Posted on Nov 28, 2021
Violence against Indigenous women is a crisis, report finds
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American Indian women are far more likely to suffer violence, and far less likely to have their abusers prosecuted. Why? Because the federal government doesn't care about them.
Violence against Indigenous women is a crisis, report finds
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Capt Gregory Prickett always informational, thanks for sharing.
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Capt Gregory Prickett Totally unacceptable...
..."“For too long, government and law enforcement ignored the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women,” Gallego said. “The findings of this report confirm what Indian Country and advocates know: there is more that must be done to end this crisis.”
In some tribal communities, Indigenous women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average, according to the Department of Justice.
In 2017, homicide was reported as the fourth-leading cause of death among Indigenous women between the ages of 1 and 19 years and the sixth-leading cause of death for ages 20 to 44, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In a report from the National Institute of Justice, 84 percent of Indigenous women experience violence in their lifetime, compared to 71 percent of white women."...
..."“For too long, government and law enforcement ignored the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women,” Gallego said. “The findings of this report confirm what Indian Country and advocates know: there is more that must be done to end this crisis.”
In some tribal communities, Indigenous women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average, according to the Department of Justice.
In 2017, homicide was reported as the fourth-leading cause of death among Indigenous women between the ages of 1 and 19 years and the sixth-leading cause of death for ages 20 to 44, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In a report from the National Institute of Justice, 84 percent of Indigenous women experience violence in their lifetime, compared to 71 percent of white women."...
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Capt Gregory Prickett
Ask the Dept of Justice how often they prosecute rape or other violence against women on the Rez--or ask the FBI about Annie Mae Aquash (Miꞌkmaq tribe) and her cause of death.
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Capt Gregory Prickett - Selective prosecution... sound familiar?
"Annie Mae Aquash was a First Nations activist and Mi'kmaq tribal member from Nova Scotia, Canada. Aquash moved to Boston in the 1960s and joined other First Nations and Indigenous Americans focused on education and resistance, and police brutality against urban Indigenous peoples. She was part of the American Indian Movement, participated in several occupations, and participated in the 1973 Wounded Knee incident at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, United States.
"Annie Mae Aquash was a First Nations activist and Mi'kmaq tribal member from Nova Scotia, Canada. Aquash moved to Boston in the 1960s and joined other First Nations and Indigenous Americans focused on education and resistance, and police brutality against urban Indigenous peoples. She was part of the American Indian Movement, participated in several occupations, and participated in the 1973 Wounded Knee incident at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, United States.
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SGT (Join to see) - It wasn't selective prosecution, they just didn't care. The FBI said that she died of exposure, the family had a forensic pathologist examine the body after that. He said that while exposure was a possibility, the cause of death was likely the .32 caliber hole in the back of her head.
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Very sad, but can the government enforce our laws on reservations?
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Good question... I wondered the same... after all they have done to them they should be able to protect the women.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
After the Crow Dog reversal, Congress passed the Major Crimes Act, which put Indian on Indian crimes under the Federal government, upheld by the Kagama case the following year. In 1953, PL 280 went into effect, giving some states criminal jurisdiction on the Rez, and in 2010, tribes got the authority to put Indians in prison for up to 3 years.
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