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‘As tribal leaders it is our responsibility to provide for the social and economic welfare of our tribal members and those living within our communities’

A bill to update the Violence Against Women Act and recognize tribal jurisdiction over additional crimes is finally moving forward in the nation’s capital.

An agreement for the rights to the natural capital covering 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) in Malaysian Borneo for the next 100 years “in its present form is legally impotent,” according to Nor Asiah Mohd Yusof, the attorney general for the state of Sabah. Nor Asiah’s assertions are the strongest signal yet that the […]

The Autry Museum of the American West has completed a six-year, $80 million fund drive that will enable it to build a new state-of-the-art resource center at its Griffith Park campus, museum officials said today.  

The Montana Department of justice investigated 68 human trafficking cases in 2021, an increase of 871% from the seven cases reported in 2015.

The Montana Department of justice investigated 68 human trafficking cases in 2021, an increase of 871% from the seven cases reported in 2015.

2021 saw 68 reported cases of human trafficking.

Targeted News Service provides Washington Bureau coverage, federal contract and contracting information for awards and for subcontracting opportunities, a congressional vote chart, federal and congressional press releases.

Today, being an environmental defender in the Peruvian rainforest means challenging death. It means facing narcotrafficking, land encroachment, deforestation, and illegal logging and mining. It implies traveling hundreds of kilometers, for days, in rugged conditions and incommunicado, to detect these activities and risk life to defend the land. And when the person leading the fight […]

News Release U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led