Indigenous Studies

Three generations of Navajo women, a grandmother standing and a mother seated holding an infant child – all in traditional dress outdoors in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Practices: Asserting Themselves For 500 Years…and Counting

In spite of the burdens and losses because of settler male supremacy, Indigenous women are reclaiming their rights through movements for reproductive justice, advocating for a return to their ancestral practices, and redefining concepts of womanhood and motherhood on their own tribal terms.

Stephanie Sellers October 22, 2025

Lisa Neel in a hand-sewn red dress and bonnet in a style fashionable in 1838, to highlight how her family’s history was affected by violence against Native American women.

The Ongoing Epidemic of Violence Against American Indian and Native Women & Girls

Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women is ongoing in the U.S. – and it’s personal for Lara Neel and Lisa Neel. On February 13, 1872, their grandfather’s great-grandmother was murdered. Today, they use their historic dressmaking work to tell a woman-focused, Cherokee-centered story that has relevance today.

Lara and Lisa Neel April 23, 2025

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Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Practices: Asserting Themselves For 500 Years…and Counting
by Stephanie Sellers
October 22, 2025
In spite of the burdens and losses because of settler male supremacy, Indigenous women are reclaiming their rights through movements for reproductive justice, advocating for a return to their ancestral practices, and redefining concepts of womanhood and motherhood on their own tribal terms.

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