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Reward Fund to Find Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit People
January 11, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Duluth, MN Reward Fund to Find Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit People On January 10, 2022, the Duluth City Council unanimously approved the resolution for City officials to partner with Mending the Sacred Hoop and the Native Lives Matter Coalition for a reward fund for information regarding Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit people in the Twin Ports: [...]
Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities
Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety in Tribal Communities The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the opening of the FY 2022 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation period. Also known as CTAS, the funding under this initiative is available to assist American Indian and Alaska Native communities in the areas of crime prevention, victim services and coordinated community responses to violence against native women. The solicitation, at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/open-solicitations, [...]
2021 Annual Alaska Federation of Natives Winter Conference
December 14, 2021 Washington, DC Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at the 2021 Annual Alaska Federation of Natives Winter Conference – Remarks as prepared Good afternoon. My name is Vanita Gupta and I am the Associate Attorney General at the Justice Department. I am honored to speak to you today as part of this extraordinary gathering. I want to begin by thanking my friend, Julie Kitka, for [...]
Office on Violence Against Women Announces Awards
December 8, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office on Violence Against Women Announces Awards to 11 Indian Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced awards to 11 Indian Tribal governments to support them in exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ). The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) recognized the authority of [...]
Interior Secretary moves to ban the word ‘squaw’
November 19, 2021 Interior Secretary Deb Haaland moves to ban the word ‘squaw’ from federal lands Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally declared “squaw” to be a derogatory term Friday and ordered a task force to find replacement names for valleys, lakes, creeks and other sites on federal lands that use the word. The order, which takes effect immediately, stands to affect more than 650 place names that [...]
