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title: Sarah Deer
date: 2023-12-18T16:00:00-05:00
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[Who We Are](/who-we-are)# Sarah Deer

Leadership Council, Content Expert  

![Headshot of Sarah Deer](data:image/png;base64,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)

Sarah Deer is a citizen of the [Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma](https://www.mcn-nsn.gov/) and ending violence against women is her life’s goal. Her 2015 book, "[The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America](https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-beginning-and-end-of-rape)" is the culmination of over 25 years of working with survivors and has received several awards, including the Best First Book award from the [Native American Indigenous Studies Association](https://www.naisa.org/).

Her work to end violence against Native women has received national awards from the American Bar Association and the Department of Justice. Professor Deer was named a [MacArthur Foundation Fellow](https://www.macfound.org/fellows/912/) in 2014 and a [Carnegie Fellow](https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/sarah-deer/) in 2020.

In 2019, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. She currently teaches at the University of Kansas (her alma mater), where she holds a joint appointment in [women, gender, and sexuality studies](https://wgss.ku.edu/) and the [School of Public Affairs and Administration](https://kupa.ku.edu/). Professor Deer is also the chief justice for the Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals.

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