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Senate passes S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, by a 68-31 vote; tribal provisions remain intact
Securing an approach to development which respects the rights and protects the livelihoods of the world’s indigenous peoples is one of the Center’s core goals. In March, Washington Office Director Armstrong Wiggins and staff members Gretchen Gordon and Karla General joined with indigenous...
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President Barack Obama announced the United States’ support for the UN Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples in 2010. Native nations now have the opportunity to use the Declaration as the basis for defining a new era of federal Indian policy. The Center is...
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by Karla E. General* - The Declaration recognizes and affirms the rights of indigenous peoples to their cultural, religious, and spiritual practices, to have private access to sacred sites, as well as to maintain and strengthen their spiritual relationship with their...
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On March 6, 2012, the NCAI Task Force on Violence Against Women, including board members of the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center and attorneys for the Indian Law Resource Center, met with Senator Daniel Akaka, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to thank him for...
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by Jana Walker - Despite some strides in addressing violence against Native women, there is no doubt United States law falls far short of even the minimum human rights standards set forth in the UN Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples. Considering the...
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