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Identical Bills to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Introduced

The Not Invisible Act of 2019, S. 982, is a bipartisan bill introduced on April 2, 2019 by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jon Tester (D-MT), that seeks to engage law enforcement, tribal leaders, federal partners, and service providers to respond to the crisis...

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SCOTUS upholds tribal hunting rights in Herrera v. Wyoming

May, 2019 -- In Herrera v.
Panel Urges UN to Act on Indigenous Women’s Rights

On April 24, 2019, Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center, Indian Law Resource Center, National Congress of American Indians, and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center held a panel discussion at the United Nations in New York, Violence against Indigenous women in the United States: How...

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Panel of Indigenous Experts to Discuss Violence Against Indigenous Women in the United States at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

March 24, 2019 | New York, NY  ̶  Speakers from American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages and indigenous organizations are converging for an important panel discussion on violence against indigenous women.  The side event, Violence Against Indigenous Women in the United States: How...

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VAWA Reauthorization Bill With Strengthened Tribal Provisions Advances Out of the House

The Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act 2019 (HR 1585) passed the House of Representatives on April 4, 2019 with bipartisan support. The bill now moves for consideration in the U.S. Senate.
Declaración de la Coalición de Pueblos y Naciones Indígenas ante la Asamblea General 48° de la Organización de Estados Americanos

Junio 3, 2018
Brooklyn Rivera
Consejo Americano de Pueblos Indígenas
Washington, D.C.
(Inglés)

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Legislative Update – 116th Congress (2019-2020)
February 26, 2019 | Several bills have been introduced in the Senate thus far this year that could help address the epidemic levels of violence against indigenous women. Additionally, Congress recently passed the FY 2019 omnibus appropriations measure ending the historic government shut down, but... read more
Indigenous Organizations Denounce Bolsonaro’s Policies before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held a public hearing on 13 February 2019 to discuss the human rights situation of indigenous peoples in Brazil
Deaths of Indigenous Children at Border Amplifies the Need for Policy Change

The death of a yet another indigenous Maya child from Guatemala while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection demands that the United States adjust its approach and end its inhumane and cruel immigration policies and practices -- giving special attention to the care and treatment of...

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Child who died in custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol was Maya Q'eqchi'

Indian Law Resource Center responds to young Maya girl’s death in U.S. custody

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