Resources
Government Reports
Indian Country Criminal Justice: Departments of Interior and Justice Should Strengthen Coordination to Support Tribal Courts (2011), by U.S. GAO
U.S. Department of Justice Declinations of Indian Country Criminal Matters (2010), by U.S. GAO
A BJS Statistical Profile, 1992-2002: American Indians and Crime (2004), by U.S. Department of Justice
Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (2000), by U.S. Department of Justice
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010 Summary Report (2011), by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research Papers
Shattered Hearts: The commercial sexual exploitation of American Indian women and girls in Minnesota (2009), by The Minnesota American Indian Women’s Resource Center
Addressing the Epidemic of Domestic Violence in Indian Country by Restoring Tribal Sovereignty (2009), by Matthew L. Fletcher
A Victim-Centered Approach to Domestic Violence Against Native Women: Resource guide for drafting or revising tribal laws against domestic violence (2008), by the Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA (2007), by Amnesty International
Focus Group on Public Law 280 and the Sexual Assault of Native Women (2007), by the Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota (2011), by Melissa Farley, Nicole Matthews, Sarah Deer, Guadalupe Lopez, Christine Stark, and Eileen Hudon
Self-Determination and Self-Government: Using the UN Declaration to End Violence Against Native Women (2012) Paper submitted to UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya by Indian Law Resource Center; National Congress of American Indians Task Force on Violence Against Women, National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Inc.; and Clan Star, Inc.
News Articles
Letter from the Dakotas: Tiny Little Laws: A plague of sexual violence in Indian country (February 2011), by K. Dobie, Harper’s Magazine
Restoration Magazine