Diane E. Benson

Diane E. Benson (an Haife ta a watan Oktoba 17, 1954) ƴar siyasar Alaska ce, marubuciya kuma ƴar wasan kwaikwayo. Ita ce ‘yar takarar Demokraɗiyya ta 2010 ga Laftanar gwamna na Alaska, inda ta doke wasu abokan hamayya uku a cikin fidda gwani na Democratic.  Abokin takarar gwamna Benson shine tsohon shugaban marasa rinjaye na majalisar dokokin jihar Ethan Berkowitz ; sun sha kaye a babban zaben da jam'iyyar Republican ta samu tikitin Sean Parnell da Mead Treadwell da kashi 22% na kuri'un.
Alaska Dispatch August 24, 2010 
Benson ta tsaya takarar gwamnan Alaska a matsayin ƴar takarar jam'iyyar Green Party a 2002 da kuma majalisar Amurka da tsohon soja Don Young a matsayin ƴar takarar Democrat a 2006, ta sami kyakkyawan sakamako na tarihi na 40% tare da ƙarancin goyon baya daga jam'iyyar. A takararta ta biyu a majalisar a 2008 ta sha kaye a zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat Berkowitz, wanda zai yi takara da shi a kan tikitin takarar gwamna a 2010 kuma wanda a waccan shekarar ya kasance dan takarar "Red to Blue" wanda kwamitin yakin neman zaben Democratic Congress ya goyi bayan. 
Alaska Dispatch August 24, 2010 
 Rayuwa da ilimi 
Bisa ga tarihin rayuwar Benson daga gidan yanar gizonta, ba kamar yayyenta ba, an haife ta a wajen Alaska a Yakima, Washington a 1954, yayin da mahaifiyarta ke jinyar cutar tarin fuka . Daga zuriyar Norwegian a gefen mahaifinta da zuriyar Tlingit a bangaren mahaifiyarta, asalin kabilarta shine T'akdeintaan (Sea Tern crest na Raven Moiety) da Tax' Hit (Snail House).

Benson ta taso ne a kudu maso gabashin Alaska a gidajen reno da makarantar kwana gami da shiga sansanoni tare da mahaifinta da kuma a Sitka tare da kakaninta. Ta fara aikin sa kai tare da manyan mutane a Asibitin Ketchikan tana da shekara 12, kuma ko da yake sau da yawa ba ta da matsuguni, ta yi ayyuka iri-iri na jin daɗin jama'a tare da marasa galihu da tsofaffi har sai da ta ɗauki matsayi a Ƙungiyar 'Yan Ƙasa ta Fairbanks. Yana da shekaru 18 Benson shine mafi karancin shekaru da ya taba yin aiki a Hukumar Zartarwa ta FNA, kuma a lokacin- U. S. Sanata Mike Gravel zuwa aiki a Washington, DC An yarda ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Stanford amma ba ta iya zuwa ba saboda dalilai na sirri da na iyali. Benson ya sami aiki a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin direbobin motocin tarakta-trailer mata na farko akan bututun Trans-Alaska, a cikin 1975.

A cikin 1977, bayan yin aiki a kan gill-netter (kwale-kwalen kamun kifi) a Bristol Bay, kuma bayan kammala bututun, ta yi aiki da yawa a matsayin mai bincike na sashen albarkatun ɗan adam na Alaska Federation of Natives, mai zane-zane da marubuci don Tundra Times, mai bincike na Arewacin Pacific Rim, da sauran kwangiloli. Ta biya shekaru biyu na kwaleji ta hanyar tuƙi a farkon shekarun 1980 a matsayin direban ƙungiyar mata ta farko ta Alaska. Ta yi aikin bincike na sa kai ga Hukumar Berger, kuma daga 1986 har zuwa 1988 ta kasance ɗan shari'a na Ayyukan Shari'a na Alaska. A cikin shekarun 1990s Benson ya jagoranci Hukumar Tauraruwar Taurari ta Arewa, yana haɓaka hazakar Alaska a cikin fina-finai da tallace-tallace na ƙasa da ƙasa.

A cikin 2001 Benson ta yi labarai na cikin gida da na ƙasa lokacin da ta ƙi yarda da mashawarcin digirinta na digiri na yin amfani da danginta (Snail House) a cikin waƙar cin zarafin jima'i mai rikitarwa, 'yan matan Indiya .  Ta shigar da korafi game da rashin kulawa a aji amma Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta Amurka ta sami goyon bayan farfesa. Benson ta kammala digirinta na masters a cikin rubuce-rubucen ƙirƙira a cikin 2002 a wani harabar kuma ƙarƙashin kulawar wanda ya lashe kyautar Pulitzer N. Scott Momaday . Ta ci gaba da karatun digiri na biyu, a kan babban digiri a cikin manufofin jama'a, a Kwalejin New England .

 Gidan wasan kwaikwayo da rubutu 
Benson ya fara aikin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin 1980 kuma ya yi aiki tare da mafi yawan manyan kamfanonin wasan kwaikwayo na Alaska a cikin irin waɗannan ayyukan kamar Crimes of the Heart, Wonderland, da Keet Shagoon . Ta koyar da wasan kwaikwayo ga fursunoni a gidajen yarin Alaska; Ya jagoranci yara masu haɗari a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na rani da shirye-shiryen bidiyo tare da Out North Contemporary Art House, sun kirkiro gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Alaska na asali na farko a cikin jihar Alaska a 1985; Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na raye-raye na Alaska & Labari; yawon shakatawa na kasa tare da Naa Kahidi Theatre; wanda aka ba da umarni a Kanada don ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta Nakai, ya kasance mai kula da aikin na Silamiut Greenlandic Theater Project, sau da yawa Artist-in-Residence a cikin karkarar Alaska, kuma ya rubuta wasan kwaikwayo da yawa ciki har da Sister Warrior da Lokacin da Ruhuna ya ɗaga Hannunsa . Nunin wasanta na mace ɗaya wanda ya ta'allaka kan shugabar 'yancin farar hula Elizabeth Peratrovich ta sami yabo na Benson daga mujallu na asali da ƙungiyoyin marubuta, kuma an yi shi a Washington DC a cikin Maris 2006 a matsayin wani ɓangare na gudummawar Cibiyar Smithsonian ga watan Tarihin Mata.  Ta koma cikin aikin samar da fina-finai kuma ta haɗu da bidiyo, Hanyoyi zuwa Fata: Warkar da Cin zarafin Yara . Bayan haka, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai bincike, marubuci kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a kan shirin PBS don Haƙƙin Duka: Ƙarshen Jim Crow a Alaska .

Ta fito a cikin fim din talabijin na Kirsimeti tare da Babban C, Disney's White Fang, Akwatin Kyauta na Hasken Rana, Labaran Talabijin na Gaskiya na Babbar Hanya, da International Animated Film Festival wanda ya lashe kyautar Sacajawea (1989) da kuma Alaska fim Kusah Hakwaan da kuma masana'antu da tallace-tallace da yawa.

Benson ya sami karbuwa don aikin adabi da sabis na jama'a kuma an zaɓi shi don Kyautar Pushcart a cikin Waƙa (2000), Kyautar Alpert a cikin Arts (2004), da Fellowship na Amurka (2005). Ta sami lambar zinare daga kwamitin kasa da kasa, Takaddun Magajin Gari, da Takaddun Majalissar Dokokin Jihar Alaska don kyakkyawan aiki a matsayin mai kula da al'adun gargajiya na 1996 Arctic Winter Games, ta sami lambar yabo ta Goldie (2005) don aikinta na shirin rediyo a yau a cikin Tarihin 'yan Asalin Alaska, ta sami lambar yabo ta Musamman (2006) Kyautar Sabis (2006) Anchorage da Hukumar Anchorage00 daga Hukumar Anchorage. daga Delta Sigma Theta sorority. A cikin 2012 Benson ya sami lambar yabo ta Bonnie Heavy-Runner Victim Advocacy Award don kyakkyawan sabis ga waɗanda aka yi wa laifi a ƙasar Indiya.

 Sana'ar siyasa 
Benson ta shiga duniyar siyasa mako guda bayan ta kammala digirinta na biyu a fannin rubuce-rubucen kirkire-kirkire don tsayawa takara a matsayin ‘yar takarar jam’iyyar Green Party (2002) tare da Desa Jacobson a matsayin mata biyu na farko da suka cika tikitin takarar gwamna da Laftanar gwamna, bi da bi. Sun samu kashi 1.26 na kuri'un da aka kada.

A cikin 2006, Benson ya koma Jam'iyyar Democratic Party kuma ya doke tsohon wakilin jihar Ray Metcalfe, da sauransu, don lashe zaben a gundumar majalisa ta Alaska, amma ya sha kaye a babban zaben da dan takarar Republican Don Young ya dade, ya kammala da kusan kashi 40 na kuri'un zuwa kashi 57 cikin dari.  Benson ya gudanar da kamfen na sa kai galibi, ba tare da goyon baya daga jam'iyyar Demokaradiyya ta jiha ko na kasa ba har sai da aka kusa kawo karshen yakin neman zaben. Kamfen nata ya kashe kusan dala 200,000, kusan kashi ɗaya cikin goma na abin da ƙungiyar matasa ta kashe. Bayan danta ya samu munanan raunuka yayin da yake hidima a Iraki, Benson ta mayar da hankalinta kan yakin neman kawo karshen yakin Iraki, da kuma inganta kayan sojoji. Ta soki Matasa kan dangantakarsa da mai fafutuka Jack Abramoff da muradun kasuwancin Tsibirin Mariana na Arewacin da Abramoff ke wakilta.  Benson shi ne abokin hamayya na uku na Young a cikin shekaru 33 da ya samu kaso mai yawa na kuri'un, kuma na farko cikin shekaru 16. Ta kafa tarihi tun kafin zaben ita ce ta farko da ta yi mahawara a kan shugaba mai ci a wata muhawara kai tsaye ta gidan talabijin na NBC na gida. Har ila yau, Benson ta yi nasarar karya wata manufar da aka dade tana watsi da masu kalubalantar majalisa a babban taron Alaska na jihar, lokacin da ta dauki mataki a taron Alaska na Alaska don yin magana a matsayin 'yar takarar majalisa bisa nacewar wakilan babban taron.

A zaben fidda gwani na watan Agusta na 2010, Benson ya doke hamshakin attajirin nan Jack Powers da direban tasi Lynette Moreno-Hinz don zama dan takarar Demokaradiyya na laftanar gwamna. Abin mamaki, Benson ya yi takara a kan tikiti guda tare da mutumin da ya doke ta a 2008 don takarar majalisar wakilai, tsohon wakilin jihar Ethan Berkowitz. Su biyun sun yi rashin jin daɗi biyu kuma sun sha kaye a babban zaɓe.  Tun daga wannan kamfen, Benson ya ci gaba da koyarwa da bayar da shawarwari ga tsoffin sojoji da wadanda aka yi wa laifi.

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Benson yana zaune a Petersburg, Alaska, wani ƙaramin ƙauyen kamun kifi a kudancin Juneau. A baya can ta rayu shekaru da yawa a Chugiak, Alaska, al'ummar Anchorage, kuma tana da 'yar reno daya da ɗa guda. Danta, Latseen Benson, wani tsohon soja ne wanda aka yi masa mummunan rauni a Iraki a cikin Nuwamba 2005. 

 Littafi Mai Tsarki 

 "Tsaya Gaba da Giant", a cikin Kwatancin Indiyawan Amurka, 27.1&2 (2003) shafi. 67-79, sake bugawa akan layi. 
 Shaida ga Sata, Raven's Word Press, 2002.
 Sister Warrior, 2002. (wasa)
 Lokacin da Ruhuna ya ɗaga Hannunsa: Labarin Elizabeth Peratrovic da Alaska 'Yancin Jama'a, 2001. (wasan kwaikwayo ɗaya, duba labarin ƙasa)
 Ruhin Mace
 Kayayyakin kaya, Wata da rashin jin daɗi, 2000.
 Lokacin da Raven Cries (tare da Kadashan da Bertrand J. Adams), 1997. ISBN 1-890693-01-4
 Umyuugwagka: Hankalina, Hankalina. Anthology of Poetry daga yankin Arctic  .
 Tarihin Benson na mutanen Tlingit (shigarwa encyclopedia)
 "Fara" da "Ducks Potlatch", a cikin Callaloo, 17:1 (Winter 1994)

 Manazarta 

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