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Pulitzer Center | BY BROOKE STEPHENSON | March 19, 2019: Brutal crimes in Kake, Alaska, have brought the national problem of the lack of safety for indigenous women close to home for the people of the small Alaska Native village. In Alaska, the problem is compounded by the seclusion of indigenous communities, jurisdictional complications and a lack of state funds...
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...