Protection Provided by the Judicial System

Justice is rapidly and continually slipping in Indian Country. With the rise of crimes against Native women, including rape or domestic abuse, tribal jurisdiction is not granting women the justice they need. While the justice system is seen as the main reason for the absence of justice and protection for Native American women, some believe that Native women need to have roles in the justice system or the system needs to be changed. In this paper, I will analyze two articles, “Tribal Jurisdiction by Gender Parity” and “Will the Violence Against Women Act Close a Tribal Justice ‘Loophole’?”, that both have opinions on the protection of Native women. I will explain both authors’ use of rhetorical strategies they utilized to make their main points and present their central enthymeme. The authors show an overall knowledge of their argument through their sympathetic appeal, invented ethos and venue. Both authors strongly rely on their invented ethos, venue and central enthymeme to help convey their arguments to their audiences. In the web published article “Tribal Jurisdiction by Gender Parity” the author, Manuela Picq, believes that the only way protection can be given to Native women is if they are allowed to be apart of the justice system in law. Picq explains that the dramatic rise in crimes has caused native women to be “victims of widespread abuse” (par. 1) and with their access to the justice system being limited, “the justice system itself is the problem”(par. 1). With United States policies being seen as a major problem to the Native women crisis, there is a sense that nothing can be done to help protect them (Picq par. 6). Picq explains that the harsh treatment to Native women “echoes the disregard for Indigenous authority at large, from self-government to tribal sovereignty over land and resources”(par. 11). Picq then makes it clear that tribes “know that governments are the last place to seek protection” (par. 12) and that is the reason “why tribes in the