Native American Human Rights

Violation of the Human Rights of Indigenous Communities

The biological warfare created an immeasurable impact on the indigenous communities that almost wiped them out completely, although this maltreatment has reduced immensely the taunts being experienced by the indigenous people of Oaxaca continue to torment them; nonetheless, art has become a symbol of the resistance of their human rights. The eugenics movement appeared to no longer exist in society by the 1930’s however, it was documented that 42 percent of Native American women were still being sterilized during the 1970’s. The Native American community is a subgroup that has high rates of reproduction, but unfortunately this community has a large percentage of their people living in
The Indian Health Services was created to provide special services to members from tribes and Alaskan Natives. However, instead of providing medical support the HIS faculty were the main perpetrators of the abuse of sterilization, making these indigenous people victims of an unlawful coerced procedure. Doctors were using unethical tactics to convince the women to sign the consent forms. These women would not be seen unless they signed the consent form that wasn’t even in their native language, therefore the women didn’t understand what they were giving consent to and this was all done while they were still under strong medication making it even more difficult to understand the irreversible procedure. The majority of the facilities where these sterilizations were taking place were places where federal guidelines were not being followed. Sterilizing this small population can bring serious consequences, thus Dr. Uri explains that “voluntary sterilization among a population of 200 million isn’t going to wipe out the country, but in such a small group, it will wipe out the Indians. Sterilization can not be the preferred form of birth control for minority groups”
Art has become fundamentally important in Latin America because it has become a new form of resistance and mobilizing for the many years of repression that these indigenous communities have had to endure. However, this new form of resistance has had dangerous outcomes for the artist because the government starts to detain them or disappear them if they begin to think of them as threats. Indigenous women sew colorful tapestries as a symbol of human rights resistance and to commemorate the loss of their disappeared partners (Cardenas 140). These indigenous communities have suffered plenty nonetheless; just like Fannie Lou Hamer started to speak about her experience of sterilization years ago more and more people are now telling their stories. A revolution is occurring in contemporary society because youth are no longer afraid to stand up for their rights creating campaigns that will eventually grant them the safety they deserve. These new forms of resistance towards the dictatorship of the government have opened new pathways for people to express themselves and demand their human