Mitchelene BigMan

**Mitchelene BigMan** tsohuwar jarumar rundunar sojin Amurka ce kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata ta Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) / Minitari (Hidatsa), wacce aka fi sani da kafa jaruman mata na asali na Amurka (NAWW), wacce ita ce ta farko da aka yi wa ado da launuka masu launin fata. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi BigMan a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1965, a Billings, Montana, kuma ta girma a Montana Crow Reservation, ga Ronald BigMan da Edwina Beaumont. Ta zauna a wurare daban-daban a wurin ajiyar tun tana ƙarama, galibi tana zaune da kuma zuwa makaranta tsakanin Billings da Lodge Grass, Montana . Bayan wata mummunar matsala a ɗaya daga cikin Makarantun Gidajen Iyali na Katolika da ke ƙarƙashin kulawar Katolika, danginta daga ƙarshe sun ƙaura zuwa Billings inda ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Billings a watan Yunin 1983.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa da kuma mai kashe gobara har zuwa ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 1987, lokacin da ta shiga Rundunar Sojojin Amurka, inda ta ambaci ƙarancin damar aiki da yawan cin zarafin gida a wurin ajiyar a matsayin dalilan shigarta cikin aikin.  Ta sami digirin BS a Gudanar da Kasuwanci a 2011 da kuma digirin MBA a 2013 daga Jami'ar Phoenix . Mitchelene ta yi digiri na biyu a fannin Nazarin Shari'a na Dokar 'Yan Asalin Jama'a daga Jami'ar Oklahoma kuma ta kammala karatunta a watan Mayun 2023. 

## Aikin soja
BigMan ta yi aiki a matsayin makanikan dizal a mafi yawan ayyukanta na soja, inda ta yi suna cikin sauri wajen yin aikin sa-kai don ayyuka masu wahala ko masu haɗari.  Bayan hare-haren ta'addanci na ranar 11 ga Satumba, ta tura sojoji zuwa Iraki sau biyu a lokacin Operation Iraqi Freedom, ciki har da rangadin 2005 inda ta sami Ribbon Combat Action bayan ta tsira daga harin roka.  Ta yi ritaya a matsayin Sajan First Ajin a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 2009, bayan an sake tura ta zuwa Jamus, Koriya da kuma ofisoshin ayyuka guda huɗu na jihohi. 

## Ba da shawara
A lokacin aikinta, an yi wa BigMan wariya da wariya saboda asalinta na 'yan asalin Amurka da kuma jinsinta.  Wannan wariya, tashin hankalin cikin gida, da kuma cin zarafin jima'i da ta tsira daga ciki da wajen sojoji za su zaburar da ita ta ƙirƙiri hanyar sadarwa ta tallafi ga sauran tsoffin sojoji mata 'yan asalin Amurka, wanda hakan ya sa ta ƙirƙiri Rundunar Tsaron Launi ta Mata ta 'Yancin Iraki (AWIFV). Manufar wannan ƙungiya ita ce samar da hanyar sadarwa ta tallafi ga tsoffin sojoji mata na asali, tare da bikin haɗin gwiwa tsakaninsu yayin da take ba wa waɗannan tsoffin sojoji damar sake ɗaukar girmamawar bikinsu. Rundunar Tsaron Launi tana ɗaya daga cikin al'adun Rundunar Sojojin Amurka mafi daraja, domin tana buƙatar kariya da kuma gabatar da tutar ƙasar Amurka a lokacin bukukuwa.

A lokacin bikin Denver Maris na 2010, ta tsara ƙungiyar farko ta tsoffin sojoji masu launin fata bisa buƙatar masu shirya bikin bayan da ɗaya daga cikin masu shirya bikin, Camille Clairmont, ta sanar da darektan filin wasa Chico Her Many Horses game da kasancewar BigMan da ikon yin wasa a taron.  Nasarar wannan rundunar sojojin launin fata ta zama tushen BigMan's Native American Women Warriors (NAWW), magajin zamani na AWIFV, wanda aka yi hayar a ranar 12 ga Maris, 2010.  Manufar NAWW ta sadaukar da kai ne ga karrama tsoffin sojoji mata, musamman 'yan asalin Amurka, da kuma gudummawar da suka bayar ga al'adun soja da na asali na Amurka. NAWW ta faɗaɗa ƙungiyarta zuwa membobi sama da 50 cikin sauri kuma ta samar da kariya ga abubuwan da suka faru a faɗin Amurka, wanda ya kai ga zaɓen rundunar sojojin da za su yi wasa a lokacin bikin rantsar da Barack Obama na biyu   a 2013 da kuma bikin rantsar da Joe Biden a 2021. 

BigMan da tawagarta sun haɗa rigunan gargajiya na hannu da aka yi da hannu tare da ayyukansu, suna haɗa salon warkarwa da bikin riguna tare da alamomin soja na zamani da tambari kamar matsayi, facin turawa, ko kyaututtuka.  Rigar NAWW ta zamani tana da launin ja, fari, shuɗi, da ruwan hoda na Cheyenne, wanda ke nuna kishin ƙasa da asalin 'yan asalin ƙasar. Rigar jingle da BigMan ta saka a lokacin bikin rantsar da Obama na biyu ta kuma haɗa da girmamawa ga Lori Piestewa, mace 'yar asalin Amurka ta farko da ta mutu a yaƙi. 

## Lambobin yabo da karramawa
An ba BigMan kyautar girmamawa ta ƙungiyar ma'aikatan gwamnatin Indiya ta Amurka (SAIGE) a shekarar 2012 saboda ƙoƙarinta na bayar da shawarwari da wakilci.  An kuma karrama ta da shirin "Champions of Change" na Fadar White House saboda fafutukar da take yi na kare al'adu da kuma aikinta da NAWW a shekarar 2014. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Bigman yana auren Dwayne Cyrus, wani tsohon soja na soja. Tare, suna da 'ya'ya bakwai, biyar daga cikinsu an ɗauke su: Marcus Cyrus, Tia Cyrus ma'aurata ne masu juna biyu, Christopher BigMan, Mitcheleen BigMan-Cyrus, Emilia Cyrus, David Cyrus, da Joseph Cyrus su biyar ne aka ɗauke su. Ta kuma kasance cikin Kwamitin Amintattu na Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian a watan Oktoban 2018 da kuma Kwamitin Ba da Shawara kan Tunawa da Tsoffin Sojojin Amurka na asali. [1]

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