Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act into Law

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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 …read more

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