Comments on: Obama Signs Act To Empower Native Americans to Fight Rape http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: indian http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-34706 indian Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:01:53 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-34706 Manderin is absolutely right. I am a 34 year old beautiful indian woman who fled from her tribe in Maine. My father was sexually assaulting me and my mother works in the Tribal Court and has been covering up the abuse that he has been bestowing on me and my children. His brother was also convicted off reservation of raping a child as well. When I told the tribal police, they ignored me as well as my mother that worked closely with the police tells them that I am medically challenged and making it allup and to ignore me. The Police Cheif refuses to return my calls even to this day. I went to the Cheif and counsel and they want to do is live in denial about any of this going on. My younger sisters boyfriend molested my daughter as well and he is still living there on the reservation. My foster sister just moved there as well, and she just lost all 8 of her children due to her husband molesting them. She is still with her husband living next door to my mother. My mother has my children and will not give them back. My father lives across the street from her, my sisters boyfriend visits my mother, and my foster sisters husband is visiting there as well. And I can't find anyone off the reservation to help me. I desperately miss my children and I want them back home with me in South Carolina. I have written a numerous amount of letters but unfortunately all of them no response. Sexual preditors all around my kids and I cannot help them. Please help...somebody. This is real. my email address is pocahontis1900@yahoo.com Manderin is absolutely right. I am a 34 year old beautiful indian woman who fled from her tribe in Maine. My father was sexually assaulting me and my mother works in the Tribal Court and has been covering up the abuse that he has been bestowing on me and my children. His brother was also convicted off reservation of raping a child as well. When I told the tribal police, they ignored me as well as my mother that worked closely with the police tells them that I am medically challenged and making it allup and to ignore me. The Police Cheif refuses to return my calls even to this day. I went to the Cheif and counsel and they want to do is live in denial about any of this going on. My younger sisters boyfriend molested my daughter as well and he is still living there on the reservation. My foster sister just moved there as well, and she just lost all 8 of her children due to her husband molesting them. She is still with her husband living next door to my mother. My mother has my children and will not give them back. My father lives across the street from her, my sisters boyfriend visits my mother, and my foster sisters husband is visiting there as well. And I can’t find anyone off the reservation to help me. I desperately miss my children and I want them back home with me in South Carolina. I have written a numerous amount of letters but unfortunately all of them no response. Sexual preditors all around my kids and I cannot help them. Please help…somebody. This is real. my email address is pocahontis1900@yahoo.com

]]> By: manderin http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-29718 manderin Mon, 30 May 2011 00:29:27 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-29718 I'm sorry, but I think this article is being unfair to the law enforcement agencies around native reservations. First off, lets be very clear here- These native reserves are under TRIBAL LAWS and not regular laws and this is the choice of the tribes themselves. You can't expect law enforcement to put much effort into crimes that occur outside their jurisdiction anymore than you can expect NY police to report to a crime scene in New Jersey. This is what it means to have a seperate land under separate law. Secondly, these areas with Tribal law have WORSE conditions for women than our laws do. Native American reserves hold their own trials for crimes commited in their land by their own people. What happens all the time is that women who are raped and beaten by their own men get a trial within the tribe who almost ALWAYS sides with the guy and gives him no punishment. THIS is why rape is so prevalent on their land. Not because of the nation's law enforcement. Not too long ago there was a case of a man who regularly beat his wife. One day this guy got so angry at her he decided to get back at her by killing their two small children and telling her that was his plan minutes before he did it. He was brought to trial by the Native Tribe and the REsult? NOT GUILTY for ANYTHING. They said they personally knew him as a nice guy and was sure that the 2 murders of the children were an accident. They ignored the bruises all over the wife's body and ignored the testimony of neighbors who heard her screaming "He's saying he's going to kill my babies!" on the night of the murders. This article completely puts the blame on our law enforcers when it is these Tribes that create the inequality that women within them endure. I’m sorry, but I think this article is being unfair to the law enforcement agencies around native reservations. First off, lets be very clear here- These native reserves are under TRIBAL LAWS and not regular laws and this is the choice of the tribes themselves. You can’t expect law enforcement to put much effort into crimes that occur outside their jurisdiction anymore than you can expect NY police to report to a crime scene in New Jersey. This is what it means to have a seperate land under separate law. Secondly, these areas with Tribal law have WORSE conditions for women than our laws do. Native American reserves hold their own trials for crimes commited in their land by their own people. What happens all the time is that women who are raped and beaten by their own men get a trial within the tribe who almost ALWAYS sides with the guy and gives him no punishment. THIS is why rape is so prevalent on their land. Not because of the nation’s law enforcement. Not too long ago there was a case of a man who regularly beat his wife. One day this guy got so angry at her he decided to get back at her by killing their two small children and telling her that was his plan minutes before he did it. He was brought to trial by the Native Tribe and the REsult? NOT GUILTY for ANYTHING. They said they personally knew him as a nice guy and was sure that the 2 murders of the children were an accident. They ignored the bruises all over the wife’s body and ignored the testimony of neighbors who heard her screaming “He’s saying he’s going to kill my babies!” on the night of the murders. This article completely puts the blame on our law enforcers when it is these Tribes that create the inequality that women within them endure.

]]> By: michelekort http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-29066 michelekort Thu, 19 May 2011 15:36:09 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-29066 Thanks for the heads up! I removed the bad links--it looks like a page from Amnesty International was pulled off the web... Thanks for the heads up! I removed the bad links–it looks like a page from Amnesty International was pulled off the web…

]]> By: miss facebook http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-29056 miss facebook Thu, 19 May 2011 09:46:25 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-29056 Heya just wanted to give you a quick heads up and let you know a few of the pictures aren't loading correctly. I'm not sure why but I think its a linking issue. I've tried it in two different web browsers and both show the same results. Heya just wanted to give you a quick heads up and let you know a few of the pictures aren’t loading correctly. I’m not sure why but I think its a linking issue. I’ve tried it in two different web browsers and both show the same results.

]]> By: Badger http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-27897 Badger Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:47:25 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-27897 A study by a SD Atty Gen. doesn't mean much. When about 85% of Native Americans live outside SD. And your "real problem" as you state it at the end, is NOT the real problem. The real problem is that non-natives can go onto a reservation, commit a crime and then leave, and then the natives have very little recourse in prosecuting that crime. The way you talk leaves all of us sounding like savages. A study by a SD Atty Gen. doesn't mean much. When about 85% of Native Americans live outside SD. And your "real problem" as you state it at the end, is NOT the real problem. The real problem is that non-natives can go onto a reservation, commit a crime and then leave, and then the natives have very little recourse in prosecuting that crime. The way you talk leaves all of us sounding like savages.

]]> By: Guest http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-22313 Guest Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:14:06 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-22313 FYI, the over-quoted study that says 86 percent of all reservation rapes are done by non-Indian men is not accurrate. No federal cases were examined in this study, which was an eggregious error in light of reservation jurisdicitonal issues. Many major crimes committed on Indian reservations are prosecuted federally, as the state has no jurisdiction over an "Indian on Indian" crime that takes place on a reservation. A few years ago, then-SD Atty General Larry Long did his own study on SD reservation rapes, and found that most rapes are committed by Indian men; nearly 83 percent. The real problem is that few of these cases make it to the federal level; most are handled within the tribe, and the maximum punishment for a crime on an Indian reservation is one year of incarceration and/or a $1,000 fine. That's where the real story is. FYI, the over-quoted study that says 86 percent of all reservation rapes are done by non-Indian men is not accurrate. No federal cases were examined in this study, which was an eggregious error in light of reservation jurisdicitonal issues. Many major crimes committed on Indian reservations are prosecuted federally, as the state has no jurisdiction over an "Indian on Indian" crime that takes place on a reservation.

A few years ago, then-SD Atty General Larry Long did his own study on SD reservation rapes, and found that most rapes are committed by Indian men; nearly 83 percent.

The real problem is that few of these cases make it to the federal level; most are handled within the tribe, and the maximum punishment for a crime on an Indian reservation is one year of incarceration and/or a $1,000 fine. That's where the real story is.

]]> By: Evin Daly http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-7799 Evin Daly Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:29:58 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-7799 A very relevant publication is available free: Child Sexual Abuse Explained (for Concerned Parents) <a href="http://www.abusewatch.net/CSA_brochure.php" target="_blank">http://www.abusewatch.net/CSA_brochure.php</a> A very relevant publication is available free: Child Sexual Abuse Explained (for Concerned Parents) http://www.abusewatch.net/CSA_brochure.php

]]> By: Obama Signs Law To Protect Native American Women From Rape « Btx3's Blog http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-7659 Obama Signs Law To Protect Native American Women From Rape « Btx3's Blog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:22:36 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-7659 [...] American blogger and activist Ajijaakwe - whom you may know as Aji – has published an informative article on Ms. Magazine’s blog that explains the issue [...] [...] American blogger and activist Ajijaakwe – whom you may know as Aji – has published an informative article on Ms. Magazine’s blog that explains the issue [...]

]]> By: Aji http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-7624 Aji Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:51:04 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-7624 I absolutely agree. Chi miigwech ("many thanks" in my language) for the work you do. Sadly, it's desperately needed, and I'm grateful for everyone who takes on these issues. I absolutely agree. Chi miigwech ("many thanks" in my language) for the work you do. Sadly, it's desperately needed, and I'm grateful for everyone who takes on these issues.

]]> By: C Steven Hager http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/07/29/obama-signs-act-to-empower-native-americans-to-fight-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-7572 C Steven Hager Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:39:56 +0000 http://msmagazine.com/blog/?p=16569#comment-7572 As an attorney working with abused children in Indian country, this is long overdue. I believe that it could be argued that this is the most significant change in Indian law since the introduction of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978, and it is long overdue. This is not perfect, but it is a tremendous improvement over the status quo. As an attorney working with abused children in Indian country, this is long overdue. I believe that it could be argued that this is the most significant change in Indian law since the introduction of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978, and it is long overdue. This is not perfect, but it is a tremendous improvement over the status quo.

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