Decolonizing SAAM: Colonial Violence & #MMIW

Decolonizing the Anti-Violence Movement & Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Week 1: Colonial Violence and #MMIW

1. Doctrine of Discovery and U.S. Expansion: http://archive.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/doctrine_of_discovery.html
http://pages.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/class_web/ES-200A/Week%207/60.2.smith01.pdf
2. [How Native lands are inherently invadeable therefore Native bodies inherently rapeable] - American Studies without America: Native Feminisms and the Nation-State: http://pages.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/class_web/ES-200A/Week%207/60.2.smith01.pdf
3. Colonialism, Two-Spirit Identity, and the Logics of White Supremacy: http://www.academia.edu/2259929/Colonialism_Two-Spirit_Identity_and_the_Logics_of_White_Supremacy
4. The Two-Spirit People of Indigenous North America: http://www.firstpeople.us/articles/the-two-spirit-people-of-indigenous-north-americans.html
5. Indian Boarding Schools http://www.usdakotawar.org/history/newcomers-us-government-military-federal-acts-policy/indian-boarding-schools
6. American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16516865
7. Soul Wound: The Legacy of Native American Boarding Schools http://www.amnestyusa.org/node/87342
8. Heteropatriarchy, A Building Block of Empire: http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/736
10. Jennifer Denetdale: Indigenous Feminisms, Queer Indigenous Critique, and Settler Colonialism in the Uprising at Beautiful Mountain http://www.firstpeoplesnewdirections.org/blog/?p=5528
11. Decolonizing Anti-Rape Law and Strategizing Accountability in Native American Communities: http://communityaccountability.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/decolonizing-antirape-law.pdf
12. Maze of Injustice - Failure to Protect Indigenous Women: http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/MazeOfInjustice.pdf
13. Tribal Law & Order Act of 2010: http://www.narf.org/nill/resources/tloa.html
14. What the Signing of the Violence Against Women Act Means to Me http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/what-the-signing-of-the-violence-against-women-act-means-to-me/
15. The missing women you don’t hear about: How the media fails Indigenous communities http://www.salon.com/2014/02/14/the_missing_women_you_dont_hear_about_how_the_media_fails_indigenous_communities/
16. 2/14 Global Day for MMIW & Community Accountability http://freepdfhosting.com/3262cbec1f.pdf
17. Montana's Oil Boom Has Made Reservations More Dangerous for Women: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/12/20/montanas-oil-boom-has-made-reservations-more-dangerous-women-146461
18. UN Special Rapporteur - Oil, Gas, & Mining Brings Increased Sexual Violence to Native Women: http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/un-special-rapporteur-oil-gas-mining-operations-brings-increased-sexual-violence/

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