A fair-minded society has an obligation to protect its members, but when it comes to American Indian and Alaskan Native women, we’re failing in meeting those obligations. A new report by Amnesty International finds that women in those groups are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than women belonging to other […]
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Native Women: Traumatic justice
May 1st, 2007 · No Comments
UW will launch Indigenous Wellness Research Institute at April 12 celebration
April 24th, 2007 · No Comments
Between 400 and 500 people are expected to attend an evening celebration that will launch the University of Washington’s new Indigenous Wellness Research Institute on April 12 in Kane Hall on the Seattle UW campus.
The research institute, which was established to help American Indians and other indigenous people achieve health and wellness, will be headquartered […]
Majority of American Indians move off reservations, but their cultural, financial services remain behind
April 24th, 2007 · No Comments
Urban American Indian community centers in the United States can look to their neighbors to the north for an example of how to create a strong national voice, says Dana Klar, J.D., founding and interim director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
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