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Justice Department Announces Three Tribes to Implement Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction under VAWA 2013

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 WWW.JUSTICE.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TTY (866) 544-5309 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THREE TRIBES TO IMPLEMENT SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION UNDER VAWA 2013 Pilot Projects Allow Tribal Prosecution of Non-Indian Abusers For the First Time in More Than Three Decades WASHINGTON – Three American Indian tribes – the Pascua … Read more

ICTMN Exclusive: NCAI Releases R-word Video Ahead of Super Bowl

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By ICTMN Staff 1/27/14 The National Congress of American Indians has released a video extending their efforts to eradicate the offensive R-word. Just days before Super Bowl XXLVII, the NCAI is reminding Americans that Native people are not mascots. “This week’s celebration of football is exactly why we need to keep talking about the D.C. … Read more

Indian Country Today Media Network: Indian Law and Order Commission: Shelving This Report Is a Huge Mistake

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By Tanya Lee January 22, 2014 Radical, revolutionary, exceptional or just plain common sense are some of the terms used to describe “A Roadmap to Making Native America Safer,” the result of two years’ work by the nine-member Indian Law and Order Commission established by the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. For more … Read more

Chumash development plan roils Santa Ynez Valley

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By Scott Gold December 15, 2013, 7:34 p.m. Chumash leaders say they want to build homes on a parcel near their reservation. Community activists fear they may instead build a casino or resort. SANTA YNEZ, Calif.  The Chumash Indians, first seen by explorers along the California coast in the fall of 1542, did not have … Read more

Indianz.com: Senate confirms nominee with Indian law experience to court

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The Senate voted 56 to 38 on Tuesday to confirm Patricia Ann Millett for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Republicans previously prevented the Senate from voting on Millett. But Democrats changed the rules to limit filibusters on certain judicial nominees. “I’m pleased that in a bipartisan vote, the Senate has confirmed … Read more

Interior, Oglala Sioux Tribe Announce First Cooperative Agreement to Facilitate Purchase of Fractionated Land under Cobell Settlement

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Oglala Sioux Reservation is Among Most Fractionated in the United States; First Offers Expected to be Made before the End of the Year WASHINGTON, DC The Department of the Interior today announced that it has finalized the first cooperative agreement to facilitate the purchase of individual interests in highly fractionated trust lands to consolidate ownership for … Read more

Secretary Jewell to Visit Laguna Pueblo School, Discuss American Indian Education Initiatives

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LAGUNA, NM  On Wednesday, December 11, as part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to strengthen education for Native youth, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will visit New Mexico to tour a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) tribally controlled grant school located on the Pueblo of Laguna … Read more

First Public Hearing of the American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Task Force Held in Bismarck, N.D

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The Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of the Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence held its first public hearing today in Bismarck, N.D., convening tribal researchers, advocates, and local community members to discuss domestic violence and child physical and sexual abuse in Indian Country. The task force is comprised of a federal … Read more

Diane Humetewa nominated to be a District Court Judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona

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NNABA APPLAUDS THE HISTORIC NOMINATION OF DIANE HUMETEWA TO BE A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ARIZONA Phoenix, AZ. — The National Native American Bar Association applauds the historic nomination of Diane Humetewa to be a district court judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. If confirmed, Ms. Humetewa will be the first … Read more