Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence Disproportionally Affect Native Peoples

These statistics are from the National Institute of Justice Research Report May 2016: Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men and 2010 Findings from Nat’l Intimate Partner & Sexual Violence Survey.

​More than 4 in 5 American Indian and Alaska Native women (84.3%) have experienced violence in their lifetime. This includes:
  • 56.1% have experienced sexual violence
  • 55.5% have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner
  • 48.8% have experienced stalking
  • 66.4% have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner
  • The impact of violence amont Native survivors of lifetime physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and sexual violence:
  • 66.5% of women and 26% of men were concerned for their safety
  • 41.3% of women and 20.3% of men were physically injured
  • 92.6% of women and 74.3% of men had talked to someone about what the perpetrators did
  • 49% of women and 19.9% of men needed services because of what the perpetrators did
  • 40.5% of women and 9.7% of men had to miss days of work or school because of what the perpetrators did
  • The most common service needed was medical care (38% percent of female survivors and 9.3% of male survivors)
  • 38.2% of Native women and 16.9% Native men were unable to get the services they needed

The epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples is SILENT GENOCIDE.

The objectification of Native Peoples traces its roots back to first contact when colonizers treated Natives as a resource to be extracted and exploited through rape, genocide, and murder. ​The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis has manifested itself on reservations and in urban areas across the country as well as in Canada and Mexico. Violence against Indigenous Peoples is an international crisis.

​​In 2017, the top three cities with the highest number of MMIP cases were Seattle, WA (45); Albuquerque, NM (37); and Anchorage, AK (31). The top three states were New Mexico, Washington, and Arizona.
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​In the U.S. and Canada, an average of 40% of the women who were victims of sex trafficking identified as American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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The Association extends its prayers to all who are affected by this crisis.