Dolly Akers

**Dolly Akers** (Maris 23, 1901 - Yuni 5, 1986) mace ce 'yar Assiniboine wacce ta kasance mace ta farko 'yar asalin Amurka da aka zaba a Majalisar Dokokin Montana da kashi 100% na kuri'un Indiya  kuma mace ta farko da aka zaba a Hukumar Zartarwa ta Kabilun Assiniboine da Sioux na Fort Peck Indian Reservation . 

## Yaro da rayuwar mutum
An haifi Dolly Smith Cusker Akers a Wolf Point, Montana . Mahaifiyarta, Nellie Trexler, 'yar asalin ƙabilar Assiniboine ce kuma mahaifinta, William Smith, ɗan asalin ƙasar Ireland ne. Ta girma a Arewa maso Gabashin Montana a Fort Peck Reservation. Tun tana ƙarama, ta halarci makarantar kwana ta 'yan asalin Amurka da ake kira Sherman Institute a Riverside, California. Bayan ta kammala karatunta tana da shekaru 16, ta koma Montana ta auri George Cusker a shekarar 1917.  Ma'auratan sun yi kiwon dabbobi kusa da Poplar kuma suna da 'ya mace ɗaya mai suna Alvina. George Cusker ya mutu a shekarar 1941 kuma a shekarar 1944, Dolly ta sake yin aure da John Akers. Ta sake yin bazawara a shekarar 1959. 

## Aikin siyasa
A shekarar 1920, Akers ta koma Washington, DC, don yin aiki a matsayin mai fassara ga shugabannin ƙabilarta a cikin mu'amalarsu da gwamnatin tarayya

A shekarar 1923, Cusker ta raka wakilan ƙabilu biyu, Bear Hill da Dave Johnson, zuwa Washington, DC, a matsayin mai fassara don neman tallafin kuɗi daga makaranta. Yayin da take can, ta kuma yi kira da a bai wa 'yan asalin ƙasar damar zama ɗan ƙasa a Amurka. An zartar da Dokar 'Yancin 'Yan ƙasar Indiya a shekarar 1924, wadda ta ba wa dukkan 'yan asalin ƙasar Amurka 'yancin zama ɗan ƙasa. Ba duk 'yan asalin ƙasar ba ne suka goyi bayan amincewa da wannan doka saboda ta ba da haƙƙin zaɓe ga 'yan asalin ƙasar Amurka, wanda suke jin tsoron wani mataki ne na haɗa kai da kuma lalata ikon mallakar ƙabilu.

An naɗa Dolly a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Zartarwa na Majalisar Kabila bayan ta halarci tarurrukan kwamitin a madadin mijinta na farko, George Cusker, wanda ya yi aiki a kwamitin. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta sami wannan matsayi. 

A shekarar 1932, an zaɓe Dolly a majalisar jiha a matsayin 'yar Democrat amma daga baya ta zama 'yar Republican. Ta sami kusan kashi 100 cikin 100 na ƙuri'un da aka kaɗa a gundumar Roosevelt, wacce ta ƙunshi galibin fararen Amurkawa. Ta zama 'yar asalin Amurka ta farko da ta yi aiki a majalisar dokokin Montana, an zaɓe ta tana da shekaru 23 kacal, kuma ita ce mace ɗaya tilo da ta yi aiki a zaman majalisar dokoki na 1933-34.  An naɗa ta a Kwamitin Hulɗa da Tarayya kuma ta kasance wakiliya ta musamman ga gwamnan ga Sakataren Harkokin Cikin Gida na Amurka. 

Dolly ta ci gaba da harkokin siyasa a tsawon rayuwarta. Ta ziyarci Washington, DC, sau 57 a matsayin wakilin ƙabila kuma 'yar ƙasa ce ta Majalisar ƙabilar Fort Peck akai-akai tsawon shekaru 40. Aikinta ba tare da wata jayayya ba ne. Misali, a shekarar 1959, an cire ta daga majalisar ƙabilar ta hanyar ƙuri'ar 279 zuwa 189 kuma "an hana ta riƙe muƙami har abada da wakiltar ƙabilun Fort Peck Sioux da Assiniboine." Daga baya aka soke wannan ƙuri'ar.

Dolly ta kan ƙalubalanci yadda Ofishin Indiya ke kula da albarkatun ƙabilu, tana mai imanin cewa ya kamata a ba wa ƙabilu (da kuma daidaikun 'yan Indiya) damar gudanar da harkokinsu kamar yadda waɗanda ba 'yan asalin ƙasar ba za su iya. "Me ya sa za a tilasta wa 'yan Indiya su rayu a ƙarƙashin dokar da aka kafa kimanin shekaru 80 da suka gabata? Wannan ita ce shekarar da Kwamishinan Indiya ya kira 'yan Indiya da 'dabbobin daji!'" 

## Hukumar gidaje da kuma bayar da shawarwari
Bayan an zaɓe ta a Hukumar Gidajen Gundumar Fort Peck a shekarun 1970, ta yi kira da a samar da kuɗi don gidaje a Wurin Ajiye Kayan Gida na Fort Peck. Ta cimma burinta na karɓar kuɗaɗen tarayya amma daga baya wasu membobin majalisar ƙabilar sun zarge ta da fifita magoya bayanta maimakon auna duk masu neman aiki daidai gwargwado wajen rabon waɗannan kuɗaɗen gidaje.  Dolly ta zauna a wani gona mai fadin eka 1,400 a Montana na tsawon wani ɓangare na rayuwarta inda ta yi aiki a matsayin mai bayar da shawara da kuma mai ba da shawara na musamman ga wuraren ajiye kayan gida guda bakwai daban-daban a jihar.  Dolly tana yin aiki mai yawa kan wayar da kan jama'a game da matsalolin da ake fuskanta a wuraren ajiyar kayan, musamman game da matasa, yayin da ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jin daɗin jama'a a waɗannan wuraren ajiyar guda bakwai.  Dolly da kanta tana ganin waɗannan matsalolin ne sakamakon ɗabi'ar matasan 'yan asalin ƙasar, yayin da iyaye da yawa ba sa koya wa 'ya'yansu gadonsu da harshensu na asali don su ba su. 

Imaninta da 'yancin cin gashin kan Indiya ya sa ta goyi bayan manufar da ke cike da ce-ce-ku-ce ta Termination, wadda ta yi kira da a "kawo ƙarshen" wajibcin da gwamnatin Amurka ta sanya wa kabilu domin ƙarfafa 'yan Indiya su shiga cikin babbar al'ummar Turai-Amurka. Idan ta waiwayi aikinta, ta yi alfahari da nasarar yin fafutukar neman wata doka da ta ba wa kabilu damar ɗaukar lauyoyinsu da kuma Dokar 'Yancin Bil'adama ta Indiya ta 1968,  wadda ta sanya 'Yan Asalin Amurka a ƙarƙashin kundin tsarin mulki. 

An kuma naɗa Dolly a kwamitin ba da shawara na FHA na Montana. 

## Mutuwa
Bayan rayuwa mai tasiri, ta mutu a shekarar 1986 a Helena. 

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