InfoGuides: CRIM 250 Domestic Violence (Whyte): Alaskan and Native Americans

Finding Information

Native women are the highest victimized population in the United States by perpetrators of all races. (Bureau of Crime Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. American Indians and Crime Report. Washington: 1999). When using keywords to find more information about this community, use "American Indian women", "Alaskan Native women", "Native American women", and "indigenous women". Complications arise due to the tribal court system versus the American court system.

Check out the Native and Alaska American encyclopedia entries in the Encyclopedia of domestic violence and abuse. There is an interesting chapter about Deaf Native Americans in Eldridge, N. (2010). Culturally responsive psychotherapy with Deaf American Indians. In Irene W. Leigh (Ed.), Psychotherapy with Deaf Clients from Diverse Groups (2nd ed, pp. 183– 209). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Fact Sheets
The Facts on Violence Against American Indian/Alaskan Native Women.
American Indian Women and Sexual Violence
Domestic Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women
New York State Resources
NYSCADV’s Domestic Violence and Indigenous Peoples Project
More than four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women and men have experienced violence in their lifetime, and more than one in three experienced violence in the past year, according to a new report from an NIJ-funded study.
Office of Children and Family Services-Native American Services
Seven Dancers Coalition
Three Sisters Program
Resources
The National Congress of American Indians
Tribal Court Clearinghouse.
National Institute of Justice article: Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men
VAW.net section on Native Americans
Mending the Sacred Hoop
National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
Family and partner interpersonal violence among American Indians/Alaska Natives
The Violence Against Women Act: A Double-Edged Sword for Native Americans, Their Rights, and Their Hopes of Regaining Cultural Independence
Five Things About Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men

Titles

Death and Violence on the Reservation
This volume is the first major attempt to systematically examine the etiology of violence in American Indian communities. Using fieldwork as well as quantitative and qualitative research, Bachman first presents an overview of American Indians from historical and contemporary perspectives, before she focuses specifically on violence and its causes. Homicide, suicide, and family violence are analyzed in depth, and the destructive impacts of alcohol and other addictive substances are documented. Dr. Bachman effectively uses personal stories and narratives given by American Indians to illustrate the living reality behind the statistics she presents. She concludes with a variety of policy recommendations that will be of interest not only to policymakers, but also to academic researchers and students in criminology, ethnic relations, sociology, and anthropology.

Titles

The Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition
Integrating American Indian law and Native American political and legal traditions, this encyclopedia includes detailed descriptions of nearly two dozen Native American Nations' legal and political systems such as the Iroquois, Cherokee, Choctaw, Navajo, Cheyenne, Creek, Chickasaw, Comanche, Sioux, Pueblo, Mandan, Wyandot, Powhatan, Mikmaq, and Yakima. Although not an Indian law casebook, this work does contain outlines of many major Indian law cases, congressional acts, and treaties. It also contains profiles of individuals important to the evolution of Indian law. This work will be of interest to scholars in several fields, including law, Native American studies, American history, political science, anthropology, and sociology.