alakaʻi i ka hanauna e hiki mai ana.
ia
manawa, poignant a whimsical i ka manawa like, hoike mai i ka mea a
crucible keia hui ana. Ma ʻaneʻi i ʻākoakoa ai nā ʻōpio a me nā lunakahiko
he hana ku e ka lakou noho ana ma na aina kupuna.
Ua huakaʻi ka poʻe kākoʻo no kahi mākaʻikaʻi pōkole mai Farani mai,
a me ka poe i hala na makahiki ma ka aina e lawelawe ana i ke kue—kekahi
ma ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Dineh paʻakikī. ʻO mākou pū
hiki iā lākou ke ʻakaʻaka a nānā ma nā ao i nā hōkū mamao,
ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ʻaʻohe o mākou koho akā e hoʻopili iā mākou iho i kā mākou
kū'ē like me nā ikaika a pau o ko mākou ola, no ka pono
o na hanauna e hiki mai ana.
We
akaaka, pule, oopalau i ka aina, hanai hipa, moa, ai, a
hoʻopaʻapaʻa pū me nā mea komo. Ma ka Poaha, Catherine Smith, nana
he hapa kuli a paʻa i nā makaaniani ma hope o ka hana ʻana no ka maʻi ʻāʻī,
ua haʻi mai iā mākou ua hiki mai ʻelua mau Hopi Rangers i kona hale i kēlā kakahiaka
e ninau no ka akoakoa ana. "Manaʻo wau ke nānā nei lākou i kēlā me kēia
home," wahi āna. “I nehinei ua nalowale koʻu pepeiao, no laila
maikaʻi ke kamaʻilio ʻana mai nā Rangers iaʻu i kēia lā no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu
e hoʻolohe iā lākou.
ka
I ka lā aʻe, ua holo pū kekahi luna FBI me ʻekolu mau Hopi Rangers.
Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i ka pale pōkā. I ka hōʻole ʻana o Danny Blackgoat
e kamaʻilio pū me ia, ua koi ʻia ka ʻelele e kamaʻilio i ka
ke kū nei i waenakonu o kahi pōʻai o 20 a 30 mau kānaka,
nā kāmeʻa a me nā leo leo kani.
"The
ʻO ke kumu o koʻu hele ʻana ma ʻaneʻi no ka mea ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōlelo
he pūʻulu o ka poʻe ʻaʻole ʻIini e kuʻi nei ma ka ʻāina ʻo Hopi,” i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia.
"ʻO ke kumu o ko mākou komo ʻana no ka mea ʻo ka Hopis
pilikia ka kipaku ʻana i ka poʻe ʻaʻole i India.
He
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻopuka i nā nīnau i kā mākou mea hoʻokipa me ka mahalo ʻole:
"ʻehia ou makahiki? He hale anei kou? He helu helu kāu
helu?” Noho ʻo Danny Blackgoat me kona mau lima i pelu ʻia ma luna o kona
poʻo, e nānā ana iā ia i ka maka, me ka pane ʻana me ka mahalo kupanaha a
mahalo. “ʻO ʻoe ʻo Hopi? Navajo?”
"He aha
he lāhui ʻoe?” Ua nīnau mālie ʻo Danny i ka luna.
“ʻO wau
nani loa ʻo Illinois redneck, kahi liʻiliʻi o nā mea a pau. ʻŌlelo Cherokī,
ʻO Irish, Kelemānia, kēlā me kēia mea i loaʻa i laila i kēlā manawa, "
ʻo ia ka pane pane.
no ka mea,
he 20 mau minuke, ua hoʻolei ʻo ia i ka volley o ka palaualelo
ninau. ʻO ka hope, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pauline Whitesinger, e kamaʻilio ana i ka
Agena FBI. Ua unuhi ʻo Danny Blackgoat: “Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua like ʻoe
he Navajo, aole he Hopi. ʻŌlelo ʻo ia e lawe pū me ʻoe i kahi Hopi kuʻuna
ina oe e hele hou mai maanei. 'Ōleloʻo ia he a
kanaka keʻokeʻo. ʻAʻohe o ʻoukou he alakaʻi Hopi. Ina hele mai lakou e hai
ʻO wau ko lākou ʻāina, a laila e hoʻolohe au iā lākou. ʻO kēia ʻāina,
ʻaʻole makemake ka Hopis. Ua kamaʻilio wau me kahi Hopi
ka mea i ʻōlelo, ʻAʻole mākou makemake i kēia ʻāina ma ʻaneʻi. Ua lawe ʻia
no ke kumu ʻole.'”
"Hana
He nīnau kāna?" ua keakea ka luna.
mahope iho o
hoomaha, nana aku la o Pauline iaia. "E like me kāu e ʻōlelo nei, aia ma laila
aia kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole Inia e kuʻi nei ma ʻaneʻi, makemake wau e haʻi iā ʻoe aia
he poʻe ʻAiʻa ʻole lākou e hoʻomoe ana ma nā ʻāina ʻōiwi ʻAmelika mai ka makahiki 1492.
A ua pau kou hoolimalima. No laila, ho'ōki i ka hoʻoluhi ʻana iā mākou. ʻO ko mākou ʻāina kēia.
ʻO Paul Bloom
he mea hana lōʻihi e kākoʻo i ke kūʻē ʻana o Big Mountain.
