The tragic history of violence against native women starts with colonialism. The taking of the land is also a metaphor for the body especially that of women. Many native women had a lot of control over land and thus when taken so are bodies. To discuss one without the other would to be leaving out a true representation of the violence which has taken place within the United States. Overall, the main point of this paper is that the violence of native women and the process of taking land is deeply connected and taking back the two is a deep part of the activism being done by native women.
Discussing violence against native women, one is going to hear the statistic of one in every three native women gets raped (Sarah deer). Beyond this statement …show more content…
This process has been deemed remapping by Goeman (3-5 .- mmw). Remapping rebuild women and the land as well as the community because violence runs deeper than the surface in this case. Violence in native communities stems from the oppression of native peoples through that of what is their heart. Women and land play a central part in that.
Violence against one affects the other in almost a direct correlation. Hurt one and it hurts the other. Then by defult since women hold such a place in native communities, this process harms the entire group. This act of repeated violence against native women and the land, is a continuation of the genocide in which has been happening since the day Columbus deciede to step foot in the “new world”.
In total, violence against native women started with colonialsm and removal. Many women held as imporatant figures and land was often thought of as sacred. To defile these two dug deeply into native communities. Even worse, if one was hurt so was the other. The two topics of violence against native women and the loss of land are topics which related and need to be talked about together rather than apart. Female native activist are redeeming spaces and thus redeeming their
Discussing violence against native women, one is going to hear the statistic of one in every three native women gets raped (Sarah deer). Beyond this statement …show more content…
This process has been deemed remapping by Goeman (3-5 .- mmw). Remapping rebuild women and the land as well as the community because violence runs deeper than the surface in this case. Violence in native communities stems from the oppression of native peoples through that of what is their heart. Women and land play a central part in that.
Violence against one affects the other in almost a direct correlation. Hurt one and it hurts the other. Then by defult since women hold such a place in native communities, this process harms the entire group. This act of repeated violence against native women and the land, is a continuation of the genocide in which has been happening since the day Columbus deciede to step foot in the “new world”.
In total, violence against native women started with colonialsm and removal. Many women held as imporatant figures and land was often thought of as sacred. To defile these two dug deeply into native communities. Even worse, if one was hurt so was the other. The two topics of violence against native women and the loss of land are topics which related and need to be talked about together rather than apart. Female native activist are redeeming spaces and thus redeeming their