Frank LaMere

**Franklin Dean LaMere** (1 ga Maris, 1950 - 16 ga Yuni, 2019)   ya kasance ɗan gwagwarmayar Amurka kuma ɗan siyasa. Ya kasance memba na Ƙabilar Winnebago ta Nebraska daga Kudancin Sioux City, kuma ɗan Uwar Gold Star kuma tsohon soja ne. Ya kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka (AIM) a cikin shekarun 1970s kuma an san shi da aikinsa na adawa da sayar da barasa a Whiteclay, Nebraska, wani karamin gari wanda babban masana'anta ke sayar da barasa ga mazaunan Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, inda aka haramta sayar da barasa. LaMere ya kasance jagora a Jam'iyyar Democrat kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kungiyar National Native American Caucus . Ya kasance wakili a taron Jam'iyyar Democrat sau bakwai a jere daga 1988 zuwa 2012.

## Rayuwa ta farko da AIM
Iyayensa sune John LaMere da Matilda Rogue . 'Yan uwansa sun hada da Anthony, David, Darrell, Larry (Wood, auren da ya gabata), Randall da Willard, kuma' yan uwansa sun haɗa da Laura, Lauren, Candace, Jackie, Michelle da Karen.

LaMere ya kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka (AIM) a farkon shekarun 1970s kuma yana aiki a cikin buƙatun sake fasalin Ofishin Harkokin Indiya.  A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1972, LaMere ya kasance mai magana da yawun ƙungiyar mambobin AIM waɗanda suka taru a gaban ginin tarayya a Billings, Montana . An sanya masu tsaro a ginin don mayar da martani ga taron, wanda ke so ya gabatar da jerin abubuwan da ake buƙata ga darektan yankin na Ofishin Harkokin Indiya wanda ofishinsa yake cikin ginin. A cikin Billings, Lamere ya kasance darektan Wiconi Project a 1973  da kuma Montana United Indian Association a 1974. 

LaMere ya yi magana akai-akai game da ra'ayoyi a cikin kafofin watsa labarai. A shekara ta 1984, 'yar'uwar LaMere, Michelle LaMere، ta mutu a cikin bugawa da gudu. LaMere ta yi amfani da misalin yadda take bi da ita a cikin manema labarai a matsayin misali na yadda ake bi da Indiyawa a matsayin masu shaye-shaye, maimakon wadanda ba su da laifi a cikin jawabinsa a ƙarshen shekarun 1980. 

## Wasanni
LaMere ya kasance ɗan wasa tun yana saurayi kuma ya taimaka wajen gano ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta "North Americans" a shekarar 1989. A cikin shekarun 1990s, LaMere ta shirya Sioux, Winnebago, da Omaha 10,000 waɗanda ke zaune a Sioux City, Iowa, yankin don nuna rashin amincewa da sunan da aka gabatar don ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Sioux City. An canza sunan zuwa Sioux City Explorers . 

A farkon shekarun 1990s, LaMere ya kasance wani ɓangare na yunkurin da kabilun Santee da Winnebago suka yi don neman rancen tarayya don sayen ƙasar ajiya da wadanda ba Indiyawa ba suka saya a cikin yarjejeniyoyin da ya yi iƙirarin sun kasance "ƙasa da hankali". A shekara ta 1991, ya kasance shugaban taron na goma sha biyu na Indiyawan Indiyawan Indiya da 'yan asalin Amurka da kuma horar da su a Spokane, Washington.

## Sayar da giya a Whiteclay, Nebraska
LaMere ta shiga cikin kamfen ɗin da ke adawa da sayar da barasa ga Indiyawa a Whiteclay, Nebraska, kusa da Pine Ridge Indian Reservation a Dakota ta Kudu. An haramta sayar da barasa a wurin ajiya. LaMere ya yi la'akari da da dabaru daban-daban don magance sayar da giya a Whiteclay, daga zanga-zangar, don buɗe kantin sayar da giya mallakar Indiya da kuma amfani da kuɗin don tallafawa cibiyar farfadowa, don da'awar cewa garin Whiteclay ya kamata ya zama wani ɓangare na ajiyar bisa ga Yarjejeniyar Fort Laramie ta 1868.

An kama LaMere tare da Russell Means, John Yellow Bird, Tom Poor Bear, Webster Poor Bear. Gary Moore, da Benedict Black Elk saboda ƙetare layin 'yan sanda na Jihar Nebraska yayin zanga-zangar a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 1999.  A cikin fall of 1999, Means da LaMere sun ba da shawarar samun lasisi don sayar da giya a Whiteclay, don riƙe wasu kuɗi don amfanin kabilar da gina cibiyar magani a kan ajiyar, amma sun watsar da aikin saboda rashin jituwa da wasu daga cikin ƙungiyarsu. Sauran masu fafutuka da suka yi aiki tare da LaMere game da Whiteclay sun hada da Clyde Bellecourt da Dennis Banks . 

Ayyukan LaMere a cikin batun Whiteclay ya ci gaba zuwa 2016. A shekara ta 2008, mai shirya fina-finai Mark Vasina ya samar da wani shirin fim game da aikin Whiteclay na Lamere, Means, da Duane Martin, Jr., wanda ake kira The Battle for Whiteclay . A ranar 13 ga Mayu, 2019, LaMere ya sami digiri na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Nebraska Wesleyan saboda aikinsa a Whiteclay . 

## Ayyukan siyasa
LaMere ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Jam'iyyar Democrat Party's National Native American Caucus .  Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban darakta na Nebraska Inter-Tribal Development Corporation .  Ya kasance memba na Hukumar Indiya ta Nebraska .  Frank LaMere ya kasance wakili a taron Jam'iyyar Democrat sau bakwai a jere daga 1988 zuwa 2012.  A cikin shekarun 2010, ya kasance babban darektan cibiyar Four Directions a Sioux City. A shekara ta 2011 an ba shi lambar yabo ta "War Eagle Human Rights award" ta Hukumar Kare Hakkin Dan Adam ta Sioux City saboda aikinsa na tsawon rayuwarsa, gami da aikinsa a Whiteclay da kuma yin lobbying don tallafawa Dokar Kula da Yara ta Indiya ta 2003 ta Iowa . 

LaMere ya kasance mai aiki a cikin kungiyoyi masu adawa da bututun mai na Keystone XL a farkon shekarun 2010, aikin da ya kawo shi cikin kusanci da Jane Fleming Kleeb na Bold Nebraska, mijin Scott Kleeb. Jane ta zama shugabar jam'iyyar Democrat ta Nebraska a shekarar 2016, kuma an zabi LaMere a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa na farko.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
LaMere ta auri Cynthia (Rouse). Yana da 'ya'ya hudu, Jennifer, Hazen, Manape Hocinci-ga, da Lexie Wakan . Lexie Wakan ta mutu ne sakamakon cutar sankara a shekarar 2014. A farkon shekara ta 2012, LaMere ta kamu da bugun jini. A ranar 16 ga Yuni, 2019, LaMere ya mutu daga Ciwon daji na bile, yana da shekaru 69. 

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