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High Country News | Anna V. Smith | March 13, 2018 One of the oldest agencies in the Department of Interior appears to have some of its worst harassment problems. Photo: Office of Public Affairs - Indian Affairs. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke participate in a discussion with tribal leaders at...
December 18, 2018 || Bustle.com article by Sarah Friedmann: A federal bill, Savanna's Act, would address violence against Native American women by improving the federal government's response to related crimes. However, one lawmaker, Republican Representative Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, is reportedly preventing this bill from moving forward.
VOA News Article; October 4, 2018: Alaska Native rights advocates are urging the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, for a fourth time with amendments. “We’re hoping that there will be some specific inclusions in the upcoming law that will add some protections for Alaska,” said Michelle Demmert, chief justice for the Tlingit and...
International law recognizes the fundamental human right of Native women to live free from violence. Yet in the United States* 1 in 3 Native women will be raped in her lifetime* 4 in 5 Native women will be violently assaulted in her lifeThe NCAI Task Force on Violence Against Native Women and the Indian Law Resource Center are increasing pressure...
Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence: Ending Violence so Children Can Thrive Provided by justice.gov
Washington Post | Associated Press, Monday, May 14, 6:39 PM WASHINGTON — Diane Millich’s ex-husband was never arrested for any of the more than 100 times he slapped, kicked or punched her before showing up at her Colorado workplace and firing a 9 mm pistol, wounding the co-worker who pushed her out of the way.
By Stephanie Siek, CNN Fri December 9, 2011 – The statistics of violent crimes against Native American women are grim: One in three Native women will be raped in her lifetime, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Three in five will be physically assaulted.
Written summary of July 14, 2011, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on “Native Women: Protecting, Shielding, and Safeguarding Our Sisters, Mothers, and Daughters”
NATIVE LAND LAW: Can Native American People Find Justice in the U.S. Legal System? Provided by Indian Land Tenure Foundation