Donna M. Loring

**Donna M. Loring** marubuciya ce a Penobscot, mai watsa labarai, kuma tsohuwar babbar mai ba da shawara kan harkokin ƙabila ga Janet Mills, gwamnan Maine . 

## Rayuwa ta farko
Loring ta girma a Penobscot Indian Island Reservation da aka fi sani da Indian Island, Maine, inda kakarta ta rene ta.  Ta sami digirin farko a fannin Kimiyyar Siyasa daga Jami'ar Maine .  Ta kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Shari'a ta Maine kuma, a shekarar 1984, ta zama shugabar 'yan sanda ta ƙasar Penobscot, wanda hakan ya sanya ta zama mace ta farko da ta kammala karatunta a Kwalejin da ta zama shugabar 'yan sanda. Daga 1992 zuwa 1997, Loring ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama darakta a fannin tsaro a Kwalejin Bowdoin .  A lokacin da take aiki a Vietnam, an tura ta zuwa cibiyar sadarwa da ke sansanin sojojin Long Binh,  mil hamsin a arewacin Saigon, inda ta sarrafa duk rahotannin asarar rayuka na Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya. Tsohon Gwamnan Maine Angus King ya ba ta mukamin Kanar mai girmamawa, kuma ya naɗa ta a matsayin Mataimakin Sansanin Tsaro don ba shi shawara kan harkokin tsoffin sojoji mata.  A shekarar 1999, an ba ta kyautar Mary Ann Hartman, wadda ta karrama matan Maine saboda nasarorin da suka samu a fannin fasaha, siyasa, kasuwanci, ilimi, da ayyukan al'umma, daga Shirin Mata a Manhaja da Nazarin Mata a Jami'ar Maine . 

## Aikin siyasa
Maine ta musamman ce wajen samun wakilan ƙabilu da ke zaune (a cikin ƙarfin da ba na zaɓe ba) a majalisar dokokin jiharta.  Bayan wannan al'ada, wadda ta samo asali tun daga shekarun 1800, Loring ta yi aiki da wa'adi da dama a madadin Penobscots. Ta goyi bayan wani kudiri a shekarar 2000 don cire kalmar " squaw " daga sunayen wuraren jama'a.   Ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin Loring shine rubutunta da tallafawa LD 291, "Dokar da ke Bukatar Koyar da Tarihin da Al'adun 'Yan Asalin Amurka na Maine a Makarantun Maine" wanda aka zartar a matsayin doka a shekarar 2001.  Daga cikin sauran nasarorin da ta samu a majalisar dokoki, ta ƙirƙiri "Jawabin Jihar Kabilu" na farko a tarihin Maine. An gudanar da taron a watan Maris na 2002 kuma shugabannin ƙabilu sun halarta, an watsa shi kai tsaye a Talabijin da Rediyon Jama'a na Maine .  Loring ta kuma yi aiki a kan wani kudiri da ya ba da shawarar tsawaita lokacin da ƙabilar za ta iya siyan fili don gidan caca na Calais.  A ƙarshe, a watan Afrilun 2008, Loring ya gabatar da wani kuduri a gaban majalisar dokoki mai lamba HP 1681, "Kudurin Hadin Gwiwa a cikin Goyon Bayan Sanarwar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Haƙƙoƙin 'Yan Asalin ."  Wannan ya zartar da ƙudurin da baki ɗaya, wanda ya sanya Maine jiha ɗaya tilo a ƙasar da ta zartar da irin wannan kuduri don goyon bayan Sanarwar 'Yan Asalin Ƙasar ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

Loring tsohuwar mamba ce a majalisar ƙabilar Penobscot.  A shekara ta 2006, ta yi aiki a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mutum a garin Richmond na kusan shekara guda kafin ta ƙaura zuwa Bradley.

## Rubutu da jawabi a bainar jama'a
Loring tana karbar bakuncin wani shirin rediyo na wata-wata mai suna Wabanaki Windows don WERU a Blue Hill, Maine . Ta daɗe tana rubutu game da manufofi da tarihin Maine Indian; amma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, ta koma ga rubuce-rubucen kirkire-kirkire. Ta buga wani tarihin rayuwarta game da shekarunta a Majalisar Dokokin Maine mai suna In the Shadow of the Eagle (2008), wanda aka yi bita mai kyau a cikin wata mujallar Nazarin 'Yan Asalin Amurka, da sauran majiyoyi. [1] [2] Bayan karatu tare da marubucin wasan kwaikwayo William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., Loring ta kuma rubuta wani wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa mai suna The Glooskape Chronicles: Creation and the Venetian Basket, wanda ya sami rahotannin ƙasa a cikin jaridar Indian Country Today . [3]

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