Violence Against Indigenous Women
Dec 5, 2018 ·
24m 12s
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The 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act allowed Native American tribes to prosecute non-Natives if they domestically abused a tribal member on Indian land. The act is set...
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The 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act allowed Native American tribes to prosecute non-Natives if they domestically abused a tribal member on Indian land. The act is set to expire this month unless Congress takes action. Chuck Sams, director of communications for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, tells about the effect the Violence Against Women Act has had, and what would happen if it expires. A new report by the Seattle Indian Health Board looks at the numbers of missing or murdered indigenous women and girls in urban areas. They found six cases in Portland. We’ll talk to Esther Lucero, CEO of the Seattle Indian Health Board, about how they went about collecting this data, and why it hasn’t been reported before.
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