Justice Department Sues Idaho to Protect Reproductive Rights

2023-11-27T21:54:03+00:00

Complaint Alleges Idaho Law Violates the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit to protect the rights of patients to access emergency medical care guaranteed by federal law. The suit challenges Idaho Code § 18-622 (§ 18-622), which is set to go into effect on Aug. 25 and imposes a near-total ban on abortion. The complaint seeks a declaratory judgment that § 18-622 conflicts with, and is preempted by, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in situations where an abortion is necessary stabilizing treatment for an emergency medical condition. The United States also [...]

Justice Department Sues Idaho to Protect Reproductive Rights2023-11-27T21:54:03+00:00

Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada

2023-11-27T21:39:57+00:00

More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend government-funded Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s. MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations. "I am deeply sorry," Francis said to applause from school survivors and Indigenous community members gathered at a former residential school south of Edmonton, Alberta. He called the school policy a "disastrous error" that was incompatible with the Gospel [...]

Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada2023-11-27T21:39:57+00:00

Indigenous Canadians wary, hopeful as pope prepares apology

2024-03-12T14:38:45+00:00

MASKWACIS, Alberta — To this day, Flo Buffalo doesn't drink milk — not since two nuns force-fed her the sour milk she had refused at the Catholic-run Ermineskin Indian Residential School for Indigenous children that she attended in the 1960s. Holding out her right hand, she showed how she has never been able to fully straighten it out since a nun severely beat her with a stick. "The nuns, they were real mean," Buffalo said. With international attention focusing on the former school in the prairie town of Maskwacis as Pope Francis visits Monday to apologize for abuses in a system [...]

Indigenous Canadians wary, hopeful as pope prepares apology2024-03-12T14:38:45+00:00

N. Cheyenne Tribe sues feds over dire public safety on reservation

2023-11-27T21:56:48+00:00

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe is suing the federal government after enduring years of unaddressed violent crime and missing tribal members. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, names the United States, the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and several leading officials within those agencies as plaintiffs. The tribe is claiming the federal government has breached its obligation to keep Northern Cheyenne residents on the reservation safe, and demands that the DOI and BIA fulfill those obligations. "Public safety on-reservation is severely compromised due to the lack of meaningful BIA law enforcement presence [...]

N. Cheyenne Tribe sues feds over dire public safety on reservation2023-11-27T21:56:48+00:00

Federal Law Enforcement, Attorneys Directed to Prioritize Violent Crimes Against Indigenous Women

2023-11-27T21:59:37+00:00

On July 14th, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco directed federal attorneys and law enforcement agencies to prioritize violent crimes against women in Indian Country. In a memorandum, Deputy Attorney General Monaco, declared it a priority for the Department of Justice to work alongside tribal nations and federal enforcement agencies, to address the disproportionately high rate of violent crimes committed against indigenous women. Deputy Attorney General Monaco, said in her remarks, the action reaffirms the commitment by the Department of Justice to promote public safety in Indian country, and respecting tribal sovereignty. As tribes know best how to make their communities [...]

Federal Law Enforcement, Attorneys Directed to Prioritize Violent Crimes Against Indigenous Women2023-11-27T21:59:37+00:00

Minneapolis ultrarunner encourages Indigenous women to rise above challenges

2024-03-12T14:40:27+00:00

The pain of running a 62-mile race over 22 hours can feel unbearable — but ultramarathoner Verna Volker said she's had ample training: She birthed four kids without medication. Volker, 48, tries to keep pain in perspective as she trains for her next ultra, defined as any race longer than a 26.2-mile marathon. She drinks coffee in the dark and starts running on the river bluffs at 4:30 a.m. Stopping for TikTok dance breaks, she runs at what she calls a "turtle" pace, sticking to soft trails to manage inflammatory arthritis in her knee. When the pain is sharp, Volker remembers [...]

Minneapolis ultrarunner encourages Indigenous women to rise above challenges2024-03-12T14:40:27+00:00

Justice Department Opens Application Period For Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

2023-11-27T22:04:22+00:00

The Department of Justice has announced the opening of the application period for federally recognized Tribes and inter-tribal consortia to participate in the Tribal Access Program (TAP) for National Crime Information, which provides federally recognized Tribes the ability to access and exchange data with national crime information databases for authorized criminal justice and non-criminal justice purposes. The program provides training as well as software and biometric/biographic kiosk workstations to process fingerprints, take mugshots and submit information to FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) systems. There are currently 108 federally recognized Tribes participating in TAP. The department will accept TAP applications from [...]

Justice Department Opens Application Period For Program to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases2023-11-27T22:04:22+00:00

Funding Opportunity: NEW Bureau of Justice Assistance Funding to Support Tribal Reentry

2023-03-15T18:25:12+00:00

FY 2022 Improving Adult and Juvenile Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program - Closing Date August 2, 2022. Grants.gov Deadline July 28, 2022. Application JustGrants Deadline August 2, 2022. Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to enhance or implement clinical services and other evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and address the treatment and recovery needs of people with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders who are currently involved in the criminal justice system or were formerly involved. This program will [...]

Funding Opportunity: NEW Bureau of Justice Assistance Funding to Support Tribal Reentry2023-03-15T18:25:12+00:00

Registration is open for the American Indian Justice Conference, June 28-30

2024-03-12T14:41:56+00:00

The American Indian Justice Conference offers tribes across the nation an opportunity to learn strategies to enhance tribal justice systems while providing essential information on topics such as court planning and development, diversionary court programs, traditional dispute resolution, justice system responses to alcohol and substance abuse, and emerging issues that are relevant to tribal justice system development. This is a free virtual event. To Register: American Indian Justice Conference 2022. Who should attend? Affiliates from all federally recognized tribes working in courts, law enforcement, prosecution, probation/reentry, corrections, treatment, social service programs, and victim services BJA Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation and Tribal Comprehensive [...]

Registration is open for the American Indian Justice Conference, June 28-302024-03-12T14:41:56+00:00

Department of Justice Updates Gender Bias Guidance

2023-11-27T22:06:40+00:00

Last week, the Department of Justice announced updated guidance, “Improving Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias,” designed to help law enforcement agencies (LEAs) improve their response to sexual assault and domestic violence. The 2015 guidance has been revised to account for the impact of bias based on factors other than gender, incorporate new resources and research, provide improved case examples illustrating a trauma-informed approach to survivors, and emphasize the need to address and prevent police misconduct. Purpose of the Guidance Examine how gender bias can undermine the response of LEAs to sexual [...]

Department of Justice Updates Gender Bias Guidance2023-11-27T22:06:40+00:00

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