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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Man Camps" And How They Are Contributing To The MMIW Crisis
Of course, sexism and racism are prevalent factors in this issue. Gender-based violence is a result of misogyny and colonialism. But environmental racism plays just as an important role. It is no secret that communities of color are subject to air pollution, acid rain, and contaminated water due to the fossil fuel industry, US government, and large corporations building toxic plants near their homes that simultaneously contribute to climate change. Oil and gas pipelines have become popular in the states of North Dakota and Montana. Of course, these pipelines are built outside Native land and often on tribal land, which not only defies treaties but contaminates water sources as well. Famously, this occurred in Standing Rock, North Dakota where the Sioux tribe protested to save their land from further destruction. In response, the US government sent militarized police.
The oil and gas pipeline industry is male-dominated and what some refer to as man camps, are built near the construction sites. Construction workers live in these camps for months on end and earn more than the average blue-collar worker. Background checks are not run on job applicants so often sex offenders are hired without anyone ever knowing. There is a lack of law enforcement in these areas because police are stretched so thin in rural areas as it is, which allows gambling and sex trafficking to thrive. There are clear connections between the man camps that are being built outside Native reservations to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women cases.
https://www.unpublishedzine.com/activism-2/man-camps-and-how-they-are-contributing-to-the-mmiw-crisis
Which is of course, complicated by this:
Last week in United States v. Cooley, the U.S. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld tribal officers' authority to at least investigate and detain non-Native people they suspect of committing crimes on reservations while waiting for backup from non-tribal law enforcement.
Authority to detain only goes so far
That's exactly what Lucero did in the case of this traffic stop. But he says that authority to detain only goes so far.
"I started calling around for help and [the County Sheriff's Office] didn't even want to come out. They just flat out said they were busy," Lucero says.
The New Mexico State Police first told Lucero that they couldn't spare an officer, and later said they believed state police also lacked jurisdiction to arrest the man on tribal land.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004328972/supreme-court-rules-tribal-police-can-detain-non-natives-but-problems-remain
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Said to be inspired by true events.
Its very good.
Iris
(15,673 posts)The irony.
EYESORE 9001
(25,999 posts)I remember wondering how often that scenario was being recreated wherever oil and gas operations abutted reservations.
Irish_Dem
(47,518 posts)I started watching it because it was listed in the "Mystery" section.
But I quickly realized the story being told was based upon the reality of life for NA women.
Casting, script, acting, message all come together to produce an excellent film.
brer cat
(24,625 posts)dflprincess
(28,086 posts)She was here going to college but was originally from an area of North Dakota where fracking was going full blast & there were "man camps" in the area.
She told me when she went home her parents preferred she fly into Bismarck so they could meet her at the airport. When she did drive up (about 6 hours from Minneapolis) she had a spot in Fargo (a couple hours east of Bismarck) where her dad and at least one brother would meet her so they could escort her the rest of the way. When she was home, her parents did not let her out alone, brothers or dad had to drive wherever she was going & they would pick her up. She said a number of her friends had parents doing the same thing with their daughters. They would lighten up and let local young men escort them - provided they knew the familes.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)niyad
(113,625 posts)Women's Rights And Issues? Thanks in advance.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,658 posts)Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)tosh
(4,424 posts)and thank you.
obamanut2012
(26,158 posts)Which was shocking to me when I read the excellent long form article about this by Anna Merlan a few years ago. I ahd no idea.
Linking:
https://jezebel.com/unhappy-trails-female-truckers-say-they-faced-rape-and-1725590857