American Indian women face alarmingly high rates of violence, and the 2000 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) failed to adequately address this as it lacked tribal-specific legislation and was subject to jurisdictional challenges. Created...
The waters and fish of the Red Lake are culturally, historically, and economically central to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. But by the mid-1990s, the walleye population had collapsed from over-fishing...
Born out of a need to create a judicial system that Tulalip citizens can trust and that also prioritizes recovery and restoration, the Tulalip Tribal Court Alternative Sentencing Program supports the...
For years, limited on-reservation housing options forced citizens of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe to look elsewhere to live. Taking action to solve this problem, the Tribe encouraged private lenders to offer mortgages on trust land and to offer...
