Domestic Violence Among the Navajo

Abstract

Domestic violence is the leading cause of injuries to women ages 15 to 44. Navajo women have increasingly been plagued by domestic violence and in response, in 1993 the Navajo Nation enacted the Domestic Abuse Prevention Act. Years of colonization have left their mark on members of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation exists within a climate of institutionalized violence, where some of their traditional values of equality and harmony have been broken down. This has led to an increase in family violence. Poverty and a lack of infrastructure and social services exacerbate the problems that Navajo women face when trying to leave violence in their homes. Using information gathered through experience as social workers and ethnographic interviews, this paper explores domestic violence among the Navajo in Northeastern Arizona, with a particular focus on the effects of colonization.

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