Me ka pilikia mau o ka hema i ke Komohana Hema, ua hui pū ka mea mālama hua Hopi / Tewa ʻo Valerie Nuvayestewa i ka hoʻāʻo e hoʻihoʻi i kahi meaʻai nui a nā ʻōiwi i mahi ʻia e kona mau kūpuna no 11000 mau makahiki. Hiki i ka ʻehā mau kihi ʻuala ke ulu ma lalo o nā wahi maloʻo a hāʻawi i ka protein i ʻekolu a ʻelua mau manawa i ka calcium o nā ʻuala ʻulaʻula.
Ua hoʻoneʻe kahi ʻepekema a me nā alakaʻi o nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi o ka ʻāina i kahi kalaiwa e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka tuber-resistant maloʻo, i ʻike ʻia ʻepekema ʻo Solanum jamesii, ma ke ʻano he hopena meaʻai no ka poʻe i pā ʻia e nā hopena o ka huliau.
Ua ʻōlelo nā kānaka ʻepekema ʻepekema ʻo Utah a me nā mea hoʻouluulu ʻai ʻōiwi ʻo ka spud hiki ke noho hiamoe no nā makahiki ma lalo o nā kūlana maloʻo, ke hāʻawi nei i nā pōmaikaʻi kūpono e like me ka hao a me ka zinc i nā kānaka.
ʻO Valerie Nuvayestewa:
"ʻAʻole wau i ulu ma mua i ka ʻUala Kihi ʻehā ma mua, no laila he mea paʻakikī kēia i koʻu aʻo ʻana i koʻu ulu ʻana."
Ua ʻike maopopo ʻia ka pono o nā mea kanu hou mai August 9, i ka wā a ka United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change i hōʻike mai i kahi hōʻike e hoʻomehana ai ke ʻano o ke kanaka, ka moana, a me ka pae i nā pae "ʻano ʻole" i nā makahiki he 2,000 i hala. Ua ʻōlelo nā mea kākau IPCC e hoʻomehana ʻia ka Hema Hema e 2 kekelē, me ka ulu pinepine ʻana o ka maloʻo i nā makahiki he umi e hiki mai ana. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka ua nui e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka wai hālana e hoʻonui ʻia, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e nā ua nui o kēia kauwela ma ʻō Arizona, Koloraka, Nu Mekiko, a me ʻUtaha.
He mōʻaukala e pili ana i nā makahiki he mau makahiki
ʻO Nuvayestewa hoʻolauna ʻana i ka ʻuala ʻEhā Kihi i hiki mai i kēia pūnāwai, i ka manawa i kono ʻia ai kahi papahana ʻai e ka Dinpr Bikéyah o Nonprofit ʻo Utah Diné Bikéyah e lilo i ʻāpana o kāna Papahana Hoʻolālā Uala. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ʻike nā kānaka noiʻi i nā hōʻike e ulu ana kaʻuala ma Utah ma mua he mau kaukani mau makahiki ma mua o ka manaʻo ʻia ua lawe ʻia kaʻuala i ʻAmelika ʻĀkau mai ka Andes.
ʻO Cynthia Wilson (Diné), ka luna o ka Hōʻikeʻike Mea Mea Mea Mea Mea Mea Mea Mea Mea Mea Hōʻikeʻike Kūloko ʻo Utah Diné Bikéyah:
"Ke manaʻo nei nā" activist food and environmentists "e" hoʻi "i ka ʻUala Kihi. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka hoʻihoʻi e paipai nei i nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā kānaka ʻē aʻe e mahi i nā mea kanu ʻōiwi i kahi ʻano pānaʻi i ka mahalo me ka nohona kūlohelohe ma o nā aʻo matrilineal a me nā loina. Pēlā, nā hana e hoʻohui i kaʻuala i nā mea mālama ʻōiwi ʻōiwi e like me Nuvayestewa. ”
I kāna kau ulu mua e hoʻohana ana i nā ʻanoʻano, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nuvayestewa ua kanu ʻo ia iā lākou mai nā ipuhao liʻiliʻi i ke kauwela i nā ipuhao nui aʻe. ʻAʻole i ola kekahi i ke kanu ʻana, akā he mau mea kanu kāna i koe. Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e kaʻana like i kāna ʻohi ma hope o kāna lawa e hāʻawi ai i nā māla a me nā mahiʻai i kona kauhale.
"Ua ulu wau i kekahi mau ʻano ʻuala, akā ʻokoʻa ka ʻuala kihi ʻehā a ʻaʻole makemake i ka nui o ka wai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono nō e ulu kahi mākū, akā hiki nō ke hiamoe a hiki i ka wā ua."
"Ua ua liʻiliʻi ka ua i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki i hala iho nei, a i kēia mau lā wale nō i loaʻa ai iā mākou ka nui o ka ua kahi aʻu e noho ai ma First Mesa, no laila ke ʻike nei mākou i nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i nā mesa ma kahi o ka nāhele maloʻo, ʻeleʻele, nāhelehele. Ke emi mai nei ka ua a emi iho ka… ʻAʻole maikaʻi ma waho. ”
Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Nuvayestewa i kahi mahiʻai Hopi kūloko, ʻo Max Taylor, i hāʻawi aku iā ia i nā ʻanoʻano o kahi ʻuala like me ʻelua mau makahiki i hala. Akā ua hāʻawi ka Papahana Hoʻolālā Uala i kāna manawa kūpono mua e kiʻi i nā ʻano tuber mai Bears Ears National Monument a me Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. ʻO nā kia hoʻomanaʻo ʻāina ʻelua he mau ʻāina kūpuna iā Hopi, Zuni, Diné, Ute, Paiute, a me nā Pueblos ma Nū Mekiko.
Wahi a Lisbeth Louderback, kahu o nā anthropology ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kūlohelohe o Utah, ua ulu ʻia kēia mau mea ulu e nā ʻōiwi, e like me ka Hopi, ma mua o 11,000 mau makahiki i hala. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua loaʻa lākou a ulu ʻia hoʻi ma nā ʻāina ākea ma ka hema o Utah, akā ua hāʻule i ka hoʻohana no ka mahi ʻana kanaka.
He kuleana kūpuna
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nuvayestewa ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka waiwai o ka ulu ʻana i ka meaʻai mai kona mau mākua a me kona mau kūpuna a ke aʻo nei ʻo ia i kāna poʻe keiki ponoʻī.
ʻO Valerie Nuvayestewa:
"E hoʻomaka e nānā i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o ke kanu ʻana a me ka ʻohi ʻana i ka mea ua loaʻa i ka ua. Pehea mākou e mālama ai i kēlā mākū i loko o kā mākou lepo no ka mea e emi iki ana ka ua a maloʻo loa ka ʻāina? Maikaʻi ma waho. ”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wilson e pili ana ka Papahana Hoʻolālā Uala i nā māla a me nā wahine ʻōiwi e like me Nuvayestewa e alakaʻi nei a hoʻonohonoho i nā laina mua o ko lākou kaiāulu, keu hoʻi i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 kahi i ulu hou ai kahi mea kanu e ulu i nā meaʻai ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wilson ua lana kona manaʻo ma muli o nā pilikia i hāpai ʻia e ka loli no ka mea noʻonoʻo kaiaulu ʻōiwi i kā lākou hoʻohana wai. ʻO kahi laʻana, he kaiāulu wale nō kona kaiāulu ma Oljato, Utah - hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no ka huki ʻana i ka wai e kanu, inu, ʻauʻau, a i ʻole no ka hoʻohana holoholona. Hoʻohālikelike i nā hoʻonohonoho kaona e like me Salt Lake City a i ʻole Phoenix, kahi e hoʻohana ʻia ai nā loko wai a me nā lawn no nā hana leʻaleʻa.
Cynthia Wilson:
"Manaʻo wau me kēlā noʻonoʻo o ka wai o ka wai i loko o kā mākou noʻonoʻo no ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea e mahalo ai. A makemake wau e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i ia. ”
ʻO kāna ʻāpana o kāna hana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i ka papa inoa o nā māla hiamoe ma ka muliwai ʻo San Juan ma ka moku ʻo San Juan, Utah, a hoʻoulu hou iā lākou me nā meaʻai ʻōiwi.
Cynthia Wilson:
"ʻO kēia papahana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻuala ʻEhā kihi he kuleana kūpuna ia e hoʻomau i kēlā mau aʻo ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ua lana ka manaʻo e kōkua kāna hana i ka poʻe e pili hou i nā aʻo kūpuna.
Cynthia Wilson:
"Pehea e kanu ai i nā ʻanoʻano, a pehea e mālama ai i ka wai, mālama i ka ʻāina, a hana i kā mākou mōhai e ʻohi i kā mākou pono pono kuke, a me kā mākou mau lāʻau ponoʻī a hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻāina."
ʻO Valerie Nuvayestewa:
"Kanu mau mākou i kā mākou māla he mea ʻole, i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me ka nānā ʻole inā loaʻa ka ua a me ka hau. Ua aʻo ʻia mākou e kanu, a manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe e hiki mai ana ka ua e kipa i ka palaoa a me ka ʻuala. ”