Sarah James

Sarah Agnes James (an haife ta a shekara ta 1946   ) yar gwagwarmaya ce ta Neets'aii Gwich'in daga kauyen Arctic, Alaska, Amurka, amma an haife ta a Fort Yukon "saboda a nan ne asibitin yake. Na girma wani lokaci a Fort Yukon da Salmon River, amma mafi yawan lokaci a ƙauyen Arctic, Alaska  memba ne na Majalisar Indiya ta Tremes . " An ba ta lambar yabo ta muhalli ta Goldman a cikin 2002,  tare da Jonathon Solomon da Norma Kassi . Sun samu kyautar ne saboda kokarin da suka yi na kare mafakar namun daji na Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) daga shirye-shiryen hako mai da hako mai. Binciken mai da iskar gas zai dagula tsarin rayuwar Porcupine caribou, wanda ya kasance tushe ga al'adun Gwich'in tun kusan 18,000 BC. 

 Siyasa da lobbying 
A cikin Nuwamba 1969, James ta shiga ƙungiyar ɗalibai 'yan asalin ƙarƙashin jagorancin ɗan gwagwarmayar Mohawk Richard Oakes waɗanda suka mamaye tsohuwar tsibirin kurkukun Alcatraz a San Francisco, CA. 

A cikin 1990s James ta ziyarci al'ummomi a ƙasashen Kudancin Amirka (Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, da Guatemala), yana magana ga marasa galihu. Ta kuma fito a shirye-shiryen talabijin (CNN, MacNeil-Lehrer, CBS). Kuma ta yi tafiya zuwa Washington, tana ƙoƙarin share ra'ayoyin da suka yi imanin cewa kamfanonin man fetur ba su ba da labari ba, da kuma yin magana don kiyaye mafakar namun daji na Arctic National Refuge.

 Fage 
Yaƙub ta ƙarfafa dukanmu mu “koyi da juna kuma mu ci gaba don duniya, domin mu rayu.” Sarah ba ta iya rabuwa da nisa daga arewacin duniya na ciki Alaska. Mahaifiyarta, mahaifinta, da kakaninta cikin ƙauna sun koya mata don kare " Wuri Mai Tsarki Inda Dukan Rayuwa Ta Farko ", Iizzhik Gwats'an Gwandaii Goodiit. Kasa malaminta ne, maganinta, mai raya mata, kuma hanyarta zuwa ga mahalicci. Ta taso ba tare da kasa ba kuma ta san wahalhalun rayuwa a cikin sanyin arewacin kasar. Sarah ta sadaukar da kanta don kare hanyoyin rayuwa masu mahimmanci, tana haɓaka muryoyin jama'arta da halittu - musamman caribou. Babbar mai magana da yawunta kuma mai fafutuka, Sarah ta yi balaguro a duk duniya don tara mutane da yawa cikin tausayawa don kare garken Caribou na Porcupine da kuma kare wuraren da suke haifuwa daga ci gaban mai da bala'in yanayi. Tana karantarwa da koyo daga mutane dabam-dabam, tana kawo koyarwarta, da kuma karɓar nasu. Sarah tana aiki daga ƙauyenta kuma ta ci gaba da ba da himma don isar da koyarwar kakanni ga matasa. 

 Girmamawa da kyaututtuka 
A cikin 1993, James ya sami kyautar Alston Bannerman Fellowship.  A shekara ta 2001 ta sami kyautar "Jagora don Canjin Duniya" da aka ba wa fitattun shugabanni amma ba a san su ba.  A cikin 2002 an ba ta lambar yabo ta muhalli ta Goldman don "masu kula da muhalli tare da Jonathon Solomon Sr., da Norma Kassi.   Ta kuma sami lambar yabo ta National Conservation Land Trust Award a 2002. A cikin 2004, ta sami lambar yabo ta Ecotrust Conservation for Indigenous Leadership and 6 Foundation  "Kyautar Celia Hunter don Fitattun Kiyayewa" 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1946