About: Yvonne Swan

Yvonne L. Swan (née Yvonne Wanrow; born 1943) also known as Yvonne Swan Wanrow, is a Sinixt Native American activist, and a once convicted criminal. She is part of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Wanrow is known for the 1972 trial concerning the shooting death of a man who had attempted to molest her son and had attacked other children; she became a cause célèbre of the feminist and American Indian movement. Her case reached the Washington Supreme Court, where its outcome had far-reaching effects on the manner in which juries interpret the behavior of a defendant, the legality of recorded conversations, and considerations for victims of sexual assault.