Sen. Cantwell Urges Swift Passage of Violence Against Women Act on Senate Floor With Tribal Provisions

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2013
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Grassley/Hutchison VAWA Amendment Knocked Down

ICTMN Staff
February 07, 2013
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) received a victory today as Senators Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) proposed amendment was knocked down...

Early Treaties Prove That U.S. Founding Fathers Would Have Deemed VAWA Constitutional

Gale Courey Toensing
February 07, 2013
The statistics are horrifying: 34 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetimes and 39 percent will be subjected to domestic violence; on some...

The Violence Against Women Act: Gun Rights, Idle No More, and Why Most House Republicans Say Rape Is OK

Gyasi Ross
February 05, 2013
INTRODUCTION: OF GUN RIGHTS AND POLITICS There is a fundamental difference between leadership and politics...
Ryan D. Dreveskracht

The VAWA Debate Is Heating Up Again

As the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) debate raged during the last days of 2012, the National Congress of American Indians issued a Call to Action, urging Indian Country to support “...

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February 04, 2013
Steve Russell

Government in the Land of Oz

I seldom point to the colonial governments as an example for tribal governments, but we could learn a lot from the ongoing comedy in Washington. After all, a negative example is still an example....

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February 02, 2013

Native American Provisions of Violence Against Women Act Re-Introduced

Rob Capriccioso
January 25, 2013
Native Americans are getting a jump-start on lobbying the new 113 th Congress for passage of tribal provisions passed last year by the Senate but stalled in the House involving the...
Bryan Newland

A Retrospective on Federal Indian Policy During President Obama’s First Term

Sunday officially marks the conclusion of President Obama’s first term in office—as well as the beginning of his second term....

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January 19, 2013

The GOP House Leader Sank VAWA in 2012, the Fight Starts Anew in 2013

Rob Capriccioso
January 15, 2013
Native American and congressional advocates of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are frustrated that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., held up a compromise in the wanin...

The Most Important Stories of 2012

ICTMN Staff
December 31, 2012
The most widely read stories aren't always the most important ones. We recently published our list of 2012's most popular stories by page views ...

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