Cherokee Attorney Earns National Crime Victims' Service Award

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2013
Dianne Barker Harrold took a seven-year experience with stalking and living in an abusive relationship and turned it into a 30-year career as an attorney dedicated to battered wome...

Brazeau Warrant Details Alleged Attack Stemming From Argument Over Aboriginal Issues

ICTMN Staff
March 02, 2013
Conservative aboriginal Senator Patrick Brazeau, who was arrested in early February for attacking a woman in his home, punched, choked and pushed her during an argument over aborig...

Rape, Kidnapping Being Investigated as Hate Crime in Thunder Bay

Valerie Taliman
January 07, 2013
The abduction, brutal rape and strangulation of a First Nations woman by two white men on December 27 in Thunder Bay, Ontario has stirred fear, anger and urgent calls to catch the ...

53-Year-Old Native Woman Attacked in California

ICTMN Staff
December 18, 2012
As politicians in Washington D.C. continue to argue over details of the Violence Against Women Act, Native women continue to be the victims of attacks at a high rate...

Restoring the Circle Campaign to End Sexual Assault Against American Indian Women Will Compliment Joe Biden’s 1 is 2 Many Initiative

ICTMN Staff
October 15, 2012
In September 2011, Vice President Joe Biden launched the “ 1 is 2 Many ” initiative to raise awareness of the need to reduce dating violence and sexual assault among women ages 16-...

Training Seminar Held For Sexual Assault Investigation and Prosecution Training in Indian Country

ICTMN Staff
August 28, 2012
For three days last week more than 75 participants from across the United States participated in a training seminar hosted by the Justice and Interior Departments for tribal and fe...

Education Is Anishinaabe Student’s Top Priority

ICTMN Staff
August 22, 2012
She’s been dreaming of studying law since the age of 7 and devouring books since second grade, Taylor Payer has always loved learning...

Training Underway for Sexual Assault Response Teams on Montana Reservations

ICTMN Staff
June 21, 2012
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...

The New York Times Calls Attention to the Threat and Torment of Rape in Indian Country

ICTMN Staff
May 23, 2012
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...

Vaginal Void Amongst Indian Women (Learning to Love the Indigenous ‘V’)

Christina M. Castro
May 20, 2012
Recently, I participated in a student organized benefit production of The Vagina Monologues at the Institute of American Indian Arts...

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