Jeneda Benally, Save the Peaks Coalition
[imelo ndiotetezedwa]
(928) 380-8014 www.savethepeaks.org
August 8, 2008, Flagstaff, AZ - The Bwalo la Apilo la Dera la 9
adapereka
kuyembekezera chigamulo lero pamlandu woteteza chilengedwe ndi
kukhulupirika kwa chikhalidwe cha San Francisco Peaks ku Arizona. The chisankho chogawanika
anasintha chigamulo cha khoti lapitalo ndipo wakana kwakanthawi
by
mafuko ndi magulu achilengedwe kuti asiye Arizona Snowbowl Ski Resort
kuchokera
kukulitsa chitukuko ndi kupanga chipale chofewa kuchokera m'matope otayira otayidwa
on
phiri lopatulika.
"Kupulumuka kwachikhalidwe cha Mitundu Yopitilira 13 ndikolunjika
zolumikizana ndi kukhulupirika kwa chilengedwe cha oyera San Francisco
Nsonga, "anatero Jeneda Benally, wodzipereka ndi Save the Peaks
Mgwirizano.
"Zosankha zamasiku ano sizimangoyika njira zamoyo izi pachiwopsezo komanso zimayika
ndi
siteji kwa chilengedwe ndi tsoka laumoyo wa anthu. Tilibe
kusankha koma
kutsimikizira kudzipereka kwathu kuteteza San Francisco Peaks oyera, "
anapitiriza
Benally.
The Forest Service United States imayang'anira San Francisco Peaks ngati
boma
dziko ndipo wakumana ndi milandu yambiri ndi a Mtundu wa Navajo, Hopi, White
Mountain Apache, Yavapai Apache, Hualapaindipo Havasupai mafuko, monga
komanso
ndi Sierra Club, Flagstaff Activist Network, Center of Biological
Zosiyanasiyana,
ndi ena pambuyo pake adavomereza malo otsetsereka otsetsereka
chitukuko mu
2005.
M'chigamulo chaposachedwa, Khotilo lidapeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito zimbudzi zobwezeretsedwanso
madzi
kupanga chipale chofewa cha skiing pamalo omwe amavomerezedwa kuti ndi opatulika
'chachikulu
kulemedwa ndi Otsutsa pa nkhani ya chipembedzo pankhaniyi.
Malinga ndi
Khothi, "zokhazo zomwe zikukonzedwazo zili pa
Odandaula'
omvera, otengeka mtima zochitika zachipembedzo. Ndiko kuti, kukhalapo kwa
Madzi owonongeka omwe adasinthidwanso pa Peaks amakhumudwitsa Otsutsa '
chipembedzo
kukhudzikaโฆkuchepa kwa kukwaniritsidwa kwa uzimu โ kofunika kwambiri
ngakhale izo
mwina - si 'cholemetsa chachikulu' pakuchita mwaulere
chipembedzo."
Khotilo linakana zikhulupiriro zachipembedzo za Oimba mlanduwo nโkunena kuti zikhulupiriro zake nโzongopeka chabe
"malingaliro owonongeka auzimu."
Mfundo zazikuluzikulu za Tribes zimayang'ana pa nkhani zachipembedzo pogwiritsa ntchito
Lamulo Lobwezeretsa Ufulu Wachipembedzo (RFRA), zomwe amayembekezera
Perekani
chitetezo chofunikira chalamulo komwe malamulo ena monga aku America
Religious Freedom Act yalephera.
"Lingaliroli ndi lomvetsa chisoni ndipo, m'malingaliro mwanga ndilolakwika," adatero Howard
Shanker, yemwe akuyimira Navajo Nation, Havasupai Tribe, White Mountain
Apache Nation, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Sierra Club, Center for
Tizilombo
Diversity, ndi Flagstaff Activist Network. "Khoti amadziyika okha
in
udindo woweruza kuvomerezeka kwa Zikhulupiriro zaku America ndi
machitidwe. Umakhala wotsutsana ndi chipembedzo chomwe sichili choyenera
udindo
za makhoti. Umboni ukusonyeza bwino lomwe kuti Mapiri ndi ofunika
ku
13 ya mafuko kumwera chakumadzulo kwa United States ndi omwe amagwiritsa ntchito ngalande
madzi kuti apange chipale chofewa pa iwo ndizovuta kwambiri
Tribe's
kuthekera kotsatira chipembedzo chawo.โ
โMโdziko muno Amwenye Achimereka alibe First Amendment ufulu pamene
it
amabwera pazisankho zaboma zogwiritsa ntchito nthaka," atero a Howard Shanker
komanso
akuthamangira ku Congress Arizona's Congressional District 1. "The
Federal
boma liyenera kukhala ndi malo okwana maekala masauzande ambiri omwe a Tribes amakhala nawo
zopatulika.
Mlandu uwu unali wotsiriza, mwayi wabwino kwambiri kuti mafuko athe kutero
Perekani
chitetezo chalamulo kumayiko amenewo. Mโdziko limene limadzitamandira
ufulu wachipembedzo, ndizosavomerezeka kuti zikhulupiriro za Native American
sali
kulemekezedwa pansi pa lamulo kapena Constitution. Tikuyembekezera kupempha
ndi
Khothi Lalikulu Kwambiri ku US kuti tiwunikenso za nkhaniyi,โ adatero Shanker.
"Chigamulochi chikupereka chitsanzo choyipa chomwe chidzakhudza tsogolo la
Native
Chipembedzo cha ku America,โ anatero Francis Tso wa bungwe la Save the Peaks
Mgwirizano. "Tiyesetsa kusintha chigamulo choyipachi."
Oweruza atatu otsutsana ndi bwalo la en banc adatsutsa kuti,
โZachipembedzo
kuchita masewero olimbitsa thupi, mosasinthasintha, ndi pakati, kumakhudza 'womvera' wauzimu
zochitika.โ Oweruza otsutsawo ananenanso kuti, โThe
ambiri
kusamvetsetsa chikhalidwe cha zikhulupiriro zachipembedzo ndi kuchita monga
chabe
"subjective" ndi chifukwa chokana kuvomereza chipembedzo cha Amwenye
as
oyenera kutetezedwa pansi pa RFRA." Monga momwe adanenera otsutsa, "RFRA inali
wadutsa
kuteteza machitidwe a zipembedzo zonse, kuphatikizapo zipembedzo za
Amwenye Achimereka. Ngati chipembedzo cha Amwenye chozikidwa pa nthaka sichiri
kutetezedwa ndi RFRA pankhaniyi, sindingathe kuganiza momwe zimakhalira
adzakhala.
Pepani kuti ambiri awerenga mogwira mtima American
Amwenye kunja
pa RFRA."
"Lingaliro ili ndi chitsimikizo chowawa cha kusowa kwa chitetezo
wathu
ufulu wachipembedzo,โ anatero Alberta Nells ndi bungwe la Youth of the Peaks.
Nells
anapitiliza, "Ndi chikumbutso chowawa kuti si nzika zonse zomwe zili zofanana
izi
dziko, koma monga kayendetsedwe ka ufulu wachibadwidwe sanataye mtima pamene
makhoti
kumenyedwa pambuyo nkhonya, sitidzasiya mpaka ufulu wathu utatha
kwathunthu
kugwiriziridwa. Ife achinyamata tipitilize kuyimirira pa chikhalidwe chathu
moyo."
"Federal Land Management ndondomeko sizigwirizana polankhula
Native
Mchitidwe wachipembedzo waku America wokhudzana ndi malo opatulika. Nkhani iyi
kutsindika
mfundo yoti tifunika kuchitapo kanthu kuti titeteze chitetezo
malo
chochitidwa chopatulika ndi Mafuko Achimereka Achimereka", adatero Klee Benally wa Save
ndi
Peaks Coalition. โZikhulupiriro zozama zachipembedzo za mazana a
masauzande
a nzika za dziko lino akhala akuimbidwa ndi mmodzi kuti apeze phindu
paokha
bizinesi yogwira ntchito m'malo a anthu. Zomwe ndimadzifunsabe ndikuti 'zili bwanji
kuti
amaona chilungamo?โโ anapitirizabe motero Benally.
Magulu a zachilengedwe ankatsutsa kuti Ntchito Yankhalango anaphwanya
National
Environmental Policy Act. โOweruza asanu ndi atatu mwa oweruza khumi ndi mmodzi adaganiza zosiya
kunyalanyaza nkhani yakuti 'Kodi chimachitika n'chiyani ngati mwana adya chipale chofewa?'
anati
Rudy Preston wa Flagstaff Activist Network ndi wodandaula mu
nkhani.
Preston anapitiliza kunena kuti, "Khoti lidathetsa thanzi lonse
nkhani
pa zolakwika za mchitidwe pokana kuyankhapo za thanzi lenileni
zotsatira
za chipale chofewa ichi, chomwe chatsimikiziridwa kuti chili ndi zovulaza
Mankhwala
ndi zopanga zosamalira anthu, pa ana athu. Bwalo lamilandu mwachiwonekere
kuponyedwa
kusiya udindowu, ndipo tipitiliza kufuna kuyankha
chifukwa
ana athu ndi dziko.โ
Magulu a zachilengedwe akukhudzidwa ndi kuopsa kwa thanzi la kugwiritsa ntchito
amachiritsidwa
zimbudzi zotayira kuti chisanu ichi, ndipo adzipereka kupitiriza
tsutsa chigamulochi. โIfe sitikugwirizana nazo
kulamuliraโkupanga chipale chofewa ndi
zimbudzi akadali lingaliro loipa, "anatero Taylor McKinnon, Public
Mayiko
Director ndi Center for Biological Diversity, "Tipitiliza
nkhondo
pamodzi ndi anzathu. Chigamulo ichi chikungolimbitsa mtima wathu. "
Bungwe la Save the Peaks Coalition lipitiliza kudzipereka kwawo kuti likhale limodzi
mafuko,
okonda zachilengedwe, ndi anthu onse amene amasamala za ufulu wachipembedzo, a
umoyo wa madera athu, ndi chilengedwe.
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