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Sarah Deer

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Sarah Deer (born November 9, 1972) is an American lawyer, professor of law at William Mitchell College, and 2014 MacArthur fellow.She advocates for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence in Native American communities. She has been credited for her "instrumental role" in the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, as well as for testimony which is credited with the 2010 passage of the Tribal Law and Order Act. Deer coauthored, with Bonnie Claremont, Amnesty International's 2007 report Maze of Injustice, documenting sexual assault against Native American women.

Deer received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Kansas.

She is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

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	Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World by Jessica Valenti (Goodreads Author) (Editor)(Narrator), Jaclyn Friedman (Goodreads Author) (Editor)(Narrator), Chloe Cannon (Narrator) 4.23 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America 4.48 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence (Volume 3) (Tribal Legal Studies, 3) by Sarah Deer (editor), J Agtuca (Contributor), Judi Armbruster (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Process of Legal Research: Authorities and Options by Christina L. Kunz, Deborah A. Schmedemann, Ann L. Bateson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prostitution and Trafficking of American Indian/Alaska Native Women in Minnesota by Melissa Farley, Nicole Matthews, Sarah Deer 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introduction to Tribal Legal Studies by Justin B. Richland, Sarah Deer 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure by Sarah Deer, Carrie E. Garrow, Jerry Gardner (Editor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Structuring Sovereignty: Constitutions of Native Nations (Tribal Legal Studies Series, 5) by Melissa L. Tatum, Miriam Jorgensen, Mary E. Guss 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure by Carrie E. Garrow, Sarah Deer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Criminal Law Opinions (Feminist Judgment Series: Rewritten Judicial Opinions) by Bennett Capers (Editor), Sarah Deer (Editor), Corey Rayburn Yung (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Rape is more of a fundamental threat to self-determination of tribal nations than the drawbacks federal reform could ever be. Rape and child sexual abuse are directly related to most of the social challenges tribal nations face, and when people are hurting, they cannot effectively govern themselves or provide guidance and support for the children in the community.”
― Sarah Deer, The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America

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“Using the word epidemic to talk about violence in Indian Country is to depoliticize rape. It is a fundamental misstatement of the problem. If this book does nothing else, I hope to demonstrate why rape in the lives of Native women is not an epidemic of recent, mysterious origin. Instead, rape is a fundamental result of colonialism, a history of violence reaching back centuries.”
― Sarah Deer, The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America

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“Ignoring sexual violence may sidestep painful realities, but silence is also one of the most insidious weapons invoked by rapists. Survivors experience tremendous shame and guilt, which is compounded by the secrets they must keep to survive. Where”
― Sarah Deer, The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America

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