Protect Your Sovereignty
Threats to personal sovereignty come in many forms, with one person claiming power or exerting control over another. This can be done in subtle, manipulative wasys that make the harm difficult to identify. Much like colonization of indigenous nations, human trafficking errodes sovereignty by imposing external authority, using the mask of friendship or opportunity to extract benefits or wealth, which results in trauma. 

Personal Sovereignty

refers to everything that makes up our individual autonomy - our rights to set and enforce boundaries, to
guard our sacredness and spiritual authority, to determine our priorities and our path in life.
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Sovereignty of the Body

refers to the authority that we, as individuals, wield over our own bodies. Colonization is often spoken of in terms of land being taken, but historically, physical violence again Native women and harm done to our bodies has also played a part in the denial of our sovereignty.

Land Sovereignty

is the inherent authority of tribal nations to govern themselves.

Terminology & Language in Action

Human Trafficking- the Trafficking Victims Act (TVPA) defines human trafficking as any labor or commercial sex act induced through use of force, fraud, or coercion (if over 18) for the profit of a third party.
- Those under 18 who engage in any form of commercial sex (including survival sex) meet the legal definition of human trafficking-regardless of whether or not there is a third party trafficker.

Commercial Sexual Exploitation- the abuse of power differentials or exploitation of a person's vulnerabilities in order to induce a sex act in exchange for something.

Buyer
Exploiter
Sex Trafficking
Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
Trafficker
Victim/Survivor
Consent
Coercion
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