Umthombo: Amaphupho Avamile
Abavikeli bamanzi abaholwa ngabantu bomdabu ngoLwesihlanu bahlanganyele ezinyathelweni eziningi eziqondile ngokumelene nepayipi le-Enbridge elingu-Line 3 tar sands elisengundabamlonyeni, ngalo lolo suku lapho abalawuli bezifundazwe benqabe khona isicelo sezizwe ezimbili sokumisa inkampani yaseCanada ukuthi iqhubeke nomsebenzi.
โAmanzi ahlanzekile nomhlaba ongangcolisiwe okwazi ukusinika ukudla kubalulekile ukuze siphileโฆ [futhi] Umugqa wesi-3 ubeka usongo olukhona enhlalakahleni yethu.โ
- Isizwe saseMinnesota Chippewa
Abavikeli bamanzi bavale ukuhamba kwamapayipi bagibela bagibela ezihlahleni njengengxenye yesenzo sangoLwesihlanu. Benxusa abanye abantu boMdabu kanye nababambisene nabo ukuthi "bame," izishoshovu ze-Anishinaabe komunye wemibhikisho zitshele abanye aboMdabu baseMelika ukuthi "okhokho benu nabo bakhona."
โAke ukhulume naye, uMama wethu uMhlaba ukhala ngokuthi amaqhawe aphinde avuke,โ kusho bona. โIzinhliziyo eziqinile eziya phambili!โ
Esitatimendeni, i-Line 3 Media Collective ithe leli payipi "liphula amalungelo esivumelwano abantu base-Anishinaabe ngokubeka engcupheni imithombo yemvelo ebalulekile ezindaweni zesivumelwano se-1854, 1855, kanye ne-1867, lapho i-Ojibwe inelungelo lokuzingela, ukudoba, ukuqoqa izitshalo zokwelapha. , bavune ilayisi lasendle, bagcine nezindawo ezingcwele.โ
"Isifunda saseMinnesota asinayo imvume yezizwe eziningi ezizophazanyiswa ukwakhiwa nokuchitheka," kusho iqembu. "Ngesonto eledlule, iRed Lake Band yaseChippewa kanye neWhite Earth Band banxuse i-Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ukuthi ime kancane ukugunyaza ukwakhiwa kwe-Line 3 ngenkathi izinselelo zezimvume zicutshungulwa yiNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala yaseMinnesota."
NgoLwesihlanu, i-MPUC uvotelwe 4-1 ukwenqaba isicelo sezizwe. Ngokuvumelana ne the Washington Thumela, okhomishani bathi okunye ukubambezeleka kuzolimaza izisebenzi ezihambele enyakatho yeMinnesota. Baphinde bacaphuna ukuqokwa kukaHulumeni weDemocratic Alliance u-Tim Walz kule phrojekthi ngokuthi โkubalulekileโ ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-coronavirus.
NgoLwesine, i-Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) ifake isicelo ngqo ku-Walz:
Abantu baseNdiya babehlala eduze kwamachibi, imifula, nemifudlana yasenyakatho yeMinnesota kusukela kudala. Abantu be-MCT sebekhulile endaweni iminyaka eminingi ngenxa yokongiwa ngokucophelela kwezinsiza zethu. Amanzi ahlanzekile nomhlaba ongangcolile okwazi ukusinika ukudla kubalulekile ukuze siphileโฆ [futhi] Umugqa wesi-3 ubeka usongo olukhona enhlalakahleni yethu.
Ivoti kanye nesenzo sakamuva sokumelana nabavikeli bamanzi siza ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo $ 2.9 billion, isandiso esingamamayela angu-1,100.
Ngokuvumelana ne Iqembu lezemvelo eliholwa ngabantu bomdabu i-Honor the Earth, leli payipi lizokwazi ukuthutha imiphongolo engu-760,000 kawoyela we-tar sandsโowaziwa ngokuthi amafutha angcolile kakhulu emhlabeniโkusuka e-Alberta, eCanada kuya echwebeni laseSuperior, eWisconsin. I-Stop Line 3 ithi lelipayipi lizodlula โemaxhaphozini angakaze athintwe kanye nendawo yesivumelwano yabantu base-Anishinaabe.โ
"Sinelungelo lokusebenzisa amalungelo ethu esivumelwano," kugcizelela ilungu leGitchigumi Scout uTaysha Martineau, omunye wabaholi bomdabu esenzweni sangoLwesihlanu. "Sikucela ukuthi ubeke ubufakazi futhi uvikele ilungelo lethu lokwenza lokho."
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