The following is testimony given by Pamela Stearns, City of Seattle Native American Employees Association (CANOES) president before James Anaya, UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenou...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted 68 – 31 on April 26 to approve the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization...

WASHINGTON – More foes of tribal courts are making themselves known in the battle to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), legislation currently under consideration in...

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is concerned about efforts in the U.S...

Roughly 200 Indians from various Southern California Indian tribes held a walk to increase awareness of sexual assault against Native women and to show support for the Violence Aga...

As the 77 th Annual Tribal Assembly of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Central Council) came to a close on April 21 two key announcements were mad...

WASHINGTON – Approximately 230 out of the 566 federally recognized tribes would not be covered under tribal provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization, cur...

WASHINGTON – Sen...

WASHINGTON – Native Americans are making a push to support reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the face of congressional attacks of tribal provisions of the...