Injustice in Indian Country - Jurisdiction, American Law, and Sexual Violence Against Native Women (Hardcover, New edition)

Living at the intersection of multiple identities in the United States can be dangerous. This is especially true for Native women who live on the more than 56 million acres that comprise America's Indian Country - the legal term for American Indian reservations and other land held in trust for Native people. Today, due to a complicated system of criminal jurisdiction, non-Native Americans can commit crimes against American Indians in much of Indian Country with virtual impunity. This has created what some call a modern day "hunting ground" in which Native women are specifically targeted by non-Native men for sexual violence. In this urgent and timely book, author Amy L. Casselman exposes the shameful truth of how the American government has systematically divested Native nations of the basic right to protect the people in their own communities. A problem over 200 years in the making, Casselman highlights race and gender in federal law to challenge the argument that violence against Native women in Indian country is simply collateral damage from a complex but necessary legal structure. Instead, she demonstrates that what's happening in Indian country is part of a violent colonial legacy - one that has always relied on legal and sexual violence to disempower Native communities as a whole.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Indigenous and American Indian Studies, 1
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2022
Authors:	Amy L Casselman
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	154
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-3109-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-3109-9
Barcode:	9781433131097

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