Pretty Bird Woman House Meme
I've copied and pasted a few bits from
alestar's journal:
In 2004, Jackie Brown Otter founded Pretty Bird Woman House, a women's shelter at the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. The shelter is named after Brown Otter's sister, who was kidnapped, raped and beaten to death in 2001.
As a special bonus to the Lakota Sioux Reservation, there are sufficient desensitization to crime and confusion over Tribal/Non-Tribal jurisdiction at Standing Rock to create rape tourism. Says Andrea Smith, an Assistant Professor of Native Studies at the University of Michigan,
[N]on-Native perpetrators often seek out a reservation place because they know they can inflict violence without much happening to them.
A few weeks ago, PBWH's phone lines were cut, the office was ransacked, and the building was burnt down.
Rape Tourism? The concept is beyond revolting. This is just horrible and I really wish I lived in SD so I could go help with the on-the-ground efforts. Since I can't I'm doing my best to spread the word.
Full story here.
alestar's journal:
In 2004, Jackie Brown Otter founded Pretty Bird Woman House, a women's shelter at the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. The shelter is named after Brown Otter's sister, who was kidnapped, raped and beaten to death in 2001.
As a special bonus to the Lakota Sioux Reservation, there are sufficient desensitization to crime and confusion over Tribal/Non-Tribal jurisdiction at Standing Rock to create rape tourism. Says Andrea Smith, an Assistant Professor of Native Studies at the University of Michigan,
[N]on-Native perpetrators often seek out a reservation place because they know they can inflict violence without much happening to them.
A few weeks ago, PBWH's phone lines were cut, the office was ransacked, and the building was burnt down.
Rape Tourism? The concept is beyond revolting. This is just horrible and I really wish I lived in SD so I could go help with the on-the-ground efforts. Since I can't I'm doing my best to spread the word.
Full story here.