Atalie Unkalunt
Atalie Unkalunt (12 ga Yuni,1895 - Nuwamba 6,1954) mawaƙin Cherokee ne,mai zanen ciki,mai fafutuka,kuma marubuci. Sunanta Turanci Iva J.Rider ya bayyana a cikin jerin na ƙarshe na Cherokee Nation.An haife ta a yankin Indiya, ta halarci makarantun Indiya da gwamnati ke gudanarwa sannan ta kammala karatun sakandare a Muskogee,Oklahoma. Ta ci gaba da karatunta a New England Conservatory of Music a Boston, Massachusetts .Bayan ganawar watanni goma sha uku da YMCA a matsayin mai ba da labari kuma mai nishadantarwa ga sojojin yakin duniya na daya a Faransa,ta koma Amurka a 1919 kuma ta ci gaba da karatunta na kiɗa.A shekara ta 1921,ta kasance tana zaune a birnin New York kuma tana yin cakuduwar operatic aria,waƙoƙin zamani,da kiɗan ɗan ƙasa .Yunkurin ta na zama ƴar wasan opera bai yi nasara ba. An fi yarda da ita a matsayin abin da ake kira "Gimbiya Indiya",da farko tana rera ayyukan mawakan farar fata da ke da hannu a harkar Indiyawa.

Dangane da kiyaye al'adun ƴan asalin ƙasar Amirka, Unkalnt ya kafa ƙungiyar 'ya'yan Farko da 'ya'ya mata na Amurka a cikin shekarar 1922.Ƙungiyar ta ƙyale ƴan asalin ƙasar Amirka masu alaƙa da kabilanci su shiga a matsayin cikakkun mambobi kuma sun yi aiki don inganta al'adu da dokoki na 'yan asalin waɗanda za su kasance masu amfani ga al'ummomin 'yan asalin. Tare da haɗin gwiwar al'umma, ta kafa gidan wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya ƙunshi shirye-shiryen da 'yan asalin suka rubuta kuma suka yi da kuma taron masu fasaha wanda ya taimaka wa masu zane-zane na asali don haɓakawa da tallata sana'o'in su. Daga cikin ayyukanta da yawa, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai zanen ciki, ta rubuta labarai don jaridu da mujallu, ta buga littafi, da bincike kan waƙoƙin ƴan asalin ƙasar. A cikin shekarar 1942,Unkalunt ya koma Washington, DC kuma ya yi aiki da Ofishin Mai Gudanarwa na Harkokin Ƙasashen Duniya. A cikin shekarar 1950s, ta shafe lokaci tana binciken da'awar Cherokee akan Hukumar Da'awar Indiya.

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Atalie Unkalunt,wanda ke fassara daga Cherokee zuwa Sunshine Rider a Turanci,an san shi da Josie Rider ga abokanta fararen fata.  An haife ta a ranar 12 ga Yuni,1895,a wata gona kusa da Stilwell,a cikin Going Snake District of Cherokee Nation Indian Territory zuwa Josephine(née Pace)da Thomas Lafayette Rider (Dom-Ges-Ke Un Ka).Lunt). Thomas ɗan siyasa ne kuma ya yi aiki a majalisar wakilai ta farko,ta biyu,da ta huɗu ta Oklahoma don gundumar Adair kuma a cikin majalissar jihohi ta bakwai da ta takwas a matsayin Sanata. Thomas da 'ya'yansa,Ola, Mary Angeline,Ruth Belle,Phoeba Montana,Mittie Earl,Roscoe Conklin,Milton Clark, Iva Josephine,Cherokee Augusta,da Anna Monetta Rider,an nuna su a Dawes Rolls na Cherokee Nation.,sai dai babba da ƙarami,suna amfani da sunayensu na Turanci. Shi ɗa ne ga Mary Ann (née Bigby)da Charles Austin Augustus Rider,wanda ya bi Tafarkin Hawaye,kuma jikan mahaifiyar Margaret Catherine (née Adair)da Thomas Wilson Bigby. Josephine farar mace ce, asalinta daga Cherokee County, Jojiya, wacce danginta suka gudu Georgia a lokacin yakin basasar Amurka.  An san ta da muryar rera waƙa,wanda ya shafi zaɓin aikin Unkalnt.

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