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A revamped version of the Violence Against Women Act has bipartisan support in Congress. Originally enacted in 1995 and later amended to give tribes more authority to hold domestic abusers and other violent offenders accountable, the law expired in 2018. Congressional lawmakers supporting the re-authorization say it includes provisions allowing tribes to go after non-Native perpetrators of sexual violence.
Guests:
Angel Charley (Laguna Pueblo) – executive director of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
Michelle Demmert (Tlingit) – law and policy specialist for the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center and current delegate and chief justice for the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Break 1 music: Woman’s Song (song) Joanne Shenandoah (artist) Sounds Of Indian Summer: Contemporary Native Music From The National Museum Of The American Indian (album)
Break 2 music: Trixter Trot (song) Tha Yoties (artist) Midnight Patrol (album)
