Emva kweenyanga zokuchasana ngoxolo, isizwe esiSimangileyo saseSioux kunye namahlakani aso afumene impumelelo eyimbali ngeCawa, njengoko i-US Army Corps of Engineers yabhengeza ukuba iyakwala iimvume zokwakha zecandelo eliphambili lePipeline yokuFikelela eDakota. Esi sibhengezo siyayimisa le projekthi, ngelixa sikwaqaqambisa amandla entshukumo ezinzileyo yokuchasa abantu bomthonyama baseMelika, abaphembeleli bendalo esingqongileyo kunye namawakawaka amahlakani.
Ukuma kweStanding Rock kwaqala kwiinyanga ezidlule, xa abaqhankqalazi abaliqela bomthonyama baseka โinkampu yomthandazoโ eseluxolweni kwindlela yombhobho weoyile oziikhilomitha ezili-1,172. Njengoko iindaba zale projekthi zazisasazeka, abantu abazibiza ngokuba โngabakhuseli bamanziโ batsala umdla kakhulu ingqalelo kumazwe ngamazwe, yavusa intshukumo kwilizwe lonke yaza yatsalela amawakawaka abalandeli eCannonball, kuMntla Dakota. Ngoxa ungquzulwano nabezomthetho luye lwaphumela ekwenzakaleni kwabaqhankqalazi, abaququzeleli beStanding Rock baqhubeka begxininisa ukubaluleka โkokwenza ngalo lonke ixesha ngoxolo nangomthandazo,โ ngokutsho kukaSihlalo Wesizwe SakwaStanding Rock Sioux uDave Archambault II.
Lo mbutho awuzange uwuncame lo moya wokuvuleleka kwentliziyo, nto leyo eyenza uloyiso lwaba nentsingiselo enzulu kubaququzeleli bayo yonke imivumbo. Umlweli wendalo kunye nombhali uBill McKibben wathi โakazange awubone umzekelo obhetele wokulungelelanisa.โ Kwi ibali le Guardian, wabhala ukuba umzabalazo we-#NoDAPL "ukwazile ukwakha kungekhona nje ukuchasana neprojekthi, kodwa amandla amatsha amangalisayo kunye namanyanisiweyo." Ngeli xesha, uNahomi Klein, ngubani igubungele ibali Wesizwe, icacisile into yokuba ngokungafaniyo noloyiso oluninzi, โoludla ngokuza ngokunyuka โฆ kwaye ngolibaziseko oluthile emva kwentshukumo enkulu,โ olu lukwiLiwa iStanding โliqaqambile kwaye alinakuphikiswa.โ Ngaphezu koko: "Kubonisa abantu kuyo yonke indawo ukuba ukulungelelanisa kunye nokuchasa akulolize."
Abanye ababandakanyekayo kulo mbutho bagxininisa ukubaluleka kobumbano phakathi kweendlela. "Sinabalingane abaninzi ngoku," ubhale kuDaniel Health Justice, ilungu leSizwe saseCherokee. "Imizabalazo yethu yokuhlangana kwabelwana ngayo." I-Standing Rock Tribal Councilman Cody Two Bears xelelwe Wesizwe ubona umzabalazo we-#NoDAPL njengenxalenye yentshukumo enkulu yokuzinza, ekhokelwa ngabantu bomthonyama. Wathi: โAbantu bokuqala beli lizwe kufuneka bafundise eli lizwe indlela yokuphila kwakhona. "Ngokuhamba luhlaza, ngokuhlaziywa, ngokusebenzisa iintsikelelo asinike zona umdali: ilanga kunye nomoya."
UArchambault ukhuphe amazwi ombulelo ngokukhawuleza emva kweendaba zayizolo, evakalisa umbulelo โkulutsha lwesizwe olusungule lo mbuthoโ โnakwezinye izizwe namagunya ezizwe ezimanyene nathi.โ I-Archambault ikwagxininise inyani yokuba umbutho unyanzelise โubudlelwane besizwe nesizweโ phakathi kwezizwe kunye nolawulo luka-Obama. Uncome u-Obama โngenkaliphoโ yokubandakanyeka ngale ndlela, wongeza ngelithi, โIzivumelwano ngowona mthetho ubalulekileyo kwaye kufuneka zihlonitshwe.
Nangona kunjalo, uninzi lwabaququzeleli sele bejonge phambili kumanyathelo alandelayo kumzabalazo wokugcina amalungelo emveli kunye nemithombo yendalo esingqongileyo. Abaninzi bavakalise ixhala labo lokuba ulawulo lukaTrump oluzayo luza kungqineka luxhathisa kakhulu kwimiba yamalungelo emveli okanye ukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo. Kwinkomfa yabezindaba ngoMvulo emva kwemini, uTrump uphinde waphinda inkxaso yakhe kulwakhiwo lombhobho. Kungekudala emva koko, Iingxelo kwavela ukuba uTrump wayethengisa indima yakhe kwi-Energy Transfer Partners, inkampani ejongene nombhobho.
Kuhlala kungacacanga ukuba yintoni na enokuza ngesithembiso soMkhosi weNjineli wokuhlola "ezizezinye iindlela" zombhobho-indawo apho abaninzi baphakamisa umnxeba wokuba bahlale bephaphile. "Asichasani nokuzimela kwamandla, uphuhliso lwezoqoqosho okanye ukhuseleko lwelizwe," utshilo u-Archimbault. "Kodwa kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba ezi zigqibo zenziwe ngokuthathela ingqalelo abantu bethu bomthonyama." Uthungelwano lokusiNgqongileyo lweNdawo luhlala lunethemba, ukuba lulumkile, tweeting, "Umlo awukapheli, kodwa siyaphumelela."
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