Spousal Abuse
Pretty Bird Woman House: Let's Unbury some Hearts
[EDITORS' NOTES: Date changed to reflect promotion to front page./liza
For an earlier diary on this issue, and some broader issues, please see this diary. And help out if you can!/mole333]
Herstories on the issue of violence against women
A Cheyenne proverb states, “A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done, no matter how brave its warriors or how strong its weapons.†Our hearts are not on the ground. Our feet are. And we are moving forward.
A travesty to the true spirit of justice is taking place on the Standing Rock Reservation that covers North and South Dakota. Predominantly white male rapists are sexually assaulting American Indian women and getting away with inadequate consequences or no consequences whatsoever.
Crossposted at Native American Netroots
Show me a rapist of an American Indian woman and I’ll show you an upstanding member of society. That’s what the Major said about a man who plead guilty to raping an American Indian woman. Maybe the thieves and vandals who have caused property damage so severe that Pretty Bird Woman House had to close its doors for now are “upstanding citizens†as well.
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