United States: Senate Votes To Protect Native Women And Protect All Domestic And Dating Violence Victims On Reservations - Attention Turns To House Judiciary Committee   Today, in a significant step forward for protection of Native women, the U.S. Senate passed S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2012. Title IX will address the epidemic of violence perpetrated against American Indian and Alaska Native women by restoring concurrent tribal criminal jurisdiction over...

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