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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022 introduced in the Senate

On Wednesday, February 10, a group of bipartisan senators introduced S. 3623, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022. The bill, which would reauthorize VAWA through 2027, includes provisions that restore critical categories of Tribal criminal jurisdiction necessary to protect Native women and children, including sexual assault, stalking, sex trafficking, child violence, obstruction of justice, and assault of Tribal justice personnel. This bipartisan bill also establishes an Alaska pilot project, which will enable a limited number of Tribes in the state to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ), and clarifies that Tribes in Maine are also eligible to [...]

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022 introduced in the SenateCinnamon Bankey2022-03-01T21:06:22+00:00

New Funding Opportunity: FY2022 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program Solicitation Now Open

Funds are now available to enhance sexual assault services provided by tribal organizations in Indian country and Alaska Native villages. The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) supports projects to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by Tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations within Indian country and Alaska Native villages. The funds may be used for a range of activities to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects that provide direct intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault. Eligible Applicants: Limited to Indian tribes, tribal consortia, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations Application [...]

New Funding Opportunity: FY2022 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program Solicitation Now OpenCinnamon Bankey2022-02-28T22:44:29+00:00

Tribe grapples with missing women crisis on California coast

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press February 21, 2022 YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. — The young mother had behaved erratically for months, hitchhiking and wandering naked through two Native American reservations and a small town clustered along Northern California's rugged Lost Coast. But things escalated when Emmilee Risling was charged with arson for igniting a fire in a cemetery. Her family hoped the case would force her into mental health and addiction services. Instead, she was released over the pleas of loved ones and a tribal police chief. The 33-year-old college graduate — an accomplished traditional dancer with ancestry from three area tribes [...]

Tribe grapples with missing women crisis on California coastCinnamon Bankey2022-02-21T20:03:46+00:00

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Justice for Families Program Solicitation

View the Grant Announcement The Grants to Support Families in the Justice System program (referred to as the Justice for Families Program) was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange [...]

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Justice for Families Program SolicitationCinnamon Bankey2022-02-11T22:34:52+00:00

Funding Opportunity: Fiscal Year 2022 OVW Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program Solicitation

The Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid adult and youth (ages 11 and older) victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. Eligibility: Limited to Indian tribal governments; tribal organizations; private nonprofit entities; publicly funded organizations not acting in a governmental capacity; and territorial organizations. Application Deadlines Grants.gov: March 10, 2022, 11:59 PM ET JustGrants: March 16, 2022, 11:59 PM [...]

Funding Opportunity: Fiscal Year 2022 OVW Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program SolicitationCinnamon Bankey2022-02-11T22:27:23+00:00

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction

The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction program encourages collaborations among tribal leadership, courts, prosecutors, attorneys, defense counsel, law enforcement, probation, victim service providers, and other partners to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders in the Indian country of the participating tribe are held accountable. Eligible applicants are limited to governments of Indian tribes that have jurisdiction over Indian country. Application Deadlines: Grants.gov – March 22, 2022 11:59 PM ET JustGrants – March 24, 2022 11:59 PM ET View [...]

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal JurisdictionCinnamon Bankey2022-02-02T21:11:17+00:00

MMIWg2S Reward Fund
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MMIWg2S Reward Fund

Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag “They Will Be Remembered Forever” MMIWg2S Reward Fund Indigenous Women, girls, and Two Spirit people are far more likely to experience violence, be murdered, or go missing than other demographic groups in Minnesota. Although Indigenous Women make up just 1% of the state’s population, from 2010 through 2018, 8% of all murdered women and girls in Minnesota were Indigenous. Between 2012 and 2020, 27 to 54 Indigenous Women, girls, and Two Spirit people were missing in any given month. (See Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force, A report to the Minnesota Legislature, by Nicole Martin Rogers and Virginia Pendleton, [...]

MMIWg2S Reward Fundfsol2022-01-31T18:36:46+00:00

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: Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag “You Will Always Be Remembered.” Funds will be used to encourage those with information on the missing to report. In August of 2015, Sheila St Clair went missing from Duluth, [...]

Reward Fund to Find Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit Peoplefsol2022-01-27T20:23:49+00:00

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, contains details about available grants and describes how federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and tribal consortia can apply for funding. CTAS is administered by the department’s Office of [...]

Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunitiesfsol2022-02-15T14:47:41+00:00

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 inviting me to speak today, and for your steady and powerful leadership of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN). The entire AFN team has done truly amazing work to promote the [...]

2021 Annual Alaska Federation of Natives Winter Conferencefsol2022-02-15T15:16:55+00:00

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