1. Part Two!

2. MIWSAC Prevention Work

3. Lifeways are being passed down: Elders are the key to our Cycle of Life Teachings, Values, Language, Customs, Traditional processes Traditional modes of justice and accountability- created by the whole community Ageism, Capitalism, fear, ignorance, lack of value, and invisibility can be combated with time and space to teach and learn

4. Elder Abuse in Tribal Communities, Hallie Bongar White http://www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/elderabusetribal/elderabusetribal.pdf 1 See National Center on Elder Abuse, Addressing Elder Abuse with American Indian Tribes, A National Teleconference, (Sept. 24, 1995); Hudson, Margaret F. et al., Elder Abuse: Two Native American Views, THE GERONTOLOGIST (Oct. 1998). 2 Brown, A.S., Fernandez, R. & Griffin, T.M., SERVICE PROVIDER PERCEPTIONS OF ELDER ABUSE AMONG THE NAVAJO (RESEARCH REP. RR-90-3) (1990). 3 See Maxwell, E.K. & Maxwell, R.J., Insults to the Body Civil: Mistreatment of Elderly in Two Plains Indian Tribes, 7 J. CROSS-CULTURAL GERONTOLOGY 3-23. Cristine Davidson Minnesota Indian Womens Sexual Assault Coalition 1619 Dayton Ave. Suite 303, St. Paul, MN. 55104 651-646-4800 or cdavidson@miwsac.org www.miwsac.org cdavidson@miwsac.org