Pathway to Hope: A Tribal Community-Based Empowerment Curriculum to Heal Child Sexual Abuse

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dc.contributor.authorPayne, D.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-15T20:04:23Z
dc.date.available2015-05-15T20:04:23Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWhile serving as an advocate for adult victims of domestic and sexual violence, and helping Alaska Tribes develop their child abuse response systems in the 1990s, I became aware of the high number of child sexual abuse survivors in rural Alaska villages. In some communities, Native adults courageously exposed the sexual abuse of children although there was still denial and silence from others in the community. As we discussed ways to help those ready to end silence and denial, community education events were planned so that other adults would learn to believe and then support children who reported sexual abuse. Having previously used videos such as Young Once, Indian Forever (1996) and Bitter Earth (1993) in other Indian Country work, I brought these resources to rural Alaska. (These videos were produced in reservation settings and are no longer available.) However, the videos portrayed cultures and federal or tribal justice systems that were unfamiliar to Alaska Natives. As we worked to open dialog and facilitate awareness about these difficult issues, it was apparent that the voices of other Alaska Natives about the effects of child sexual abuse provided a key to ending silence and denial and finding paths for healing.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPayne, D. Pathway to Hope: A Tribal Community-Based Empowerment Curriculum to Heal Child Sexual Abuse. APSAC Advisor.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.tribal-institute.org/2014/E8-HO.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2252
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAPSACen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjecttherapyen_US
dc.subjecthealingen_US
dc.subjectcommunity baseden_US
dc.subjectcurriculumen_US
dc.titlePathway to Hope: A Tribal Community-Based Empowerment Curriculum to Heal Child Sexual Abuseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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