Native Women Restored

09/18/2018

03/17/2018

Date: Monday, March 26, 2018Event Type: WebinarDescription:  Sovereignty of the Soul: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America March 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM MDT Understanding the scope of sexual assaults committed against American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) within the context of intimate ...

10/16/2017

"On Surviving

You can’t say it’s over, she reminded me
You can’t say, “You survived,” because we have to keep doing it
all over again
every day
We have to get up and survive

Just like we have to keep brushing our teeth
and washing our hair
Because every day we have to choose
to live
to try, to breathe, to trust
even ourselves
Because trust isn’t something that happens of its own accord

Not again or anymore

The violation of our bodies is compared
to everything
To deforestation and unpaid debt
To stolen ideas and the fu***ng rent
The denial of my humanity, the interruption of my safety
The theft of my physical agency
is everything
and therefore nothing
to those who use “r**e” as another word for “unfair”

And no
You are not being r***d by your student loans

It’s a word that has many meanings
For those who’ve never had to own it
to admit that you’ve lost control
to admit that it’s not your fault
Because if it were, you could reclaim self and safety
So quickly
you could just never do that thing again
that “why the f**k did I” moment
that thing on which we hang the unimaginable
like a coat on a rack

But there are no rewrites
And whether you carry the memory close to your chest
or in some loose corner of your backpack
or on your sleeve
You are not the property of your past

You do not belong to the memory of harm

You are surviving
every day
even when your toothbrush is heavy
and interaction is intolerable
You are still choosing
life and air

And there can be days when that’s all you do
and that’s alright
because those days are yours
those days
and the rest of whatever life you choose to write
Because you took back the pen and wrote the next scene
and you haven’t put it down

You are still here
You are still writing

And you are surviving."
- poem by Kelly Hayes

08/29/2017

artwork by Lift your head my girl, you are the strength that our people need. 💙

03/14/2017

Inspired by the the Last Child's Camp that was raided on February 1st. I remember waking up and walking out of the yurt to see tipis being set up on the hill above camp and the frosty air of tbe cool morning. The Amplifier Foundation Honor the Earth

01/23/2017

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08/31/2016

"Because we know the power that comes from water is life itself. The spirits of water exist in every rain drop, in the wombs of women, in the clouds, the rivers, in every stream and puddle, in the veins of trees, in the vastness of oceans, in every rainbow, in the air we breath, and every tear we shed for joy or grief. We are literally water, living on a ball of water in a pulsating, breathing and alive universe."
—Christi Belcourt, Michif Metis artist

ART by Christi Belcourt, visit her website at http://christibelcourt.com/

08/29/2016

02/21/2016

http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/good-people-can-be-rapists/

Whether they're celebrities or people we know, we tend to believe “good” people are nothing like the “monsters” who r**e and abuse. But here's why we need to drop this idea – for survivors, for community, and for yourself.

11/21/2015

The Four Directions Clinic in Kyle, SD is the first Indian Health Service facility of its kind offering not only reproductive health services but also a full range of services for victims of sexual assault.

When victims come to the Four Directions Clinic to report sexual assault, they can access numerous services in one place, including forensic examinations conducted by a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE).

Read the full article:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/11/17/safer-saner-place-care-victims-sexual-assault-162446

When victims come to the Four Directions Clinic to report sexual assault, they can access numerous services in one place.