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OVCRC

01/27/2010

Are there any negative social consequences the recovered victim of trafficking faces when she is returned to the tribal lands? Is there any data to suggest that recovered victims who suffer some type of so...

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Dr. Gomez

01/27/2010

I don't know of any recovered victims yet that are currently...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

Many recovering women have no wish to return to tribal lands...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Can you provide a list of professionals that provide training on American Indian victims of Sex Trafficking nationwide?

whitehorse

01/27/2010

I do not have such a list. Here in Minnesota the Minnesota I...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Do American Indian women have a higher propensity for becoming victims of sexual exploitation? What factors may contribute to their heightened vulnerability?

Annemarie

01/27/2010

Absolutely. We really covered this in the report, so I encou...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

Is there any data available that compare rates of exploitation among tribal and nontribal populations?

S MARCOS

01/27/2010

No--our very small pilot study is all that's been done. But,...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

None that I know of.

suzanne

01/27/2010

The URL for "Shattered Hearts: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota" is http://www.miwrc.org/Sex-Trafficking-Report-Released.

OVCRC

01/27/2010

How can we best reach these girls before they are potentially lured into this dangerous life? Have any materials been produced, publications, brochures, PSAs, etc. that warn tribal youth about commercial s...

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Sue B

01/27/2010

MIWRC is partnering with another local organization called t...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Are there any community programs available to the victims of trafficking if they are recovered and returned to the community?

Dr. Gomez

01/27/2010

There is a domestic violence shelter in Orange County CA, th...

laura

01/28/2010

I do not know of any in Minnesota other than two non Native ...

suzanne

01/27/2010

What are the statisics for Native boys that are victims of sex trafficking?

whitehorse

01/27/2010

We did not gather that data and to my knowledge it does not ...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Are the juveniles involved in the trafficking live in a certain location where others are being prostituted or do they live with their families, with the families knowing?

Justine CSUF

01/27/2010

In the urban areas, Native juveniles being trafficked by peo...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

It sounds like many of your findings were within the juvenile population of Native American communities. What was your sense of sex trafficking of adult women/men on tribal land?

Becky Bullard

01/27/2010

Actually, our findings included adult women, too--but at thi...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

Our report shows that upon intake into several MIWRC program...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Do you have any recommendations for how we can best partner with tribal law enforcement to provide more thorough resources to victims of exploitation - while not infringing on a tribe’s sovereignty?

Clark Mitchell

01/27/2010

I think the first thing we need to do is raise awareness in ...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

Great question with difficult answers. Here in Minnesota and...

suzanne

01/27/2010

I would like to say thank you for your work. This is an excellent model for future studies and healing which hopefully will open many doors for ending violence and education. In your dialogue with counci...

Rebecca Balog

01/27/2010

I greatly appreciate your kind words. We held a Listening Se...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Is the sex trafficking of American Indians becoming a more recent problem on reservations? Or is the amount of women doing this just increasing.

Justine CSUF

01/27/2010

Short answer is that I think more of the younger girls are b...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

Again our research was, to our knowledge, the first time any...

suzanne

01/27/2010

I work for the NJ Dept.Human Services, Division of Addiction Services. What is the role of alcohol and drugs as it factors into this problem?

bhantman

01/27/2010

It's a circular relationship from what we know so far. The t...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

So am I correct in understanding that your study focused primarily on the Urban Native community?

Dustina

01/27/2010

Well, sort of. We collected client data only in Minneapolis,...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

I work for an organization who researches and responds to domestic sex trafficking (specificially domestic minor sex trafficking). We provide research on DMST but we haven't looked into American sub-cultur...

Amy Englsih

01/27/2010

Historic trauma and unresolved multi-generational grief and ...

suzanne

01/27/2010

What recommendations would you give forensic interviewers who will be interviewing American Indian juvenile victims of sex trafficking?

CKS

01/27/2010

there are some guidelines in a brochure entitled The Crime o...

cecelia swainst

01/27/2010

I'd say be very aware that the child may be very fearful abo...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

What are the resources/services for victims of sex trafficking? Are the resources/services culturally sensitive?

whitehorse

01/27/2010

Right now there are, to our knowledge, very few resources fo...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Are the victims usually prostituted within the reservations or are they taken outside of the reservations? Are the majority of the "johns" Native American as well?

Lindsay

01/27/2010

At the round table discussions, the advocates said that john...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

Our research showed that some of the victims are indeed bein...

suzanne

01/27/2010

In general, what have Tribes' response to this issue? What has been Tribes' involvement in providing support services to these victims?

Brett

01/27/2010

We just released the final version of the report in early Ja...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

As far as the recruitment techniques, they seem to be common across the board, whether the victim is American Indian or not. How does the tribal community handle this crime? Am I correct in understanding t...

Amanda Rogers

01/27/2010

Again, the tribal laws varies depending on state and whether...

suzanne

01/27/2010

Can you please tell me the average age in this demographic? Are we seeing teens or women older? Thank you!

Rebecca Balog

01/27/2010

Aha--I see the problem. My percent signs did not translate t...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

I think the initial 33 was supposed to be 63 youth out of 95...

Rebecca Balog

01/27/2010

I'm not understanding these numbers as they don't add up.

california_1

01/27/2010

Of the 33 clients that reported having been prostituted (out...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

I wanted to start by asking what challenges you faced while conducting this study, and following the publication of the study?

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Darius Alemzade

01/27/2010

I didn't give you every percentage because our major concern...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

Our initial goal was to gather everything that is known abou...

Sandi Pierce

01/27/2010

I think Sandi can answer this better than I, but from the on...

suzanne

01/27/2010