Background
Ross, Luana K. was born on March 21, 1949 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of V.L. (Sonny) Ross and Opal (Swaney) Cajune.
( Luana Ross writes, "Native Americans disappear into Eur...)
Luana Ross writes, "Native Americans disappear into Euro-American institutions of confinement at alarming rates. People from my reservation appeared to simply vanish and magically return. As a child I did not realize what a 'real' prison was and did not give it any thought. I imagined this as normal; that all families had relatives who went away and then returned." In this pathfinding study, Ross draws upon the life histories of imprisoned Native American women to demonstrate how race/ethnicity, gender, and class contribute to the criminalizing of various behaviors and subsequent incarceration rates. Drawing on the Native women's own words, she reveals the violence in their lives prior to incarceration, their respective responses to it, and how those responses affect their eventual criminalization and imprisonment. Comparisons with the experiences of white women in the same prison underline the significant role of race in determining women's experiences within the criminal justice system.
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researcher ethnic studies educator
Ross, Luana K. was born on March 21, 1949 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of V.L. (Sonny) Ross and Opal (Swaney) Cajune.
Bachelor in Social Work, University Montana, 1978. Master of Social Work, Portland State University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University Oregon, 1992.
Instructor departments sociology and Native American studies, U. Montana, Missoula, 1981-1982;
instructor, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana, 1982-1983;
graduate teaching fellow department sociology, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1983-1984;
instructor, graduate teaching fellow ethnic studies program, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1984-1987;
adjunct assistant professor Center for Native American Studies, Montana State University, Bozeman, 1987-1992;
assistant professor Native American studies department ethnic studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-1995;
assistant professor department Native American studies, University of California, Davis, 1995-1997;
associate professor department Native American studies, University of California, Davis, since 1997. Advisor cultural diversity development division, since 1995. Board directors Natives Voices Prodns., Bozeman.
Consultant, researcher, lecturer in field.
( Luana Ross writes, "Native Americans disappear into Eur...)
Coordinator Native Women's Support Group, Bozeman, 1988-1992. Member Women's Prison Site Selection Committee, State of Montana, 1991. Board directors Montana State Board Private Securities and Patrolmen, 1991-1993, Montana Indian Contemporary Artists, since 1992, American Indian Family Healing Center, Oakland, 1993-1995.
Member American Sociological Association (section racial and ethnic minorities, section race, gender, and class), American Studies Association, Montana History Society, Sociologists for Women in Society, Rural Sociological Society, Wanzi (conference co-planner national American Indian women's conference 1993), Native American Producers Association.
1 child, Shane.