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Federal policy has failed to protect Indigenous women

  • Written by Sheena L. Gilbert, Graduate Assistant, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageWill federal law change to fully protect Indigenous women from violence? grandriver/E+/Getty Images

Lawmakers in the nation’s capital have an opportunity to fix a longstanding problem with the landmark legislation to prevent domestic violence: its failure to protect Indigenous women.

The 1994 Violence Against Women Act, or what is commonly...

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