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point out that tribes do not want to return to precolonial times?
Why is it important for law enforcement officials and advocates to look at patterns of abuse and not individual instances when working with victims?
How do jurisdictional issues on reservations complicate the response of law enforcement to domestic violence cases? In PL 280 states?
How do Native women’s current roles within tribal governments and within American society differ from their traditional roles within Native communities? How does this contribute to domestic violence?
How can tribal communities respond effectively to domestic violence? What are some of the difficulties tribal justice systems face that non-Native communities might not deal with?

    In Your Community
     
What are some misconceptions or myths you believed true regarding domestic violence? Why is it so important to break down these myths and educate people about the reality?
Do you agree with Ybanez’s call to traditional core values to fight domestic violence? How would you conceptualize this for your community? What are some common cultural values that could be integrated into a domestic violence response? Why might this be difficult?
At the end of the chapter Wilma Mankiller is quoted regarding “indigenous solutions” to contemporary problems? Can you think of any examples of this within your community? Could these be used to address domestic violence?

Terms Used in Chapter 3
Complacency: Self-satisfaction; contentment with the way things are.
Escalate: To increase in intensity or extent.
Lethality: The quality of being deadly.
Punitive: Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment; punishing.
Retaliation: To pay back (an injury) in kind.
Sovereign: To act independently as a person or nation.

    Suggested Further Reading
Brownridge, Douglas A. “Male Partner Violence Against Aboriginal Women in Canada.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 18 (2003): 65.
Chester, Barbara, et al. “Grandmother Dishonored: Violence Against Women by Male Partners in American Indian Communities.” Violence and Victims 9 (1994): 249.
Fairchild, David G., et al. “Prevalence of Adult Domestic Violence Among Women Seeking Routine Care in a Native American Health Care Facility.” American Journal of Public Health 88 (1998): 1515.
Murray, Virginia. “A Comparative Survey of the Historic Civil, Common, and American Indian Tribal Responses to Domestic Violence.” Oklahoma City University Law Review 24 (1998): 433.
Norton, Ilene M., and Spero M. Manson. “A Silent Minority: Battered American Indian Women” Journal of Family Violence 10 (1995): 307.
Valencia-Weber, Gloria, and Christine P. Zuni. “Domestic Violence and Tribal Protection of Indigenous Women in the United States.” Saint John’s Law Review 69 (1995): 69.
Wahab, Stéphanie, and Lenora Olson. “Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault in Native American Communities” Trauma, Violence & Abuse 5 (2004): 353, 357.
Zion, Jim and Elsie Zion. “‘Hazho’Sokee’—Stay Together Nicely: Domestic Violence under Navajo Common Law.” Arizona State Law Journal 25 (1993): 407, 411—413.
Run
When the morning comes
I am happy the sun is shining,
The birds are singing and I think
Of times of walks in the park
Hugging on a park bench with you.
How you loved me.
What wonderful times we had.
I come back to reality
Sitting at the kitchen table
Holding a bag of ice
To my cheek
The swelling will go down
I pray.
I have to work tomorrow
Worry about people
Hiding battle wounds.
I tell myself
I am going to leave
Had enough
There has got to be something better
The Greyhound Station has
Storage Lockers
The key is in my work locker
He won’t find it there.
Little by little I stash
Jeans, shirts, toothbrush, underwear and
Money for my trip home.
What will I do when I go?
What will Mom say?
He comes home from work
Yes I am here I say happily
As not to let him know my plans
You know he can read my mind by now.
He is tired and goes to lie down in bed.
I tell