sex trafficking of native american women in mining towns
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“The attitude [in the Dakotas] seems to be that the lives of a few Indian women are a small price to pay for economics,” says an advocate who asked not to be identified for fear of negative reaction from her board of directors.TRANSCRIPT
Sex Trafficking of Native American Women in Mining Towns
By Nikki Crowe
“The attitude [in the Dakotas] seems to be that the lives of a few Indian women are a small price to pay for economics,” says an advocate who asked not to be identified for fear of negative reaction from her board of directors.
Reality 79% of the women we interviewed had been
sexually abused as children by an average of 4 perpetrators.
More than two-thirds of the 105 women had family members who had attended boarding schools.
92% had been raped. 48% had been used by more than 200 sex buyers
during their lifetimes. 16% had been used by at least 900 sex buyers. 84% had been physically assaulted in prostitution. 72% suffered traumatic brain injuries in prostitution 98% were currently or previously homeless. --Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native
Women in Minnesota
Questions
What factors influenced the increase of sex trafficking of Native American women in North Dakota?
How will communities, corporations, and agencies in Minnesota respond to increased trafficking due to extractive industries?
Factors Influencing Trafficking
PL280 and non PL280 jurisdiction. Percentage of victims to violence higher
than young black men. Native women are invisible to media and
agenciesLack of socioeconomic impact assessments
The Socio-Economic Assessment
•Could include community health impacts:Housing, policing, & emergency medical staff •Educating the community
How will Minnesota Respond…
to address the threat of Native women being disproportionately targeted and further victimized based on the greed and exploitive actions of colonialism?
A Multi-Prong ApproachAddressing public comment periods when extractive industries apply for permits Outreach to hotel/motels, convenience stores, food industry to recognize signs of women being traffickedTrain police & advocates on issues of trafficking Sustaining dialogue w/ agencies involved in the permitting processes Address need for additional shelter and housing
Comments to Polymet EIS Recommendations:
Conduct a health impact assessment for the PolyMet project, and include the results of the assessment in the EIS. The HIA should include examination of all aspects of public health affected by the proposal, including analysis of the social determinants of health.
Polymet provides training sessions to bring awareness to why trafficking is a problem for your company, the towns near to your operations, and your employees.
Polymet needs to have a working relationship with organizations such as local law enforcement, victim service agencies, and medical staff at the local hospitals to be trained in providing services to trafficking victims.
What is a brown paper?
Brown Paper
Brown Paper FormatIntroductionBackgroundSolution Conclusion
List as many as you can think of
What is necessary to prevent trafficking on the Iron Range?
List 3 things you can do
What are you willing to do to help prevent trafficking on the Iron Range?
Acknowledgements and potential co-authors
Dr. Shirley Laska, Emeritus UNOGail Brant, NRCSSarah Curtiss, Mending the Sacred HoopRural Sociology Society Diversity Committee
“Resource extraction is often accompanied by prostitution and human trafficking”… “The ecosystem destruction caused by fracking to access oil and gas is paralleled by the quieter destruction of trafficked woman.” -- Melissa Farley
Nikki Crowe 218-341-5863 [email protected]