Transcript Part Two! MIWSAC Prevention Work Lifeways are being passed down: • Elders are the key to our Cycle of Life • Teachings, Values, Language,

Part Two!
MIWSAC Prevention Work
Lifeways are being passed down:
• Elders are the key to our
Cycle of Life
• Teachings, Values,
Language, Customs,
Traditional processes
• Traditional modes of justice
and accountability- created
by the whole community
• Ageism, Capitalism, fear,
ignorance, lack of value, and
invisibility can be combated
with time and space to teach
and learn
Cristine Davidson
Minnesota Indian Women’s
Sexual Assault Coalition
1619 Dayton Ave. Suite 303,
St. Paul, MN. 55104
651-646-4800 or
[email protected]
www.miwsac.org
Elder Abuse in Tribal Communities, Hallie Bongar White http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/elderabusetribal/elderabusetribal.pdf
1 See National Center on Elder Abuse, Addressing Elder Abuse with American Indian Tribes, A National Teleconference, (Sept. 24,
1995); Hudson, Margaret F. et al., Elder Abuse: Two Native American Views, THE GERONTOLOGIST (Oct. 1998).
2 Brown, A.S., Fernandez, R. & Griffin, T.M., SERVICE PROVIDER PERCEPTIONS OF ELDER ABUSE AMONG THE NAVAJO
(RESEARCH REP. RR-90-3) (1990).
3 See Maxwell, E.K. & Maxwell, R.J., Insults to the Body Civil: Mistreatment of Elderly in Two Plains Indian Tribes, 7 J.
CROSS-CULTURAL GERONTOLOGY 3-23.