Ƙasar Pequot ta Gabas

Gabashin Pequot  wata kabila ce ta Indiyawan  a Amurka a kudu maso gabashin Connecticut ta fito ne daga Mutanen Pequot waɗanda suka mamaye kudu maso gabobin New England a karni na sha bakwai. Yana daya daga cikin kabilun biyar da jihar Connecticut ta amince da su.

A shekara ta 2002, Sakataren Cikin Gida ya ba da izini ga Ƙasar Pequot ta Gabas (EPTN) bayan ya amince da haɗin kai tsakanin Pequot ta Gabas da Paucatuck ta Gabas wanda ya gabatar da korafe-korafe daban-daban don amincewa. A shekara ta 2005, Ma'aikatar Cikin Gida ta soke amincewa bayan Binciken Ofishin Harkokin Indiya. Gwamnatin tarayya ba ta dakatar da amincewa da kowane kabila ba tun daga shekarun 1970s. A cikin shekara ta 2012, EPTN ta gabatar da karar tarayya da ke neman soke sokewar BIA / Ma'aikatar Cikin Gida.

## Tarihi
Mutanen Pequot a yau sun fito ne daga kabilar da ta kasance babbar iko a kudu maso gabashin New England a cikin 1600s. Wannan ikon ya ragu sosai bayan Yaƙin Pequot a cikin 1637, kuma an sanya Pequots da yawa da suka tsira don kula da kabilar Mohegan a yamma da Mutanen Narragansett a gabashin yankin. Ofishin Harkokin Indiya ya bayyana a shekara ta 2002: "Waɗannan Pequots waɗanda gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta cire daga kulawar Ninigret na Gabashin Niantic a shekara ta 1654 daga baya sarakunan Indiya biyu ne suka mallake su: Harmon Garrett da Momoho.

Pequots na Gabas sun fito ne daga waɗancan Pequots waɗanda suka tsere daga Narragansetts kuma suka koma yankinsu na gargajiya. A shekara ta 1683, gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta ba su ajiya a kan Lantern Hill a Arewacin Stonington, Connecticut. A yau kusan kadada 224 ne.

Wadanda Pequots da suka dawo daga kulawar Mohegan a yamma sun kasance karkashin jagorancin Harmon Garrett, kuma mulkin mallaka ya ba su ajiya kusa da Ledyard, Connecticut inda suka zama sanannun Western Pequots, ko Mashantucket Pequots. Dukkanin kungiyoyin sun yi aure tare da mambobin wasu kabilun a cikin ƙarni amma sun ci gaba da ci gaba da al'adu ta hanyar ayyukansu na sana'o'i da al'adun gargajiya. A karni na 20, yawancin zuriya sun kasance masu launin fata, yayin da wasu suka bayyana kansu a matsayin Pequot. Koyaya, a cikin shekarun 1930, ƙabilar ta fara rarraba kan tambayoyin ainihi, wanda ya kara tsanantawa ta hanyar gasa don albarkatu da iyakantaccen sarari a Gabashin Pequot Reservation. Akwai rikice-rikicen launin fata tsakanin zuriyar da suka fi duhu da haske tsakanin Pequots na Gabas da Mashantucket Pequots a wannan lokacin. Wani shugaban Gabashin Pequot a cikin shekarun 1930 ya kalubalanci haƙƙin membobin zuriyar fata mai duhu na Tamar Brushel, mazaunin farkon karni na 19 na ajiyar. Sauran sun musanta zama memba ga zuriyar Emmanuel Sebastian, baƙo mai launin fata daga tsibirin Cape Verde na Portugal. Dukansu maza biyu sun auri matan Pequot a karni na 19, kuma an dauki zuriyarsu a matsayin 'yan kabilar.

## Neman amincewar tarayya
Eastern Pequots sun fara neman amincewar tarayya a shekarar 1979. A cikin 1990, kimanin mambobi 150 sun fara takarda daban don amincewa da tarayya a matsayin kabilar Paucatuck Eastern Pequot,  amma yawancin mambobin kungiyoyin biyu sun ci gaba da rayuwa a kan ajiyar 224-acre. 

Eastern Pequots sun yi jayayya cewa sun gamsu da ka'idojin tarayya:

* sun ci gaba da kasancewa a matsayin kabilar Indiya a cikin al'umma
* sun kasance al'umma ta musamman
* sun ci gaba da iko na siyasa a kan mambobi
* membobin yanzu sun fito ne daga membobin ƙabilar Indiya ta tarihi
* Yawancin mambobi sun zauna a ko kusa da ajiyar kuma suna da alaƙa ta iyali 

A cikin 1998, Ofishin Harkokin Indiya yana sake nazarin korafe-korafe biyu tare. Ronald Wolf Jackson, mai ba da kuɗi na Gabashin Pequot, ya bayyana bambance-bambance na kungiyoyin a matsayin "rashin jituwa na jagoranci" kuma ya ce "bincike mai kyau" na korafe-korafen su zai nuna cewa akwai wata kabila ɗaya. Wasu magoya bayan Paucatuck sun yi jayayya cewa Eastern Pequot na son yarjejeniyar caca, kodayake kungiyoyin biyu sun musanta sha'awar gidan caca.

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2000, BIA ta ba da shawarar amincewa da kabilun a cikin binciken farko. A lokacin bita na karshe, BIA ta karfafa kungiyoyin biyu su sake haɗuwa, suna mai lura da cewa shaidar tarihi ta nuna cewa su mambobi ne na kabilar daya tare da kakanninmu ɗaya da tarihi a kan ajiyar da aka raba. A watan Yunin shekara ta 2002, Sakataren Cikin Gida ya ba da amincewa ga **Ƙasar Pequot ta Gabas**. Richard Blumenthal, Babban Lauyan Connecticut, ya shigar da kara tare da Hukumar daukaka kara ta Indiya a watan Oktoba mai zuwa, ya damu da cewa kabilar za ta bunkasa gidan caca na uku a jihar, kuma jami'an Connecticut sun yi jayayya cewa BIA ta yi kuskure wajen ba da izini ga kabilar da aka haɗa.

BIA ta soke amincewarsu a shekara ta 2005, bayan ƙarin bita na ciki. Sun riga sun soke amincewar al'ummar Schaghticoke Tribal Nation a Connecticut, wanda ta amince da shi a shekara ta 2004.  A watan Janairun 2012, Pequots na Gabas sun shigar da kara a Kotun Gundumar Amurka a Washington, DC suna neman sake dawo da amincewar BIA. Shugabannin jihohi da na gida sun yi adawa da amincewa saboda sun yi imanin cewa kabilar za ta bunkasa babban gidan caca, kuma suna damuwa game da mummunan tasirin irin waɗannan ayyukan a kan al'ummomin yankin. Gidan ajiyar Gabashin Pequot yana kusa da Foxwoods Resort wanda kabilar Mashantucket Pequot ke sarrafawa. Koyaya, BIA ta ba da sabbin dokoki a cikin 2015 suna cewa kabilun ba za su iya sake shigar da kara ba idan an riga an hana su amincewar tarayya. Ƙabilar ba ta bi neman amincewa ta hanyar Majalisa ta Amurka ba saboda ra'ayoyin adawa da caca a Arewa maso gabas, wanda zai sa ba zai yiwu ba a wannan lokacin.

## Pequots na Gabas da Donald Trump sun sake haduwa
A ranar 28 ga Mayu, 2003 Donald Trump ya shigar da kara a kan kabilun da suka sake haɗuwa, yana mai da'awar cewa an cire shi daga shirye-shiryen ci gaban su. A lokacin rabuwa, ya yi kwangila tare da ƙaramin ƙungiyar Pawcatuck Eastern Pequot . Ƙabilar da ta sake haɗuwa ta zaɓi mai haɓaka daban don yarjejeniyar su.

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