The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America writing In reflections that range from

In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today

chef/founder

and Brothertown Indians

Similar attention is lavished on the tallest of the Three Sisters: mandamin

enhancing our understanding of the Lakota culture

The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America writing In reflections that range fromDespite what major media sources say, violence against Native women is not an epidemic. An epidemic is biological and blameless. Violence against Native women is historical and political, bounded by oppression and colonial violence. This book, like all of Sarah Deers work, is aimed at engaging the problem head onand ending it. The Beginning and End of Rape collects and expands the powerful writings in which Deer, who played a crucial role in the