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An Online Resource Library on Gender-Based Violence.

Tribal Policy Resources

Tribal policy impacts the ability of the hundreds of sovereign nations to access effective changes specific to individual tribes and how they legally can or cannot protect families experiencing domestic violence due to jurisdiction of sovereign nations. Tribal justice systems and legal impacts of public policy promote the safety of Native families. The various tools in this section – highlighting resources, funding, and implementation of new policy – provide both technical assistance and resources for enhancing the ability of tribal justice systems to research, restore and participate in public policy changes.

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Current and archived issues on public policy, Tribal law, Sovereignty, sex trafficking, sexual assault, domestic violence and movement updates, news and opportunities on Tribal Nations and Alaskan Village communities.

Tribal Law and Order Commission Report: A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer

This report provides the most comprehensive assessments ever undertaken of criminal justice systems services Native American and Alaska Native communities. It clears up many of the previous studies that lack the understanding of the Alaska criminal justice landscape and Alaska Native Indian law principles that are not in accordance with Lower 48 tribes and jurisdiction.

Introduction to the Violence Against Women Act

This resource describes special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction in the Violence Against Women Act of 2013 to respond to crimes committed by non-Indian offenders in Indian country.

Finding Dawn

Finding Dawn illustrates the deep historical, social and economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Native women in this country.

Finding Dawn , Christine Welsh, National Film Board of Canada