Vernon Bellecourt

**Vernon Bellecourt** (**WaBun-Inini**) (Oktoba 17, 1931 - Oktoba 13, 2007)  ya kasance memba na White Earth Band na Ojibwe (wanda ke Minnesota), mai fafutukar kare hakkin 'Yan asalin Amurka, kuma jagora a cikin Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka (AIM).  A cikin Harshen Ojibwe, sunansa yana nufin "Mutumin Dawn".

## Tarihin rayuwa

### Shekaru na farko
Ɗaya daga cikin yara 12 a cikin iyalinsa, an haifi Bellecourt a White Earth Indian Reservation, inda ya zauna har sai ya kai shekara 16. A shekara ta 1947 iyalinsa suka koma birnin Minneapolis, inda iyayensa suka nemi damar da ta fi dacewa da kansu da yaransu. Lokacin da Bellecourt ke da shekaru 19, an same shi da laifin satar gidan cin abinci na Minneapolis-Saint Paul kuma an yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin lokaci a gidan yarin St. Cloud.

Lokacin da aka sake shi, ya fara aiki a matsayin mai gyaran gashi kuma ya buɗe jerin salon kyawawan abubuwa a Saint Paul .  Ya yi aure kuma ya haifi 'ya'ya da matarsa. A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, ya sayar da kasuwancinsa kuma ya ƙaura da iyalinsa kusa da Aspen, Colorado.

### Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka
Bellecourt ya kasance shugaba na dogon lokaci a cikin Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka, wanda ƙanensa, Clyde Bellecourt, ya taimaka ya samo a shekarar 1968. Ba da daɗewa ba Vernon ya shiga ciki. Ya kafa reshen AIM a Denver, kuma shine Babban Darakta na farko. Ya yi aiki a cikin birane don tabbatar da haƙƙin jama'a ga Indiyawa na Amurka, da kuma ilimantar da mutane game da al'adunsu da al'adu na ruhaniya.

Bellecourt ya shiga cikin 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties caravan zuwa Washington, DC. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tattaunawa a lokacin da AIM ta mamaye ginin hedkwatar Ofishin Harkokin Indiya a Ma'aikatar Cikin Gida. Bellecourt ya kasance a takaice a lokacin da aka yi wa Wounded Knee aiki a 1973 a Pine Ridge Indian Reservation a Dakota ta Kudu. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai magana da yawun AIM kuma mai tara kuɗi a lokacin rikici na kwanaki 71 tare da jami'an tarayya.

Bayan Wounded Knee, Bellecourt ya yi aiki tare da Majalisar Yarjejeniyar Indiya ta Duniya, wacce ke ba da shawara a madadin haƙƙin 'yan asalin ƙasar a duk faɗin Yammacin Yamma. Ya zama shugaban aikin AIM a kasashen waje, yana ganawa da shugabannin kasashen waje kamar Daniel Ortega na Nicaragua, Muammar al-Gaddafi na Libya, da shugaban kungiyar 'yanci ta Falasdinu Yasser Arafat .  Ya kuma yi tafiya zuwa Jamus, inda shi, tare da co-kafa AIM Dennis Banks, ya kafa ofishin AIM a Yammacin Berlin kuma ya yi tafiya a bayan Iron Curtain don saduwa da magoya bayan AIM na Gabashin Jamus.

Bellecourt ya kasance mai aiki na shekaru da yawa a cikin kamfen ɗin don yantar da mai fafutukar AIM Leonard Peltier, wanda aka yanke masa hukunci a 1977 na kashe jami'an FBI biyu a lokacin harbi na 1975 a Pine Ridge Reservation. Peltier ya ci gaba da yin hukuncin rai biyu a jere.

### Mascot na wasanni da laƙabi
 
A matsayinsa na shugaban National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media, Bellecourt ya yi aiki don kawo karshen amfani da laƙabi na ƙasar Indiyawan Amurka a cikin wasanni na Amurka. Bellecourt ya yi yaƙi da laƙabi kamar Washington Redskins, Atlanta Braves ko Kansas City Chiefs . An kama shi sau biyu a Cleveland don nuna rashin amincewa da mascot na Cleveland Indians, Cif Wahoo . A lokacin 1997 World Series an kama Bellecourt saboda ƙone wani ɗan tsana na Cif Wahoo yayin da yake zanga-zanga a waje da filin Jacobs. An yi watsi da tuhumar da aka yi masa. An kama Bellecourt a shekarar 1998 amma ba a tuhume shi ba.

### Kwanaki na ƙarshe
A watan Agustan shekara ta 2007, Bellecourt ya karɓi gayyatar daga gwamnatin Venezuela don halartar Taron Kasa da Kasa na Farko na 'yan asalin Amurka Masu adawa da mulkin mallaka. Ya sadu da Shugaba Hugo Chavez a Venezuela. Su biyu sun tattauna yiwuwar Chavez ta ba da taimako ga kungiyoyin 'yan asalin Amurka.

A cewar ɗan'uwansa Clyde, Bellecourt ya yi rashin lafiya ba da daɗewa ba bayan tafiyar kuma an kwantar da shi a asibiti. Ya mutu daga cutar huhu yana da shekaru 75, a Minneapolis inda yake zaune.

## Manazarta