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To assist in the planning process, in the summer and fall of 2011, NCTCC partnered with the Center for Court Innovation (CCI), a national technical assistance provider funded separately by OVW, to develop and implement surveys and focus groups regarding experiences with domestic violence in Tribal communities throughout the Northern California region. The NCTCCs mission is to promote and strengthen tribal justice systems to restore balance and order, while honoring sovereignty and cultural values.

The writer assumes the reader is not familiar with the material herein. The original theme for the panel was Ðissues that impact rural American Indian women.

The State of Alaska Task Force on the Crimes of Human Trafficking, Promoting Prostitution and Sex Trafficking was established by legislation in 2012 to do the following: (1) look at the prevalence of the crimes of human trafficking and sex trafficking in Alaska; (2) assess the current services available to victims of human and sex trafficking; and (3) make recommendations for ways to further assist victims. This report is the final culmination of the task force's work and includes the task force's final recommendations.

Although Plan B is legal as an “over the counter” (OTC) contraceptive for women age 17 years old and up, Native American women do not have consistent access to it from the Indian Health Service. This report features the voices of Native American women from a diverse number of Tribes as they discuss their personal experiences with sexual assault and access to healthcare either as a victim or as a service provider.

The Indian Health Service has a long history of providing reproductive health services to Native American women in a manner that challenges a woman’s right to services and violates her basic human rights.