Restoration Magazine June 2020 | Volume 17 | Issue 2 June 2020 Download Editor's Note Editor's Note (06/2020) In the News Founding Member Leaves NIWRC Board to Focus on Issues Facing Alaska Native Women A Retrospective On Stronghearts Native Helpline A Call for Appropriations for a Native Hawaiʻian Resource Center New Study on Hawaiʻi and Sex Trafficking Congratulations to the Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence, Awarded OVW Tribal Technical Assistance Provider for Tribal Coalitions Going Virtual: Adapting Advocacy Amid COVID-19 Tribal Perspectives October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month | Honoring the Legacy of Wa Wokiye Win (Tillie Black Bear) Call To Action: Declare October 1st as Tillie Black Bear Women Are Sacred Day MMIWG | National Day of Awareness Building a Resistance Movement to Normalization of Violence Against Native Women Blood and Land Memory: Land Acknowledgement and Honoring Indigenous Peoples Runner-Activist Organizes Virtual MMIWG Fundraiser for NIWRC MMIW: Understanding the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Beyond Individual Acts of Violence Legislative Updates 116th Congress Legislative Update: Legislation to Watch VAWA, FVPSA, MMIW and Alaska 15th Annual Tribal Consultation on Violence Against Native Women | Mandated Under the VAWA 2005 Safety for Indian Women Title The Honor Shawl Ceremony, Lifting Prayers for Native Women Opening Tribal Consultation Since 2006 Tribal Consultation 2020 | Priority Issues to Address Violence Against Indian Women Increased Funding Needed in Reauthorization of Family Violence and Prevention Services Act Action Needed to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act VAWA Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction for Alaska Indian Tribes Is Essential SCOTUS Update Supreme Court VAWA Sovereignty Initiative Update International Updates COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Indigenous People Worldwide