You are invited to join our organizing efforts for the upcoming march, rally, and quilt display in Washington DC on December 7th to support the recent amicus brief written by Sarah Deer, William Mitchell College of Law and Mary Kathryn Nagle, National Indian Women's Resource Center to the Supreme Court of the US. This is a landmark case for victims, and sovereignty!

From the NIWRC press release, "a case concerning whether the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Tribal Court may exercise its inherent civil jurisdiction over tort claims filed in Tribal Court against a non-Indian corporation, Dollar General, whose employee supervisor allegedly sexually assaulted a young Choctaw intern working in the store that Dollar General leases from the Tribe on tribal lands. In asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision affirming tribal jurisdiction, Dollar General has asked for nothing less than the wholesale elimination of all Tribes’ civil jurisdiction over non-Indian conduct on tribal lands."

In addition, there will also be a quilt on display to end violence against Native women and children and to end inherant rape culture that often shrouds victims when they decide to come forward.

Ways you can help the movement in DC:

1) Join us on Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 from 6:00-8:30pm at Two Rivers Gallery located at the Minneapolis American Indian Center to make your own quilt square!

2) Please make quilt squares on your own, in your home, organize with family and friends. Instructions are included here:
http://tinyurl.com/p88w4ko

(Please note it suggests $30 donation for cost of sewing etc., mail what you can, do not let this hinder you from mailing) 

NOTE: I will be mailing quilt squares made in community on Friday, November 27th to ensure delivery by December 1st so if you would like to send your quilt square, please fill out form (attached) to include with your quilt square.

3) Donation of red fabric or fabric paint, markers, glitter, or lettering, glue etc..or cash donation for quilt squares, mailing etc

4) go to DC for prayer, march, rally to honor our Native victims of domestic, sexual violence, and those missing or no longer with us.

5) organize locally in your community, making quilt squares for solidarity, or Tweet, FB, or make banners in your community.
http://restoration.niwrc.org/quilt-walk-for-justice-on-dec-7-2015/?utm_source=phplist132&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=National+Quilt+Walk+for+Justice+-+Dec.+7%2C+2015%2C+9+AM+–12+Noon+-+Supreme+Court+of+the+United+States+Washington%2C+DC

Learn more about the case here:

http://restoration.niwrc.org/dollar-general-amicus/

Please join us or let us know how you can help donate materials for Tuesday night!

Wopida tanka!