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| Jean Whitehorse, Dine', testified before the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples in April of 2025. |
The Sterilization of Native American Women: Indigenous Women Await Justice Around the World
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 29, 2025
Jean Whitehorse, Dine'/Navajo, provided testimony on the sterilization of Native American women by Indian Health Service doctors twice before the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, yet little has been done to hold the U.S. government responsible or bring justice for the victims.
"Between 1907 and 1987, at least 70,000 Native women were sterilized without consent -- an act of genocide that stripped us of our right to give life," Whitehorse, a delegate of AIM-West, told the U.N. Permanent Forum in April of 2025.