Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Information

60 Federal Lawyer 44 (April 2012)

Abstract

On Oct. 27, 2011, a report entitled “Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota” was released in St. Paul, Minn. The report was the culmination of a three-year research project conducted in Minnesota by two nonprofit organizations: the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, a grassroots organization of Native American women that is based in St. Paul and focuses on outreach and awareness for survivors of sexual assault, and Prostitution Research and Education, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco. This unique collaboration between advocates of Native American women and social scientists has produced a first-of-itskind report that illuminates a long-standing (yet invisible) problem suffered by Native American women in the United States. This article provides a summary of the major findings of the research that were included in the report.

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