Washington particularly suffers from a high number of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. A recent study of urban areas across the country reported 71 missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls in Washington cities, 45 of those in Seattle alone. Nationally, 8% of cases of missing and murdered women were reported as resulting from domestic violence. Domestic violence in the indigenous community is unique in the law due to jurisdictional issues and specialized federal statutes such as the Tribal Law and Order Act and the Violence Against Women Act. The Office for Victims of Crime has resources and publications aimed to help American Indian and Alaska Native victims and the Tribal Law and Policy Institute provides resources for tribal justice systems.
The Monopoly of Violence: On the Legitimacy of Violence and Government
The original title of the documentary, screened under the title Monopoly of Violence, is Un pays qui se tient sage, which correctly translates as…