2021年经济学人 拉多娜·“勇敢的公牛”·阿拉德(3)

It was up to them to crush the snake. She was no activist¹: her loves were genealogy² and archaeology³, pursued through university and now for her tribe. Her way was to invoke⁴ the past like a mantra, as she did when she quickly, firmly gave her real identity to any white interviewer: Tamakawastewin, “Her Good Earth Woman”, Sissintonwan Dakota from her mother, Oglala Lakota from her father.

得靠他们来击退这条蛇。拉多娜不是激进分子：她爱的是宗谱学和考古学，大学期间攻读的也是这两个方向，现在是为部落而战。她的方式是像念咒语一样追忆过往，她毫不犹豫、坚定地对白人采访者表明自己真实身份时，她就是这么做的，她说自己是塔玛卡瓦斯温（Tamakawastewin），意为“她的热土上的伟大女性”，继承了母亲的西辛顿万达科塔族（Sissintonwan Dakota）的血统，以及父亲那边奥格拉拉拉科塔族（Oglala Lakota）的血统。

Yet she also had land, and in April 2016 she set up the Sacred Stone camp at Standing⁵ Rock as a spiritual centre of protest. Only a few came at first; locals brought them coffee, firewood and sleeping bags. But a social-media appeal drew hundreds, then thousands, eventually in two camps, in tents and yurts and maple-pole tipis. The seven bands of the Sioux met there for the first time in 140 years.

而她也有自己的土地。2016年4月，她在立岩地区建立了圣石营地（Sacred Stone camp），作为抗议运动的精神中枢。最初只有几个人来，当地人还给他们送来咖啡、柴火和睡袋。但是社交媒体上的一份宣言吸引来了数百人，然后是数千人，最终建立了两处营地，支持者们栖身在帐篷、蒙古包和枫柱锥形帐篷里。苏族七大分支聚集于此，这种大阵仗还是140年来的首次。

The camps overflowed⁶ with horses, dogs, children, singing, story-telling and the smell of frybread. Tribal⁷ flags from almost every state lined either side of the route down to the pipeline⁸ site, where young men riding bareback would line up to block the road. She spread the word by travelling and speaking; the young spread it on their phones.

营地里挤满了马匹、犬只、孩童，歌声、讲故事的声音，炸面包的香气。这样的部落旗帜几乎充斥着每一个州，整齐地排列在输油管道工地的通道两侧；年轻人在工地附近骑着没有马鞍的马儿排队堵住道路。她通过游历和演讲来传递消息，而年轻人的联络方式是手机。

In this deliberately⁹ leaderless gathering¹⁰, she kept the focus sacred. The ancestors had put medicine into this ground. Now it had to be applied¹¹ again, to heal the body of Mother Earth and especially to heal Water, their first medicine. Indigenous¹² spiritual leaders from all over America, as well as beyond it, brought water from their own rivers to fortify¹³ the Cannonball against future leaks of oil. The protesters were “water protectors”, and their rallying cry was “Mni Wiconi”, “Water is Life.”

在这场有意不推举领袖的集会中，拉多娜始终保持主旨的神圣性。祖先们曾将药物放进这片土地，现在得旧法新用，来疗愈地球母亲的身体，尤其是疗愈族人最重要的药物——水源。全美乃至他国的原住民精神领袖纷纷带来自家河流收集的水，来为坎农博尔河抵御未来石油泄漏的“添砖加瓦”。抗议者是“水之守护神”，他们的战斗口号是“Mni Wiconi”，意为“水即生命”。

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

2 genealogy   

n.家系，宗谱

参考例句：

• He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her,twenty minutes of nonstop names.他坐下又给她细数了一遍他家族的家谱，20分钟内说出了一连串的名字。
• He was proficient in all questions of genealogy.他非常精通所有家谱的问题。

3 archaeology   

n.考古学

参考例句：

• She teaches archaeology at the university.她在大学里教考古学。
• He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣。

4 invoke   

v.求助于(神、法律)；恳求，乞求

参考例句：

• Let us invoke the blessings of peace.让我们祈求和平之福。
• I hope I'll never have to invoke this clause and lodge a claim with you.我希望我永远不会使用这个条款向你们索赔。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 overflowed   

溢出的

参考例句：

• Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
• A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

8 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

9 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

10 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

11 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

12 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

13 fortify   

v.强化防御，为…设防；加强，强化

参考例句：

• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
• This treaty forbade the United States to fortify the canal.此条约禁止美国对运河设防。