Founder-Director

Federal trust relationship with American Indians

Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights

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Twin Buttes, North Dakota

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

<html><head></head><body>President Obama signed the expanded Violence Against Women Act into law on Thursday afternoon. With the law’s signing, tribes now have jurisdiction to prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed against women on Indian land. “Indian Country has some of the … <a target="blank" href="http://www.americanindianreport.com/?p=2264">read more</a>
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President Obama signed the expanded Violence Against Women Act into law on Thursday afternoon. With the law’s signing, tribes now have jurisdiction to prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed against women on Indian land. “Indian Country has some of the … <a target="blank" href="http://www.americanindianreport.com/?p=2264">read more</a>

Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act into Law