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Announcements
NCAI Discussion Webinar on VAWA Pilot Project
NCAI Discussion Webinar on the VAWA Pilot Project Final Notice and Application Questionnaire
The Department of Justice has posted its Final Notice establishing Procedures for the VAWA 2013 Tribal Pilot Project for tribal governments to implement special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction on an accelerated basis.
NCAI will be hosting a discussion webinar regarding the Final Notice and the Application Questionnaire on Tuesday, December 3rd at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Register for the webinar here. We have invited Sam Hirsch, Deputy Associate Attorney General, to join us and answer questions.
New Handbook – Combatting Violence Against Native Women in the United States
In the face of unresponsive domestic legal and political systems, the Indian Law Resource Center partnered with Native women’s organizations and Indian nations on a national strategy – a strategy reframing the issue of violence against Native women as a human rights issue, not just a domestic or law enforcement issue. By combining domestic and international advocacy and turning to the international human rights arena to find justice, this strategy has led to encouraging results. A new handbook by the Indian Law Resource Center documents advocacy within the Inter-American Human Rights System to combat violence against Native women in the United States.
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Univ. of Oregon Seeks Liaison to Oregon Tribes
Assistant Vice President and Advisor (AVP&A) to the President on Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations: President’s Liaison to the Governments of the Federally Recognized Tribal Governments in Oregon.
The Assistant Vice President and Advisor will serve as a senior advisor to the president on the university’s government-to-government relationships with Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribal governments. The AVP&A reports directly to the president and works closely with all vice presidents including specifically the Senior Vice President and Provost, and the vice presidents with direct responsibility for advancement, government and community relations, and equity and inclusion, and the deans to provide campus leadership, guidance, and support for the University of Oregon Native American Initiatives. This position will also collaborate with and support various UO Native American organizations and programs.
Salary range: $105,000 to $125,000 annually, plus an excellent benefits package.
Search will remain open until filled; application review begins January 10, 2014.
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Call for Papers, Walking with Our Sisters
CALL FOR PAPERS
Walking with Our Sisters is seeking submissions for an edited collection tentatively entitled Keetsahnak, Our Sisters.
They are seeking scholarly and non-fiction essays that will contribute to the understanding of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, the United States, and other colonial contexts worldwide.
Submission of a 300 word abstract is due January 24, 2014.
See full announcement here: Call for Papers WWOS.
More information on the Walking with Our Sisters project including tour dates and pictures of the moccasin vamps here.
Darrell Robes Kipp Walks On
Darrell Robes Kipp, educator, author, historian, filmmaker and one of the co-founder of the Piegan Institute in Browning, died Thursday evening, according to friend Rosalyn LaPier. He was 69.
Kipp, whose Pikuni name was Apiniokio Peta, or Morning Eagle, co-founded the institute dedicated to archiving and preserving the Blackfoot language in 1987. The institute’s Cuts Wood School is the private elementary school that immerses young people in the Blackfoot language using a teaching method called total physical response.
Article here.
White Earth Constitution Reform Vote, Results In
White Earth Constitution vote: 2780 for, 712 against. Passed by 80 percent!
News article on the vote here.
Navajo Nation DOJ Seeks Litigation and Employment Unit Attorney
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International Uranium Film Festival Begins
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MSU Indigenous Graduate Student Collective Panel — November 19, 2013
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Turtle Talk 
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