A New National Park to Reclaim Indigenous Land | Tracie Revis | TED

譯者: 奕如 王 審譯者: Shelley Tsang 曾雯海

In February of 2021, I landed in Atlanta, Georgia.

2021 年 2月， 我抵達美國喬治亞州亞特蘭大。

To be back in Georgia, the ancestral homelands of my people,

回到喬治亞州，我的故鄉

gave me very mixed emotions.

讓我百感交集。

At that time, I was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma,

那時，我住在俄克拉荷馬州的塔爾薩

where I was serving as chief of staff

擔任參謀長

to the Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation,

首席酋長的， 為馬斯科吉（克裡克）民族

the tribe who’s Indigenous to this area.

地區的原住民部落。

And we were in Georgia that day

那天我們在喬治亞州

for a meeting in Macon at the Ocmulgee Mounds.

參加梅肯的會議 在奧克馬爾吉土墩舉行

This area of Macon grew up along the beautiful Ocmulgee River.

梅肯地區的發展 沿著美麗的奧克馬爾吉河。

This area has over 17,000 years of human history

該地區擁有 17000多年的人類歷史

and was the former capital city of our tribal towns,

是我們部落城鎮的前首都，

the Atlanta of its day.

當時的亞特蘭大。

Now, you would think that to be back in the homelands

現在，你認為回到故鄉

would bring feelings of peace and joy.

會帶來平靜和歡樂的感覺。

But for many of us, there is still a deep-rooted hurt connected to this land,

但對我們許多人來說， 這片土地仍存根深蒂固

a hurt that comes from knowing

的傷害，這種傷害源於知道

that your family were forcibly required to leave their homes.

你的家人被迫離開家園。

Yet everywhere you go in this state, you see our words, our language

然而，在這情況無論走到哪， 你都會看到我們的文字、語言

that serve as a blueprint to this state, etched on this landscape.

作為這個國家的藍圖， 刻在這片風景上。

Words like Towaliga or Dalwa-leg-it’s,

像 Towaliga 或 Dalwa-leg-it’s 這樣的詞，

Tybee or Dabe, Coweta, Muscogee, Ocmulgee.

Tybee或Dabe，Coweta，Muscogee，Ocmulgee

They serve as a whisper from our ancestors who were once here.

它們就像耳語， 來自我們曾經在這裡的祖先。

(Speaks Yuchi)

（說尤奇語）

Good morning. My name is Tracie Revis.

早安。我叫特蕾西·雷維斯

I am a Yuchi woman and of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

我是尤奇女人， 來自馬斯科吉(溪）國家。

My Yuchi name is sahAsAfanE.

名字是薩哈薩芬。

I’m D@th@, or wolf clan,

我是 D @th @，即狼族

and come from the Polecat Ceremonial Ground.

來自Polecat Ceremonial Ground

And you're all on my family's ancestral lands.

而且你們都在 我家族祖傳的土地上。

Lands that I and others are working to reclaim.

我和其他人 正在努力開墾的土地。

Now all too often,

現在常常，

Indigenous stories often have stories of colonization

原住民故事有殖民化

and forced removal.

和強制遷移

(Video) (Singing)

（影片）（唱歌）

The Trail of Tears, or The Road of Misery

《眼淚之路》和《悲傷之路》

removed tens of thousands of Indigenous people

驅逐數萬原住民

from their ancestral lands.

離開他們的家鄉。

The violence of the 1830s Indian Removal Act

1830 年代印第安人遷移法案的暴力

did not end when we made it into Oklahoma,

在我們到達俄克拉荷馬州時， 還沒結束，

and for many of us, removal is not that far removed.

對我們許多人來說， 被驅逐並不是遙不可及的事。

Its impact has stretched throughout generations.

它的影響已經延續了幾代人。

My grandmother, my father,

我的祖母，我的父親，

my aunts and uncles were all sent

我的阿姨和叔叔全部送到

to the government-run Indian boarding schools.

政府開辦的印地安寄宿學校。

My grandmother, whose first language was Yuchi,

我祖母的母語是尤奇

was only allowed to speak English in these schools

在這些學校只允許說英語

and had to relearn her native tongue as an adult.

成年後必須重新學習母語。

Now to be clear, we call these buildings “schools,”

現在清楚的是， 我們稱這些建築為「學校」

but they really served as a place to silence the community

但它們確實是一個 讓社區保持沉默的地方

and to steal the future culture from generations.

並偷走來自幾代人未來的文化。

And as the first generation of my family

作為我家族的第一代

to not have been sent to these government-run schools,

沒有被送到這些公立學校，

I still did not escape the impacts of this trauma.

我仍然沒有擺脫 這次創傷的影響

But back to Georgia.

但回到喬治亞

So that day, we're at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.

那天，我們來到了 奧克馬爾吉土墩國家歷史公園。

And we began to walk out to one of the mound sites.

開始走向一處土丘遺址。

And as we cross a bridge,

當我們過橋時，

immediately my heart skips a beat

我的心立刻漏了一拍

and I smell a medicine, or a plant that we still use today

並聞到一種藥的味道， 是一種我們至今仍在使用的植物

in our annual ceremonies, E’apane, or our Green Corn.

在我們的年度儀式中， E’apane或青玉米。

And immediately I am transformed,

我立刻變了，

because I know in that moment that my ancestors are still here.

因為那一刻我知道我的祖先還在這裡。

And it was like taking a black and white photo

就像拍一張黑白照片

and turning it into color.

然後變成彩色一樣。

It was vibrant and real, and it was now.

它充滿活力而真實，現在就是如此。

And as we began to walk out to another mound site,

當我們開始走向另一個土丘遺址時，

I hear a voice inside of me that says,

我聽到我內心裡有一個聲音說：

"What would it feel like to ever live back in these lands?

「回到這些土地上生活會是什麼感覺？

To be here in the homeland?"

回到故鄉？」

And as we walk a little farther into another mound site,

當我們再往前走到 另一個土丘遺址時，

I hear another voice that says,

我聽到另一個聲音說：

"We need to create a relationship with this community,

「我們需要與這個社區建立關係，

and we need to heal together."

需要一起治療。」

Fast-forward one year later,

一年後，

I am now living in Macon, Georgia.

我住在喬治亞州的梅肯

(Applause)

（掌聲）

I proudly serve as the director of advocacy

我很榮幸擔任宣傳總監

to the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative.

倡議奧克馬爾吉國家公園和自然保護區

I work every day to bring the tribal voice back to these lands,

我每天都在努力 將部落的聲音帶回這片土地，

and to make my nation, my tribe, a co-manager,

並讓我的國家及部落 成為共同管理者，

all while creating Georgia's first national park and preserve.

同時創建了喬治亞州 第一個國家公園和保護區。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

In September of 2022, the Ocmulgee Mounds had its first visit ever

2022 年 9 月， 奧克馬爾吉土墩首次被造訪

from a Secretary of the Interior, who happened to be Secretary Deb Haaland,

來自內政部長，恰好是德布·哈蘭部長，

the first Indigenous secretary.

首位原住民秘書

(Applause)

（掌聲）

And that day, she’s in Georgia

那天，她在喬治亞州

to look at some land that we had just acquired

看我們剛獲得的一些土地

and we were donating toward the expansion of the park.

並捐款給公園擴建。

And as we go to look at this piece of land that is a very sacred piece of land ...

當我們去看這片非常神聖的土地時...

It was slated for industrialization.

它計劃為工業化。

This land that was very sacred,

這片曾經非常神聖的土地，

had been raped, overmined,

遭受到強制的過度開採，

stripped all the way down to the silt.

開挖到只剩下淤泥

And that day I watched the secretary bend down and place her hand on the ground

那天我看著秘書彎下腰， 把手放地上

on an erosion scar.

在侵蝕的疤痕上。

And it was in that moment that I knew

就在那一刻我知道

that she understood what I had come to understand.

她明白我所明白的。

And as we began to walk back, she says,

當我們開始往回走時，她說：

"They are still here, your ancestors are still here,

「祂們還在，你的祖先依然在這，

and the land will bring back who and what it needs to heal it."

而這片土地將會帶回 所需的人和東西來治癒。」

To which I can only reply, "Yes, ma'am."

對此，我只能回答「是的，女士。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

If my journey has taught me anything, it's that if you take care of this land,

如果說我的旅程教會了我什麼， 那就是倘若你照顧這片土地，

it will take care of you.

它也會照顧你。

This land that brought me home.

這片土地帶我回家。

In the state of Georgia, we have zero federally recognized tribes,

在喬治亞州，聯邦認可的部落為零，

but in the city of Macon, where we have now created a relationship,

但在梅肯市， 現在我們已經建立了關係，

we are seeing ourselves beyond the landscape.

看到自己超越了風景。

As we reclaim our names and our words,

當收回我們的名字和話語時，

we are seeing ourself in a part of the culture.

我們將自己視為文化的一部分。

Recently, we passed legislation in the city

最近，本市通過了立法

that requires that our tribal flag, our sovereign flag,

要求我們的部落旗幟和主權旗幟

permanently fly over City Hall.

永久懸掛在市政廳上。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thank you.

謝謝。

In a land we were never meant to return, this is extremely powerful.

在一片我們永遠不會回來的土地上， 這是非常強大的。

Today, as we continue to heal a community,

今天，隨著我們繼續治療一個社區，

this land is healing us.

同時，這片土地也治療著我們。

And with that, I say thank you, mvto.

有了這點，我會說謝謝你，mvto。

(Applause)

（掌聲）