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On July 8, 2013, Judge Kahn of the federal district court in Albany upheld the Mohawk claim to approximately 2,000 acres of land near Hogansburg, New York. The land was taken by the State of New York in 1824 and 1825 in violation of the federal Trade and Intercourse Act, the Mohawks point out. The court also upheld the Mohawk...
President Barack Obama signed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA 2013) into law on March 7, 2013, marking an historic day for Native women in the United States. VAWA 2013 recognizes the inherent authority of tribal governments to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) over certain defendants, regardless of Indian or non-Indian status, who commit acts of domestic...
September 12, 2013Jana Walker delivers a statement during the Human Rights Council's session on integration of a gender perspective. Text of Oral Statement Submitted Written Statement: Combating Violence Against Indigenous Women September 16, 2013Leonardo Crippa made a statement during the Council's discussion on the right to development. Text of Oral Statement Text of Oral Statement (in Spanish) Submitted Written Statement...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee was scheduled to conduct a review of the United States’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on October 17-18, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland. To help inform the Committee, the Center filed a shadow report, “Combating Violence Against Indian and Alaska Native Women—United States Violations of the International Covenant on Civil...
Syracuse Post-Standard Article by John O'Brien and Mark Weiner, discussing the preparation for a historic land claim to be filed by the Onondaga Nation in New York State, claiming ownership of more than 2 million acres of land that were taken illegally in the past, to help influence the state to clean up the environment, especially Onondaga Lake.