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reminder that, while your stuff
on 3rd/4th world women is great,
there are third world women
right here in the U.S. who need
your help desperately. I'm currently
working on an article about
the ways feminism has forgotten
Native American women, except
for the occasional use of a
great quote or Indian governments
pre-colonization. But Indian
women and children and men are
dying every day right in your
own country, and feminism seems
to have not only forgotten us,
but invisibilized us. We are
different from third world women;
we are still colonized yet supposedly
live within a democracy. That
makes our oppression and resistances
(even the self-inflicted damage)
much harder to see, understand,
or deal with.
If you like, I can send you
some good links for U.S. or
Canadian indigenous peoples.
That's a start. But I think
something called Feminist.com
needs a tighter link with its
own countrywomen than just website
links. Most Indian women are
too busy surviving to bother
with feminism. But there are
some who are trying. We need
some acknowledgment and help
from mainstream feminism!
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I
certainly agree with everything
that you say - not solely about
Feminist.com or even
about feminists - but about
society at large ignoring indigenous
people. I actually have done
a lot of work in this area mostly
through First Peoples Worldwide,
a project of First Nations Development
Institute. I therefore know
all too well that indigenous
people rank the highest (in
a negative way) in most categories
that pertain to violence, early
death, health, etc... If you
want to send us more links (and
also your article once it is
finished), we can certainly
include the links - and we can
consider the article for our
articles & speeches section.
If there are any other articles
appropriate for that section,
too, we would welcome them.
Also,
you should know that one of
things that Feminist.com
also does is host on
site resources; these are
organizations that don't have
a website of their own. Given
limited resources, I know that
many indigenous women's groups
probably fit this category,
therefore, know that this is
another way that Feminist.com
helps feminist organizations.
—Amy
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