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The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, recognizes and honors April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This year’s theme for SAAM focuses on consent, and the slogan is “I Ask.” I Read More ››

Join us for a Tillie Black Bear Women Are Sacred Day webinar. Our speakers will use Tillie’s words and body of work to illustrate how her legacy continues to inspire the movement to end violence! Read More ››

We call on all those concerned for the safety of Native women to organize at the local, tribal, state, national, and international levels Read More ››

On July 24, 2019, Senators Casey and Murkowski introduced the reauthorization of the Family Violence Prevention & Services Act (S. 2259). Read More ››

Kerri Colfer is Senior Native Affairs Advisor for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. Read More ››

On Wednesday, March 13, a summary report from the medical examiner was released and indicated that Nex Benedict died as a result of suicide. The full report is expected to be released on March 27. Read More ››

VAWA 2005 requires the DOJ, HHS, and DOI to engage in formal consultation with Indian tribes on an annual basis to address concerns that impact the safety of Indian women at the broadest level. Read More ››

The Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition (SWIWC) is located in Mesa, Arizona and is a nonprofit domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault (SA) coalition serving the Tribes and Native DV/SA nonprofits in Arizona to increase their capacity to better address and respond to the domestic and sexual violence occurring in their communities. Read More ››

The U.S. Supreme Court today affirmed that the federal firearm prohibition, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), prohibits an individual convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from possessing a  Read More ››