Violence Against Women Act passes U.S. House with tribal court provision intact

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

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This story was filed on March 3, 2013

Marking an end to a two-year impasse, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Violence Against Women Act, leaving intact a controversial provision that authorizes tribal courts on reservation lands to prosecute non-Native offenders.

First passed by Congress in 1994, VAWA authorized funding to help pay for investigations and prosecutions of cases involving violence against women.…

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

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