Eddie Benton-Banai

Edward Benton-Banai (Maris 4, 1931 - Nuwamba 30, 2020) ɗan gwagwarmayar kare hakkin bil'adama ne na Amurka, ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka (AIM) .

 Rayuwa da ilimi 
An haife shi a ranar 4 ga Maris, 1931,  Benton-Banai shi ne Ojibwe-Anishinabe na dangin kifi daga Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation a Arewacin Wisconsin.  A shekara ta 1986 Benton-Banai ya zama babban shugaban Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge . An fi kiransa Bawdwaywidun . 

Benton-Banai ta gudanar da digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi daga Jami'ar Minnesota . 

A shekara ta 1979, Benton-Banai ya rubuta Littafin Mishomis (wanda aka samo daga Koyarwar Kakannin Bakwai), wanda ke ba da labarin hanyar rayuwa ta Anishinaabe da Annabcin Wutar Bakwai.

A shekara ta 2008 an nada shi a matsayin mai ba da shawara na ilimi da ruhaniya ga Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig .  Matsayin Benton a matsayin mai ba da shawara na ruhaniya ga Shingwauk ana iya ganin shi a cikin jagorancin da aka bayar don gina rufin da aka tsara na Anishinabek Discover Center da aka gina a Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario .  Benton-Banai ya mutu a Hayward, Wisconsin a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 2020, yana da shekaru 89.

 Yunkurin fafutuka 
Benton-Banai na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa kuma masu ba da shawara na ruhaniya na Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka, ƙungiya ce ta ƙauyuka don yaƙi da zalunci da tashin hankali na mulkin mallaka a kan 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka. An tsare Eddie Benton Banai tare da Clyde Bellecourt a 1962 a gidan yarin Minnesota Stillwater saboda aikinsa na gwagwarmaya. Benton Banai, Clyde Bellecourt, George Mitchell da Dennis Banks sun kafa "Amurkawa na Indiya" a watan Yulin 1968 wanda daga ƙarshe aka sake masa suna AIM.

Benton-Banai ya kasance a lokacin da aka mamaye ƙauyen Wounded Knee a shekara ta 1973. 

Ya kafa Red School House, a St. Paul, Minnesota a shekarar 1972. Red School wata cibiyar ilimi ce da ke kula da 'yan asalin ƙasar bisa ga imanin cewa ilimi ya kamata ya haɗa da koyarwar ruhaniya da al'adu na' yan asalin ƙasar.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutattun 2020
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1931