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Title IX of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005) requires the Attorney General to establish a Task Force to assist the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to develop and implement a program of research on violence against Indian women, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and murder. The program will evaluate the effectiveness of the Federal, state, and tribal response to violence against Indian women, and will propose recommendations to improve the government response. The Section 904 Task Force will meet semi-annually to provide advice and recommendations to NIJ regarding the conduct of the program. The Attorney General will submit a report on the program’s findings and recommendations to the United States Committee on Indian Affairs, and to the United States House and Senate Judiciary Committees within two years after the enactment of Title IX.
The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, established the Section 904 Task Force on March 31, 2008.
The Section 904 Task Force is composed of the following members who represent a diverse cross section of national tribal domestic violence and sexual assault organizations, tribal governments, and national tribal organizations. The first meeting of the Task Force will be held in Washington, DC in the summer of 2008.
Office on Violence Against Women & National Institute of Justice
Baseline Study Task Force on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women
Members
National Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Non-Profit Organization Members
Ms. Karen Artichoker
Director of Administration and Shelter Services, Cangleska, Inc.
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Ms. Jacqueline Agtuca
Director of Public Policy, Clan Star, Inc.
San Francisco, California
Ms. Jolanda Ingram
Director, Niwhongwh xw STOP the Violence Coalition
Hoopa, California
The Honorable Billy Jo (“BJ”) Jones
Director, Northern Plains Tribal Judicial Training Institute, Chief Judge, Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribe
Rapid City, South Dakota
Ms. Cheryl Neskahi Coan
Consultant
Tucson, Arizona
Tribal Government Members
Ms. Shannon Cozzoni
First Assistant Attorney General, Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Ms. Vikki Shirley
First Lady, Navajo Nation
Window Rock, Arizona
Ms. Lori Jump
Program Manager, Advocacy Resource Center, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Victim Services Program
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Ms. Denise Morris
President and Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska
Mr. Arlen Quetawki
Zuni Pueblo Law Enforcement Consultant
Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico
Ms. Patricia Megeshick
Program Director, Ft. Peck Family Violence Resource Center
Poplar, Montana
Ms. Bernadette LaSarte
Program Director, Coeur d’Alene Tribal Domestic Violence Program
Plummer, Idaho
Ms. Nancy J. Soctomah
Project Coordinator, Peaceful Relations Domestic Violence Response Program
Pleasant Point Reservation, Maine
Senator Theresa Two Bulls
Senator, South Dakota State Senate, Oglala Sioux tribal prosecutor
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
National Tribal Organization Members
Ms. Virginia Davis
Associate Counsel, National Congress of American Indians
Washington, DC
Ms. Pamela Iron
Executive Director, National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mr. Dana Grey Jim
Staff Attorney, Cherokee Nation, Secretary, Oklahoma Indian Bar Association
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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