The Tribal Law and Order Act will help address crime in Indian Country and places a strong emphasis on decreasing violence against women in tribal communities. The Act provides more law...
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May 21, 2010
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published its Final Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 in the May 20, 2010, Federal Register. The Final Plan describes...
May 12, 2010
Santa Fe, NM – The Expanding the Circle program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is a unique academic outreach initiative that provides culturally-relevant services and support to...
May 11, 2010
By the Associated Press
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. (AP) — A school board president in southeast South Dakota said officials will work to address racial issues in the district after students wore "...
May 10, 2010
By Tanya Lee, Today correspondent
Young Navajos are taking on some of the most tenacious issues on the 28,000-square-mile Navajo reservation (population 180,000) in the Four Corners area:...
May 7, 2010
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association is normally all about seeking a morality-based high ground. But ramifications due to recent Arizona anti-immigration and anti...
May 6, 2010
The Office of National Drug Control Policy recently unveiled a new anti-methamphetamine ad campaign targeting Native American communities, where methamphetamine use is a major concern. The...
May 5, 2010
Started in summer 2009, Hasbidito, an emerging nonprofit organization located on the Navajo reservation, seeks to increase the sustainable and culturally compatible economic opportunities within...
April 25, 2010
By Kayla Gahagan of the Rapid City Journal
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. (AP) — Skin has gathered at the corners of her eyes into soft brown wrinkles, and the tattoos on her forearms...
April 19, 2010
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – The Shackleford crew of Lexington is trying to revive the dimmed life expectancy of their native Chickasaw language. They're not alone. The fate of fluency in the Wichita...
April 16, 2010
The Justice Department has notified the Senate Judiciary Committee that it “strongly supports” the Senate’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009. The letter,...
April 15, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has launched a Grants 101 Web page to assist applicants in navigating the challenges of a highly competitive application and grant...
April 14, 2010
OJJDP sponsored a National Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country on March 9–11, 2010. Approximately 280 tribal leaders, law enforcement officials, and representatives of social service...
April 2, 2010
On April 2, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the following press release:
Washington - Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the redesign and enhancement of the...
April 1, 2010
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published "Youth's Needs and Services: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement." The Survey of Youth in...
March 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — At 15, high school sophomore Coloradas Mangas knows all too much about suicide. He's recently had several friends who took their own lives, and he survived a suicide attempt...
March 26, 2010
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Fed up with growing gang violence, Montana tribal leaders this weekend will start the first-ever American Indian reservation chapter of the Guardian Angels. The new chapter of...
March 23, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) – Shannon Begaye did not aspire to be a teacher. She thought she would go into law for the money, then into computers for the fun. Mostly, she wanted to live in the world outside of...
March 18, 2010
Cultural Survival joined with a dozen Native language advocacy groups this month, including the National Indian Education Association, Morning Star Institute, Indigenous Language Institute,...
March 16, 2010
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Crow Tribe is considering buying or leasing Hardin's long-vacant Two Rivers Detention Center and turning it into a drug and alcohol treatment facility. Tribal Chairman...
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