Restoration Magazine November 2023 | Volume 20 | Issue 3 November 2023 Download Editor's Note Editor's Note | Vol. 20 | Issue 3 In the News Honoring Ada Deer (August 7, 1935 – August 15, 2023) NIWRC Welcomes New Board Members Six Years of Evolution Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Upholds Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Despite Challenge Based on Reverse Discrimination Honoring 20 Years of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Violence Against Women Task Force Leadership National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Resolutions Related to Violence Against Women Women Are Sacred (WAS) 2023 Photo Spread Women Are Sacred Reflections: Watering Seeds of Accessibility and Centering Safety Office on Violence Against Women Welcomes Director Rosie Hidalgo Special Law Enforcement Commissions: Increasing Options in Indian Country Rose M. “Lashawaat” Quilt, J.D. (Yakama) Stepping Back from NIWRC Native Hawaiian Update Conversations With the Field (CWTF) Papa ‘Ōlelo Session Updates Tribal Perspectives We Are Born of Spirit Through Mother Earth and the Womb of a Woman: Exploration of Identity The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women Centering Impacted Families of MMWR Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition to Expand National Policy Work Reflection of Inspiration Legislative Updates Legislative Update: November 2023 Alaska Native Update The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center Celebrates the Release of Its New Resource Book Alaska Native Women: Ending the Violence, Reclaiming a Sacred Status Tami Truett Jerue Receives the 2023 Tillie Black Bear Women Are Sacred Award Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) Advocacy Training: A Tool for Safety DOJ’s Proposed Framework for the Alaska Pilot Program and Attorney General Garland’s Alaska Visit and Roundtable Discussion on Public Safety in Alaska VAWA, International Updates VAWA Sovereignty Initiative Update New Alternative Report Filed With the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Fifth Convening of the Trilateral Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Desert Stars First Lady of Navajo Nation’s Address at Not Invisible Act Commission Hearing Written Testimony to Not Invisible Act Commission From Mary Kathryn Nagle Fourth Annual #JusticeForKaysera