Family Violence Affects Child Support

Carol Berry
July 06, 2011
DENVER—Collecting child support, a sometimes-unpleasant activity, can be downright risky in Indian Country, where Native women experience the highest rate of violence of any U.S...
Karonienhawi Thomas

Circle of Violence: Their Spirits are Torn

My mother told me about a presentation she saw that mentioned how one kind person can make all the difference to a victim of sexual assault. This stood out to me—that one act of kindness from one person could have such a profound effect on someone in the midst of trauma....

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July 16, 2011

Iqaluit Reels in Grief After Family Murder-suicide

ICTMN Staff
June 12, 2011
Vivian Sula Enuaraq had been about to leave her husband, packing up her two daughters and going with them to a women’s shelter in a village near Nunavut’s capital, Iqaluit...

Historic Family Agaist Violence Act Gains Advocacy at Navajo Domestic Violence Conference

ICTMN Staff
May 06, 2011
Navajo Nation social services and law enforcement officials held a conference April 27 and 28, exploring the vast and complicated issues family violence has on victims...

Court Enforces Repeat Offender Rules

Carol Berry
April 13, 2011
DENVER—Colorado has just prosecuted its first case under federal law that addresses habitual domestic violence offenders in Indian country, the U.S...

Coyote Thoughts: Battling 'Abusive Tricksters'

Beau Washington
November 09, 2012
Like many people, I wondered for years why a person would stay in an abusive relationship...

Violence Against Native Women Gaining Global Attention; Congress Encouraged to Act

ICTMN Staff
October 11, 2012
In the 21 st Century, no woman should live day-to-day thinking about when they will be raped or how they will survive and cope after they are but that is the reality for American I...

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