There is a growing awareness of the injustices that are woven into U.S. history. HISTORICAL TRAUMA follows them, since their ancestors suffered loss of land, of culture, of language, of religion. They had to adapt to the social norms of a White culture, while mourning the genocide of their ancestors…
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Human Trafficking of Native Americans
Please access the October 2020 'Stop Trafficking' newsletter to learn about the plight of Native Americans and what is being done to reach out to them.
Go to: https://sistersagainsttrafficking.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020_10_Stop-Trafficking-EN.pdf
Jean Schafer
California Native American Day Celebration: September 23 - 25, 2020
The 2020 California Native American Day Celebration at the Sacramento Capitol will be held |
Canada's Indigenous Women and Girls
“In Canada, Indigenous women and girls are targeted for violence more than any other group. They are 12 times more likely to go missing or be killed.
“A national inquiry into Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) first named this crisis a genocide in 2019. In June 2019, Justi…
COVID-19 and Native American Challenges
Scientists have found that people who were asymptomatic and others who have recovered from COVID-19 came down with serious heart conditions: inflammation of the heart and injury akin to a heart that has suffered a heart attack. Others found lung damage and adverse effects on the brain. How will Ind…
Women Defenders of the Amazon
I am an advocate for native people far from the U.S.
In April, the Ecuadorian Amazon region was hit by one of the worst oil spills they had recently experienced. Over 120,000 Ecuadorians found their rivers running thick with oil. The rivers, now polluted, are their only source of food and water.…
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Poor People's Campaign
I offer the following information as an entry way into understanding the connections between social morality, social justice, and politically-based financial decisions.
S. Jean Schafer
“The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 e…
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