During his State of the Navajo Nation Address on the opening day of the 22 nd Navajo Nation Council Fall Session on October 17, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly addressed many to...
A concerned Northwestern tribal member sent me an e-mail some months ago...
A recent child custody case in Valley Center, California became the latest example of how Southern California Intertribal Court has continued to expand its jurisdiction and gain re...
“I am a survivor of domestic violence and this is my dance shawl...
Gyasi Ross and Michael O. Finley

The time has come to make meaningful change. Native women need to be protected from the sexual predators who repeatedly victimize them, without consequence or repercussion....

August 04, 2011
The dismissal of a federal domestic violence charge against a 37-year-old enrolled member of the Northern Ute Tribe was reversed and sent back to the lower court by a three-judge p...
The proposed Violence Against Family Act was revived on the Navajo Nation on July 20...
Harold A. Monteau

He never saw the blow coming because he was driving at highway speed. She hit him as hard as she could in his right temple and sent his glasses flying onto the dashboard. Out of the corner of his eye he saw another blow coming as he hit the brakes and steered the car toward the shoulder....

July 23, 2011
The Obama administration is offering a sweeping new legislative proposal meant to dramatically curb violence against American Indian women...
Harold A. Monteau

Somewhere in Indian country tonight there is a little boy huddled with his little sister in a bedroom closet hoping against hope that the man who just came into the house at three a.m. will just quietly go to bed. They know the odds are against it though....

July 15, 2011

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