Ummeli wase-US u-Deb Haaland
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UDeb Haaland uqinisekisiwe njengenhloko yoMnyango Wezangaphakathi. Ikhongolose yomdabu waseMelika futhi, njengoba ezichaza, isizukulwane sama-35 e-New Mexican, inikezwe izintambo zomnyango obukade ulwa, hhayi nje nabantu bakubo kodwa neplanethi uqobo, ngakho-ke, sonke, kakhulu selokhu yasungulwa. Okusho ukuthi, amanani omnyango yilawo amakoloni aseYurophu afika nawo ezwenikazi elisha: ukweba umhlaba kulabo abahlala khona, bese beqhubeka nokuwuxhaphaza.
UMnyango Wezangaphakathi ulawula amahektha acishe abe yizigidi ezingu-500 ezindawo zomphakathi namanzi asogwini, cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu zayo yonke indawo e-US ukungcola,โ ngokusho kwe-NPR.
I-Haaland iletha isethi ehlukile yamanani, nokuqonda okuhlukile kwePlanethi Yomhlaba, emdlalweni.
โUmnyango uneqhaza ekusebenziseni amandla ahlanzekile emazweni ethu omphakathi ukuze kudaleke amathuba emisebenzi namathuba amasha ezomnotho,โ esho ngesikhathi sokuqinisekisa, enezela ngokuthi โIzindawo zomphakathi zaseMelika zingakwazi futhi kufanele zibe izinjini zokukhiqiza amandla ahlanzekile.โ
Ngamanye amazwi, ungena emsebenzini wakhe omusha omele izithakazelo ngaphandle kwezinkampani. Lokho akusho ukuthi amandla ezombusazwe ezinkampani noma amandla emali avele ashabalala kuhulumeni, kodwa kunalokho ukuthi uhlobo oluhlukile lwezwi selukhona nalo, futhi alisabandlululwa. Ukuqokwa kukaHaaland kweqa โukubaluleka okungokomlandoโ nje. Ukuba khona kwakhe - ngakho izigidi zabantu zifuna ukukholelwa - kuyisinyathelo esiya kushintsho olukhulu: Mhlawumbe i-United States isiqalile ukukhula ngokwezemvelo.
Ngenkathi kumenyezelwa ukuqokwa kukaHaaland ngoDisemba, Simon Moya-Smith, i-Oglala Sioux, yabhala kuyi-NBC News: โIthemba elisha liye laqhakaza ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi iHaaland, njengezigidi zabantu boMdabu, ikholelwa ngokuqinile futhi isebenzisa umthetho weZizukulwane Eziyisikhombisa. Umthetho uthi zonke izinqumo ezibalulekile kufanele zenziwe kucatshangwa ngezizukulwane eziyisikhombisa ezizayo, futhi kuhlanganisa ukugcinwa nokuvikela amanzi, umhlaba nemilenze emibili kanye nemilenze emine yabantu ongeke uhlangane nabo - okungenani kulokhu kuphila. . . .
โAboMdabu baseMelika baye basinda eminyakeni engu-528 yobudlova, ubuhlanga, inzondo ngisho nokuqothulwa kohlanga kuleli zwe. Igqugquzelwa ubandlululo namahloni, iMelika ifune ukugcina aboMdabu baseMelika njengezinsalela zesikhathi esidlule kunokuba isamukele esikhathini sayo samanje futhi isivumele ukuthi sisize ukuholela leli zwe ekusaseni okwabiwe ngalo.โ
Ingabe yilokhu okushintshile? Ingabe isizwe siye sazivulela ukuhlakanipha okukhulu? Uma kunjalo, kuzoba nenqwaba yokududulana nayo okuvela embonini kaphethiloli. UDeb Haaland bekungeyona neze ukukhetha kwabo. Phambilini, izinqumo ezibandakanya amazwe ezizwe bezivame ukwenziwa ngokubonisana okuncane, noma cha, okungesinye sezizathu abantu abaningi boMdabu baphoqa uJoe Biden ukuthi aphikisane nesimo esasikhona sebhizinisi ekukhetheni kwakhe unobhala wezangaphakathi.
Umlandeli oyedwa waseHaaland uyiSizwana saseYurok saseNyakatho California, impilo yakhe nendlela yakhe yokuziphilisa ixhunywe eMfuleni i-Klamath kanye nenani lawo lama-salmon. Izinqumo zikahulumeni emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule - ikakhulukazi, ukusungulwa kwesistimu enkulu yamadamu nemisele yokunisela ebizwa ngokuthi i-Klamath Irrigation Project - ikhiphe amanzi, yafudumeza futhi, uNkulunkulu omuhle, yafaka ushevu emfuleni, yabulala i-salmon yawo eminingi. Lesi sizwe sesineminyaka sidonsa kanzima nohulumeni wobumbano ukuze sisindise umfula.
I-Salmon ibiyisizinda samasiko nomnotho wesizwe โkusukela kudala,โ ngokusho kuka UMartin Do Nascimento eMhlabeni ubulungisa. Kodwa emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, inani lama-salmon emfuleni liye lehla kakhulu.โ
Eminyakeni yamuva nje umfula i-Klamath usungcoliswe ulwelwe olukhipha ubuthi obubulalayo lapho ufa. โImbangela yolwelwe olubulalayo,โ kubhala uNascimento, โyaziwa kahle: amanzi amaningi agelezayo ezolimo ahlanganiswe namanzi afudumele angekho ngokwemvelo. Futhi amashumi eminyaka amuva nje aye aphendula uMfula iKlamath, owake waba omunye wemifula ekhiqiza ama-salmon amaningi kakhulu oGwini LwaseNtshonalanga, waba indawo yokuzalela lezi zimfucumfucu ezinobuthi.โ
Umklamo Wokuchelela obangela umonakalo ukhuphuka usuka eYurok, eKlamath Basin. Inemisele โengaphezu kwamakhilomitha angu-700, amadamu ayisikhombisa, neziteshi zokumpompa amanzi ezingu-28 . . . (futhi) minyaka yonke idonsa amanzi afinyelela kuhhafu eMfuleni i-Klamath.
โLapho umfula uncipha, kuba nzima nakakhulu ngezinhlanzi ze-salmon esezikhulile ukuba zikhuphukele phezulu ukuze ziyozalela, futhi lapho amanzi ageleza emfuleni afudumala khona.โ
Inhloso ye-Irrigation Project wukwenza kube lula kubalimi endaweni yaseKlamath Basin ukuchelela izilimo โesimeni sezulu ebesingeke sikwazi ukusekela ukukhiqiza.โ
Konke lokhu kuzwakala kufana kakhulu. Ngenkathi abalimi besekelwa i-Irrigation Project - idamu lokuqala elakhiwa ngo-1906 - banombono nalokhu, kusobala ukuthi iphrojekthi yavunywa futhi yathuthukiswa nguhulumeni wobumbano ngaphandle kokukhathalela i-Yurok point. yokubuka, noma ngaleyo ndaba, ngomfula ngokwawo kanye ne-salmon yawo. Lesi kwakungesinye isibonelo sabafana abamhlophe abaxhaphaza imvelo ukuze bazuze ngokushesha, ngaphandle kokunaka okunikezwe imiphumela engase ibe khona.
Ngempela, njengoba uNascimento ebonisa, sekungamakhulu eminyaka amaYurok elwela ukuvikela indlela yawo yokuphila. Emuva ngezinsuku zaseCalifornia Gold Rush, ukumba okungalawulwa kwezimayini nokugawulwa kwemithi nakho kwaqeda inani lama-salmon omfula. Ngawo-1850s, izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zamalungu esizwe sakwaYurok zazibulewe izifo noma izingxabano ezinodlame nezifiki.
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