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“I closed my eyes and put my hands on my ears, so there is nothing more to describe but what I couldn’t block out: those yells from Russell, Fleur’s hoarse breath, so loud it filled me, her cry in the old language and our names repeated over and over among the words (Erdrich, 1988, p. 26). After beating a few men in a game of poker, character Fleur Pillager is physically and sexually assaulted. Violence against Native American women does not only exist on the written page. However, because of the lack of knowledge and inclusion of Native Americans in mainstream society, many are unaware of the struggles Natives encounter daily. Though it began hundreds of years ago, Native people are still experiencing the vehement effects of colonization and …show more content…
However, because Native lives and voices have been drowned out over centuries, it is important to allow for a reclamation of language. Author of The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America, Sarah Deer, disagrees with the portrayal of assault towards Native women as an epidemic. As per the Merriam Webster Dictionary, an epidemic is: “affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time.” Deer argues that an epidemic has connotations of disease, bacteria, and a relatively short-lived and isolated issue. In naming the violence against Native women an “epidemic,” one is robbing the women of the justice necessary to combat this social and oppressive cycle. The issue is not biological and without recognizing the agency of the perpetrators, the problem is deflected, and the cycle is allowed to …show more content…
(2016, June 07). Why Native American women still have the highest rates of rape and assault. Retrieved from https://www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-affairs-why-native-american-women-still-have-the-highest-rates-of-rape-and-assault
Khimm, S. (2013, January 25). The Violence Against Women Act is on life support. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/01/25/the-violence-against-women-act-is-on-life-support/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.65d530f87ad3
Raphael, Jody. "The History of Violence." Women's Review of Books, vol. 33, no. 2, Mar/Apr2016, pp. 30-31. EBSCOhost,
Solnit, R. (2017, December 07). A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-solnit/violence-against-women_b_2541940.html
Statement of Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli Before the Committee on Indian Affairs on Violence Against Native American Women. (2011, July 14). Retrieved from https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/statement-associate-attorney-general-thomas-j-perrelli-committee-indian-affairs-violence
Tjaden, P., & Thoennes, N. (2000, November). Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women. Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/183781.pdf
Tribal Affairs. (n.d.). Retrieved from

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