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September 19, 2007 in Albuquerque, NM
OVW Acting Director Mary Beth Buchanan (left) and Tribal Deputy Director Lorraine Edmo (far left) listen as the moderator opens the 2007 Tribal Consultation. |
OVW Acting Director Mary Beth Buchanan addresses tribal leaders at the 2007 Tribal Consultation on September 19, 2007 in Albuquerque, NM. |
OVW Acting Director Mary Beth Buchanan engages tribal leaders in discussion at the 2007 Tribal Consultation in Albuquerque, NM. |
OVW Acting Director Mary Beth Buchanan (left), First Lady of the Navajo Nation Vikki Shirley (center), and Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison Paul Hayden (DOJ) (right) pose for a photo at the 2007 Tribal Consultation. |
"Healing Star" Quilt on display at the 2007 Tribal Consultation (from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottowa and Chippewa Indians). |
This year's consultation took place on September 19, 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the consultation is to solicit recommendations from tribal government leaders on the following three topics:
- Administering grant funds appropriated for tribal governments and programs created to benefit tribal governments by the original Violence Against Women Act and subsequent legislation;
- Enhancing the safety of Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking: and
- Strengthening the Federal response to crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) hosted its first annual consultation in September 2006 in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
2007 Tribal Consultation Final Report
Follow-Up Letter on 2007 Tribal Consultation
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