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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Alaska House committee focuses on contributing factors to violence against Native people Tribal leaders focus on priorities at legislative summit in Washington, D.C. Alabama tribe and university announce Native American studies program
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 In March 2013, President Obama signed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Tribal leaders and advocates celebrated its passage as an effort to protect Native women. Provisions permit tribes to investigate, prosecute and convict non-Indian offenders who commit sexual assault and domestic violence. Three tribes recently began exercising this authority through a pilot project.
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