Native Women, Mean-Spirited Drugs, and Punishing Policies

Part of a special issue on native women and state violence. The writer investigates female substance abuse in native communities in the context of the socially structured inequality imposed by colonialism. She discusses how punitive federal drug policies, in conjunction with welfare reform, are used...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Luana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: Social justice
Year: 2004, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 54-62
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
African Americans
Alcoholism
Substance Abuse
Psychological Stress
Drug Abuse
Indigenous women
Native Americans > Drug use
Lummi (North American people)
Native American women
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Summary:Part of a special issue on native women and state violence. The writer investigates female substance abuse in native communities in the context of the socially structured inequality imposed by colonialism. She discusses how punitive federal drug policies, in conjunction with welfare reform, are used as a means of controlling and subordinating minorities, namely people of color and women. She urges that tribal nations assert their sovereign rights to use culturally based justice systems and treatment programs for the punishment and rehabilitation of drug-addicted native people.