Calvin Coolidge Jefferson, vice chairman of the Crow Nation Tribal governments in Montana are collaborating with several federal agencies on a pilot program to reduce the high rate...
An article in The New York Times today underscores the horror and injustice suffered by Native women in Alaska's remote villages, who are 12 times more likely than the average woma...
Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) railed against the Republican-led House version of the watered down Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as an affront to herself as a woman of ...
The United States Justice Department announced May 1 that it is launching an investigation of sexual assault and sexual harassment at the University of Montana and in the greater M...
WASHINGTON—National crime statistics already indicate that 1 in 3 American Indian women will be raped in their lifetimes, but new clarification from the Obama administration on the...
I had been visiting a friend that night and lost track of the time. When I realized it was past curfew, I decided to walk home. The path home was well-worn but poorly lit. About halfway there, I heard rustling coming from a nearby bush. Within seconds, he was on top of me, holding me down....
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....
Sarah Deer A recent episode of the Al Jazeera English program The Stream examined the failure of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to provide adequate legal protection to Nativ...