Resources

The Internet can be a helpful tool in finding supportive resources and information on domestic violence and healthy relationships. Here are some helpful links to culturally-appropriate organizations, publications and related resources.

Downloadable Materials:

• StrongHearts General Information Brochure
• StrongHearts Awareness Poster With Tear Off Tabs
• StrongHearts Palm Card
• Safety Guide from the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

Currently, StrongHearts can offer general brochures, palm cards and tear-away posters, which can be requested through our online request form, or by sending an email to [email protected]

Online Publications and Books:

• Safety for Native Women: VAWA and American Indian Tribes – book by Jacqueline Agtuca & Dorma Sahneyah
• Violence Against Native Women is Not Traditional booklet from the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, originally from Sacred Circle National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women
• Webinar: “Why Do Women Stay” from the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
• What To Do When You Are Raped from the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center
• Relationship articles, blog posts and videos from We R Native
• Video: Two-Spirited/LGBTQ Voices: Lenny’s Story from Tate Topa Consulting, LLC
• Violence Against Native Women is Not Traditional video – Whisper Kish
• When the Legal System Fails You – Womenslaw.org
• Getting Free: A Handbook for Women in Abusive Relationships – Ginny NiCarthy
• The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond – Patricia Evans
• Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men – Lundy Bancroft
• The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America – Sarah Deer
• Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence – Sarah Deer
• Healing the Trauma of Domestic Violence: A Workbook for Women – Mari McCaig & Edward S. Kubany
• Advocate! Beyond Shelter Doors Newsletter from the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
• Turtle Talk blog from the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University
• Talking to Children about Domestic Violence from the National Domestic Violence Hotline Blog
• Blog from the National Domestic Violence Hotline

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