Intimate Partner and/or Family Violence does not need to be tolerated, excused or endured. 

• You are not alone. 

• If you find yourself in an abusive relationship or situation, do everything you can do to protect yourself and get out.

• You are worthy of support and can get help to break the cycle. 

Here are some resources we hope will help:

• National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center: Intimate partner violence/abuse recovery tools, grief and peer support groups;

• Building The Sacred: An Indigenous Framework For Serving Survivors of Violence;

• StrongHearts: Native Helpline;

• National Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence hotline. Call 1-800-799-7233 or text 88788;

• MHA Nation Victim Hotline and Resources: (701) 627-4171;

• South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assualt: What Is Sexual Violence fact sheet;

• The National Center for Victims of Crime;

• Youth Victims of crimes, see Love is Respect and Break the Cycle;

• Women’s Law: Legal help for survivors of abuse, no matter their gender. This organization offers free help and plain-language legal information for victims of abuse, searchable by state

  • For example, see North Dakota-specific laws (with tutorial videos) that might be useful for victims and survivors of domestic violence.

How Can I Get Help With Intimate Partner Or Family Violence? by Iman Moore and Dyana Valentine is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0