HELPFUL LINKS

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)

• 2023 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Policy, Best and Emerging Practices, and Current Issues in Minnesota

• Government Accountability Office: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women

• Notes from the Field: Solving Missing Persons Cases in Indian Country

• Guide to Developing a Tribal Community Response Plan for Missing Person Cases

• National Native American Outreach Services Liaison

• Savanna’s Act- Public Law No. 116-165

• Not Invisible Act of 2019

• Interior & Justice Dept Press Release: Best Practices to Improve Media Coverage of MMIP Cases

• Steering Committee to Address the Crisis of MMIP

• Operation Lady Justice – Report to the President 2021

Native Communities

• OVW Department of Justice (DOJ) Tribal Governments Program

• Center for Disease Control (CDC) Violence Against Native Peoples Fact Sheet

• OVW DOJ Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program

• OVW DOJ Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program

• OVW DOJ Tribal Jurisdiction Program

• OVW DOJ Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program

• OVW Tribal Technical Assistance Provider Fact Sheet

• Alaska Native Listening Session Summary Report (October 2016).

• Sexual Assault Examiner (SAE) Program , Indian Health Service (IHS)

Native Women

• Violence Against Native Women Fact Sheet

• Violence Against AI and AN Women: Program of Research

• Violence Against AI and AN Women and the Criminal Justice Response: What Is Known

• National Institute of Justice (NIJ) National Baseline Study: A study of health, wellness, and safety of AI/AN women living in tribal communities

• Violence Against AI and AN Women Tribal Leaders Council

• National Congress of American Indians: State of the Data on Violence Against AI/AN Women and Girls

• US Dept of Justice Office of Justice Programs: Five Things About Violence Against AI & AI Women and Men

• Government Accountability Office: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women

Reports and Studies

• Notes from the Field: A Snapshot of the US Indian Policing Academy

• Implementing NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990): Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Office to Tribal Partners

• National Institute of Justice Annual Report 2020

• Bureau of Justice Statistics: Tribal Crime and Justice

• Tribal Law Enforcement

• Tribal Courts

• NORC: 2024 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies Data

• NORC: 2024 Census of Tribal Court Systems Data

• US Dept of Justice, Office of Justice Program: Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities 2024

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

• The Violence Against Women Act Factsheet

• Violence Against Women Act 1994

• Violence Against Women Act 2000

• Violence Against Women Appropriations Act 2002

• Violence Against Women Act 2005 (Established The Task Force on Research on Violence Against AI/AN Women)

• Section 904 Task Force (The Task Force on Research on Violence Against AI/AN Women)

• Violence Against Women Act – Technical Amendments 2005

• Violence Against Women Act 2013

• Violence Against Women Act 2022