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American lawyer
Sarah Deer (born November 9, 1972
[2] ) is a
Native American (
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
[1] ) lawyer, and a professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies and Public Affairs and Administration at the
University of Kansas .
[3] She was a 2014
MacArthur fellow and has been inducted into the
National Women's Hall of Fame .
[1]
[4]
[5]
Deer advocates on behalf of survivors of sexual assault and
domestic violence , primarily in
Native American communities.
[4] She has been credited for her "instrumental role" in the 2013 reauthorization of the
Violence Against Women Act ,
[6] as well as for testimony which is credited with the 2010 passage of the
Tribal Law and Order Act .
[7] Deer coauthored, with Bonnie Claremont,
Amnesty International 's 2007 report Maze of Injustice, documenting sexual assault against Native American women.
[8] She is also Chief Justice for the Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals.
[9]
Deer advocates for
feminist ,
queer , and
trans politics in Indigenous communities.
[10] She is most acknowledged for her activism to stop violence against Native American women. She has received national awards from the Department of Justice and the American Bar Association for her accomplishments.
[11]
Deer received her B.A. and J.D. from the
University of Kansas .
[12]
Bibliography
Books
Deer, Sarah (2015).
The Beginning and End of Rape : Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America . University of Minnesota Press. p. 207.
ISBN
978-0816696338 . Retrieved 18 February 2017 .
Tatum, Melissa L.; Jorgensen, Miriam; Guss, Mary E.; Deer, Sarah (2014).
Structuring Sovereignty: Constitutions of Native Nations . UCLA American Indian Studies Center. p. 210.
ISBN
978-0935626681 . Retrieved 25 September 2014 .
Deer, Sarah; Garrow, Carrie E. (2004-10-30).
Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure . Rowman Altamira. p. 496.
ISBN
9780759115200 . Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
Richland, Justin Blake; Deer, Sarah (2010).
Introduction to Tribal Legal Studies . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 482.
ISBN
9780759112117 . Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
Deer, Sarah; Clairmont, Bonnie; Martell, Carrie A. (2008).
Sharing our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence . Rowman Altamira. p. 362.
ISBN
978-0759111257 . Retrieved 25 September 2014 .
Articles
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References
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a
b
c Hardzinkski, Brian (September 17, 2014).
"Muscogee (Creek) Citizen Sarah Deer Among MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Recipients" . KGOU . Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
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"Sarah Deer" . MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
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"Sarah Deer" . 29 August 2016.
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b
"Sarah Deer, professor at William Mitchell College of Law, wins $625,000 'genius grant' " . Star Tribune . September 17, 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
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National Women's Hall of Fame, Sarah Deer
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"MacArthur 'genius grant' winner welcomes boost to work on Native American sexual assault and domestic violence" . Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
^ Pember, Mary Annette (January 6, 2011).
"Judicial Activist" . Diverse . Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
^ Smith, Andrea (2008-03-11).
Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances . Duke University Press. pp. 37–.
ISBN
9780822388876 . Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
^
"Sarah Deer – Legal Scholar and Advocate" . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
^ Deer, Sarah; Byrd, Jodi A.; Mitra, Durba; Haley, Sarah (2021-06-01).
"Rage, Indigenous Feminisms, and the Politics of Survival" . Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society . 46 (4): 1057–1071.
doi :
10.1086/713294 .
ISSN
0097-9740 .
S2CID
235304949 .
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"Sarah Deer" . law.ku.edu . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
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"Sarah Deer" . William Mitchell College of Law. Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
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