The Kumeyaay Nation makes up around 12 percent of the 27,000 indigenous people whose ancestral lands encompass present-day San Diego County. They’ve inhabited the land for a millennium. Despite sig…
A bench giving land acknowledgment to the Kumeyaay on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 in San Diego, California. of the 27,000 indigenous people whose ancestral lands encompass present-day San Diego County. They’ve inhabited the land for a millennium. Despite significant progress in addressing Indigenous issues over the last century, the scars from centuries of mistreatment remain deeply etched in native communities. How these wounds manifest in our 21st-century society is unsettling.
This kind of history has over the years fostered a ubiquitous air of collective guilt. Corporations and universities alike all over their websites. “The UC San Diego community holds great respect for the land and the original people of the area where our campus is located,” reads an official statement from the college’s . Museums scramble to repatriate stolen Indigenous artifacts to their respective peoples under the heavy hand of public criticism.
Echo-Hawk’s research highlighted an overlooked statistic: Indigenous communities in America continue to grapple with the lasting repercussions of their ancestors’ mistreatment — not just in the sense of continuing mistreatment but also how such violence is covered in the media.,” on sexual violence against Indigenous women in urban areas, found that Indigenous women were 2.5 times more likely to be raped or coerced. Yet the cycle of misrepresentation persists.
If our society’s genuinely committed to advocating for Indigenous rights, which we seem to be, why does this trend persist? Echo-Hawk’s research unearths a glaring issue: the media’s penchant for biased language and framing. Instead of spotlighting real issues, the media trots out tired stereotypes and irrelevant trivia about Indigenous victims. Until the media changes its approach, true justice for Indigenous communities will remain elusive.
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