Reconnecting with Native Teachings and Creating Healing Spaces for S2+/LGBTQ+ Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Toolkit for Family and Friends

Teachings across American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (Indigenous) cultures affirm that all relatives have an honored and respected place in our families, societies, and nations. In the context of our organic relationship as relatives, no one was abused, feared, or excluded because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Colonization challenged these Indigenous teachings, imposing Western norms about gender identities and sexual orientation. However, culture is alive, not static, and Indigenous peoples and nations have adapted, survived, and thrived.

The Toolkit for Family and Friends: Reconnecting with Native Teachings and Creating Healing Spaces with and for 2S+/LGBTQ+ Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence provides information and strategies to support families and friends to reconnect with their teachings, including borrowing or creating new teachings, and to improve their capacity to support their 2S+/LGBTQ+ family and friends who are survivors of domestic violence or sexual violence or abuse.

The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center

The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center

2022

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