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As they have done almost every year for the last ten years, lawmakers in South Dakota rejected a proposal this session to change the state’s statute of limitations on child sexual abuse. Time is running out for the dozens of survivors, including those from the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe, to hold organizations like the Catholic Church accountable for alleged crimes that occurred when the victims were children. Turtle Mountain’s Louise Aamot Charbonneau claims she was abused at the Catholic boarding school she attended in the 1970s. She died before she could testify in favor of changing South Dakota’s law during the legislature session this year. We’ll learn about South Dakota and the other states that put limits on holding institutions accountable for sexual abuse.
Guests:
Christine Diindiisi McCleave (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) – executive director of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Elsie Boudreau (Yupik Eskimo) – child sex abuse survivor
Michelle Dauphinais Echols (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) – attorney and advocate for child sex abuse survivors from Native American boarding schools
Break 1 music: Redman (song) Elk Soldier (artist) A Soldier’s Dream: Powwow Songs Recorded Live at Ft.Randall (album)
Break 2 music: Land Back Ft. Boogey The Beat & Chippewa Travellers (single) A Tribe Called Red (artist)
