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April 22, 2021PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release April 22, 2021 Contact: Candy Keown, Communications Coordinator 907–378-3339; candy.keown@aknwrc.org Thank you to Senators Casey (D‑PA) and Murkowski (R‑AK) for introducing S. 1275: the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act, on April 21, 2021. Through this act, which is referred to as reauthorization of FVPSA, survivors of domestic violence receive services such as emergency shelter, crisis counseling, safety planning, assistance recovering from financial abuse and addressing housing insecurity. These services are vitally needed for the safety of all Alaska families, in particular for our Native and rural Alaska communities. The reauthorization of FVPSA strengthens the capacity of Indian Tribes to exercise their sovereign authority to… -
August 5, 2020Non-federal Moment August 5, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Debra O’Gara, AKNWRC Senior Policy Specialist 907–888-2666; debra.ogara@aknwrc.org Covid Precautions Make the Long Standing Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Worse Not one more missing, murdered Indigenous woman has been ringing throughout the country for many years. The voices of the mother, daughters, aunties and families left behind have finally been heard. Last week the Anchorage Daily News, NBC and several other mainstream media brought national attention to the violence faced by Native American and Alaska Native families. “The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women has been escalating for over 200 years. The current COVID situation… -
July 23, 2020Jul 22, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Debra O’Gara, AKNWRC Senior Policy Specialist 907–888-2666; debra.ogara@aknwrc.org AKNWRC Stands with Tribal Chiefs Hill and Chilcoat to protect Native women through strengthening Tribal Sovereignty (Alaska, July 22, 2020)—The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC) stands in solidarity with Muscogee (Creek) Nation Chief David Hill’s and Seminole Nation Chief Greg Chilcoat’s decision to stand for sovereignty and safety for Native women which are being threatened by the Oklahoma Attorney General. On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a historic decision affirming the long-established treaty boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The significance of the McGirt decision is that the…
