First in WCSAP's 2021 Keynote Series, Theda New Breast from the Native Wellness Institute, gives her talk on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirit Awareness Day. She discusses grassroots organizing, healing work, and self-care "recess".
The articles and interviews in this issue of "Connections" center First Peoples' healing work to address sexual violence and survive colonization.
Sexual violence against Native women is the result of a number of factors and continues a history of widespread human rights abuses against Indigenous peoples in the U.S. Historically, Native American women were raped by settlers and soldiers, including during the Trail of Tears and the Long Walk of the Navajo. Such attacks were not random or individual; they were tools of conquest and colonization.
The attitudes towards Indigenous peoples that underpin such human rights abuses…
The Native American Women's Health Resource. THIS IS A COMPLETE SET THAT MUST BE SENT OUT ALL TOGETHER.
It includes 1 facilitator's guide, 1 poster, and 10 workbooks.
