Kungiyar Masu Tsaro ta Amirka

The Native American Guardians Association (**NAGA**) ƙungiya ce ta Indiyawan Indiyawan Amurka wacce aka kafa a watan Yunin 2017 a matsayin mai zaman kanta tare da manufar inganta Tarihin Indiyawan Amurka da Tsaro.  Wakilan NAGA sun kasance masu aiki a cikin muhawara game da kayan masarufi na 'yan asalin Amurka, suna adawa da cire su ta hanyar samar da masu adawa da canji da maki masu magana  ko kuma ta hanyar membobin da ke ba da shaida don tallafawa riƙe kayan masarufin. 

## Taimako ga Washington Redskins
*Sports Illustrated* ( *SI* ) ya binciki ƙungiyoyin pro-Redskins daban-daban waɗanda suka yi magana ko suka rubuta a madadin Daniel Snyder a kotu, kuma sun gano cewa yawancin suna karɓar gudummawar dala dubu da yawa daga Gidauniyar Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation (WROAF), wanda Snyder ya kafa. Musamman, *SI* ta gano cewa NAGA ta karɓi $68,360 daga WROAF jim kaɗan kafin amicus curiae ƙungiyar ta yi don ci gaba da riƙe sunan Redskins a bainar jama'a. Rahoton ya bayyana cewa "dangantaka kai tsaye tsakanin NAGA da tawagar Snyder abu ne mai wuyar samu, amma dangantaka ta kai tsaye ta yi kamari" in ji dan majalisar zartarwa Mark Yancy na rashin jinin 'yan asalin Amurka.  NAGA ta ce ana ba da tallafin ne ta hanyar gudummawa daga masu ba da gudummawa masu zaman kansu, kuma ƙungiyar ba ta bayyana wanda ya ba da gudummawa ba don haka alaƙa da WROAF za ta ɓace. Mutanen da *SI* ta yi hira da su sun kira haduwa da kungiyar "abin damuwa" saboda "ba su da wata alaka da al'ummomin da suka yi kokarin shiga tsakani, amma kuma saboda wasu [membobi] suna da ta'addanci." 

A watan Yulin 2023 wani magoya bayan Kwamandojin Washington ya fara takardar neman a canza sunan kungiyar zuwa Redskins.  Daga baya, rahotanni na labarai sun fara danganta korafin ga NAGA,  sannan rahotanni suka biyo baya cewa NAGA za ta fara kauracewa kamar wanda Bud Light boycott">ya shafi Anheuser-Busch. Wannan ya haifar da martani daga sabon kwamandoji shugaban Jason Wright yana mai bayyana cewa canji zuwa Redskins "ba a la'akari da shi ba. Lokaci" da kuma kwamandojin da ke ba da sanarwa cewa Bud Light shine giya na hukuma na tawagar. Majalisar Dokokin Indiyawan Amurka ta bayyana cewa sanarwar Wright ce ta karfafa shi da ci gaba da kokarin barin abubuwan da suka gabata. A watan Satumbar 2023 NAGA ta shigar da kara a Kotun Gundumar Amurka ta Arewacin Dakota a kan Kwamandojin saboda ɓata suna kiran NAGA ƙungiya ta karya; da kuma yin makirci don keta haƙƙin farar hula na NAGA. Alkalin ya watsar da karar a watan Afrilu, 2024 bisa ga rashin iko, wanda ake tuhuma ba ya cikin ko yin kasuwanci a jihar.

## Mascot na makarantar sakandare

### Makarantar Sakandare ta Skowhegan
 
A watan Fabrairun 2019, kwamitin Makarantar Sakandare ta Yankin Skowhegan ya kada kuri'a don yin ritaya da mascot dinsa, "Indians", don goyon bayan "River Hawks", kasancewar makarantar karshe a Maine tare da mascot na 'yan asalin Amurka. 

Kafin zaben, NAGA ta tuntubi daya daga cikin mambobin Kwamitin Makaranta da ke adawa da canjin sunan, Jennifer Poirir, tana ba da taimako. An shirya wani taron sirri, na gayyata kawai a watan Fabrairun 2019 don kawai wadanda ke tallafawa kiyaye sunan. Maulian Dana, jakadan kabilanci na Penobscot Nation kuma mai goyon bayan canza sunan, ya kira shi "gidan nuna wariyar launin fata". A Facebook, Sherri Mitchell, lauya mai kare hakkin 'yan asalin ƙasar a Maine, ya kira NAGA "Indians na ƙarya" wanda kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Washington ke biya don inganta kayan masarufi na asali. Koyaya, jagorancin NAGA ya haɗa da mambobi da yawa na kabilun 'yan asalin Amurka.

Mambobin yankin na Wabanaki Confederacy sun nuna rashin amincewa da gabatarwar da NAGA ta ba kwamitin makarantar, suna mai cewa kasancewar Indiyawa daga wasu kabilun sun karya "al'adar baki" na 'yan asalin ƙasarsu kawai "suna magana don al'ummarku".  Masu zanga-zangar Wabanaki sun kuma ce NAGA tana da "sunan tashin hankali" kuma "ba su da damar kasancewa a nan".[ing]

### Makarantar Sakandare mai banƙyama
A watan Yunin 2019, kwamitin ilimi na Killingly High School a Connecticut ya yi ritaya daga mascot din su, Redman, yana mai nuna damuwa cewa yana da wariyar launin fata da kuma cin zarafin 'yan asalin Amurka. A cikin zaben da ya biyo baya a watan Nuwamba, an zabi mafi rinjaye na Jamhuriyar Republican kuma daga baya sun jefa kuri'a 5-4 don sake dawo da mascot (wani Jamhuriyan Republican ya jefa kuri'u tare da 'yan Democrat a kan matakin). Yawancin mambobi sun rufe maganganunsu tare da taken NAGA, "Ilimi, ba kawarwa ba". Koyaya, masu sukar sun ce kungiyar kungiya ce da ba ta wakiltar ra'ayoyin yawancin 'yan asalin Amurka ba. Mambobin majalisa biyu na Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, mai nisan kilomita 30 daga Killingly, sun gaya wa hukumar "Redmen" wani zagi ne wanda ba ya girmama su.

### Colorado
A cikin 2021, Jihar Colorado ta zartar da dokar da ta hana amfani da nassoshi ga 'yan asalin Amurka ta kowace hanya a matsayin mascot ga kowane makaranta, jama'a, masu zaman kansu, ko sashi, sai dai idan makarantar ta shiga yarjejeniya tare da takamaiman kabilar' yan asalin Amurka kafin dokokin ta wuce. NAGA ta kai karar jihar Colorado kuma Gidauniyar Shari'a ta Mountain States za ta wakilce ta.

Wani memba na kwamishinan gwamnan, Darius Smith (Navajo), ya ce NAGA ba ta da gaskiya ko wakiltar yadda yawancin Indiyawan Amurka ke ji game da batun. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2022, alƙalin ya watsar da karar bisa la'akari da NAGA da ta kasa kafa matsayi don kawo karar.

### Arizona
An tambayi Eric Descheenie (Navajo) a cikin 2021 idan zai goyi bayan lissafin da zai yi kama da na Nevada da Colorado wanda ke hana 'yan asalin ƙasar a makarantu. A cikin 2018, a matsayin memba na Majalisar Wakilai ta Arizona, Descheenie ya gabatar da lissafin da zai haramta nuna sunayen ƙungiyoyi waɗanda kabilun suka ɗauka suna da banƙyama a cikin wuraren da jama'a ke tallafawa, amma ba a taɓa sanya wannan lissafin ga kwamitin ba, kuma ya bayyana cewa irin wannan dokar ba ta da damar a cikin majalisar dokokin Arizona da ke da rinjaye a cikin Jamhuriyar Republican a cikin 2021. An kuma tambayi mambobin NAGA game da dokokin da ke kawar da kayan masarufi, kuma sun amsa cewa an share al'adun 'yan asalin Amurka da gado a cikin jihar. Descheenie ya amsa cewa al'adun 'yan asalin ba a tabbatar da su ta hanyar wakilci a cikin al'umma ta zamani kamar mascots ba, amma ta hanyar tarihin da ya riga ya kasancewar Amurka. 

### Jihar New York
Wadanda ke adawa da dokar Jihar New York da ke buƙatar makarantun sakandare su canza kayan masarufi ko rasa kudaden jihar sun ambaci NAGA. Sakatariyar Ilimi ta Amurka Linda McMahon ta bayyana cewa idan ba a ɗaga haramcin da aka yi wa 'yan asalin ƙasar ba, za ta nemi DOJ ta bincika Jihar New York don keta haƙƙin jama'a a ƙarƙashin Title VI na Dokar 'Yancin Bil'adama ta 1964.  McMahon ya ambaci NAGA a matsayin mai nuna alamar goyon bayan 'yan asalin Amurka ga waɗannan mascot, amma shugabannin kabilun Long Island na gida daga Shinnecock da Poospatuck-Unkechaug waɗanda ke goyon bayan haramcin sun ce suna jin rauni saboda shigar NAGA. "Idan kuna so ku koyi game da tarihin gaskiya na 'yan asalin ƙasar a nan, ku yi magana da mu, "in ji Cif Harry Wallace, na Unkechaug Indian Nation.

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