![]() ![]() Additionally, Barbara’s baby’s quick death implies negligence on the part of the doctors, which demonstrates their disregard for the life of a Native American child, as well as the emotional, mental, and physical health of the child’s Lakota mother. The book suggests that doctors targeted Barbara because of her race and gender-they exploited a moment of vulnerability when she was giving birth to sterilize her. Barbara’s sterilization also speaks to how racism and sexism overlap in the oppression that Native American women experience. This widespread effort to prevent Native Americans from having children was one way that the government carried out a genocide against Native American communities. Barbara is one of many Native American women whom doctors sterilized during the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s generally ordered by a government or organization without regard to the woman’s own preference, and sometimes without her even knowing. Lakota woman by Brave Bird, Mary Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008 Publication date 1991 Topics Brave Bird, Mary, Crow Dog, Mary (1954. Forced sterilization is a medical procedure that makes a woman unable to reproduce. ![]()
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