Abstract
Settler colonialism attempted to reverse the treatment of land and Indigenous women, treating both at objects to possess and conquer. Land and sense of place is central, not only to the identities of Indigenous peoples, but it is inseparable from patriarchal colonialism that treats land and women as possessions. This possessive consciousness is related to intimate partner violence (IPV). Drawing from a mixed methodology, multilevel risk and protective factors associated with hurricane experiences within Southeastern tribes, specifically examining interconnections with IPV, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), historical losses, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), discrimination, and family and social support. This chapter focuses on quantitative findings, which demonstrated historical losses related to disaster, ACEs, discrimination, and IPV were risk factors for PTSD symptoms, while social and family support were protective factors for PTSD symptoms (portions of this chapter reprinted from the accepted version of the manuscript originally published in McKinley, C. E., Miller Scarnator, J., Liddell, J., Knipp, H., & Billiot. S. (2019). Hurricanes and Indigenous families: Understanding connections with discrimination, social support, and violence on PTSD. Journal of Family Strengths, 19(1), Article 10. https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/vol19/iss1/10).
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Portions of this chapter were reprinted from the accepted version of the manuscript originally published in McKinley, C. E., Miller Scarnato, J., Liddell, J., Knipp, H., & Billiot. S. (2019). Hurricanes and Indigenous families: Understanding connections with discrimination, social support, and violence on PTSD. Journal of Family Strengths, 19(1), Article 10. https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/vol19/iss1/10
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McKinley, C.E. (2023). Land, Loss, and Violence: Contemporary Manifestations of Historical Oppression. In: Understanding Indigenous Gender Relations and Violence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18583-0_17
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