President Barack Obama's VAWA Law Signing Spotlights Native Women Warriors

Rob Capriccioso
March 11, 2013
During the March 7 signing ceremony in the offices of the United States Department of the Interior of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Vice President J...

A Proud Day for Tribal Advocates of the Violence Against Women Act

Rob Capriccioso
February 28, 2013
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization passed the U.S. House on February 28 by a vote of 286 to 138...

2012 Hall of Fame and Mantle of Shame Awards

Suzan Shown Harjo
December 28, 2012
HALL OF FAME: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for winning second terms by a whopping 332 electoral votes to 206 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Repres...
Brian Patterson

Let Us Protect Our Communities

I have been taught that “no nation is truly defeated until the hearts of its women are on the ground.”  Native women have strong hearts, but that strength is constantly challenged by the high rates of domestic violence on many Indian reservations.  Of course, domestic violence is not limited to w...

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December 14, 2012
Ryan Dreveskracht

House Republicans Add Insult to Indian Injury

Rape in Indian country has recently become the subject of partisan campaign fodder and, even worse, systemic racism in Washington, D.C....

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July 07, 2012
Caroline P. Mayhew

VAWA Tribal Provisions and Race Discrimination Arguments

Amid the current election excitement and heightened national focus on the politics of women’s issues, Congressional efforts to reauthorize the Violence Against Women A...

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May 29, 2012

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