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View Post: Don't Do Nothing « the Alaska Commons
18 hours ago by Heather Aronno  
“Native American and Alaska Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other women in the United States in general. A complex maze of tribal, state and federal jurisdictions allows ...
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View Post: Native women suffer most 15 years after Violence Against Women Act ...
19 Oct 2009 by kc wildmoon  
"The levels of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women are shocking, and cannot be tolerated," said Deputy Attorney General David Ogden. "Indeed, in some tribal land counties, murder rates for American Indian and Alaska ...
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View Post: Sgt. Maj. Aukongak blazes path for Native women
30 Oct 2009 by administrator  
An Inupiaq, Aukongak is the first Alaska Native woman to attain the highest enlisted rank possible in the National Guard. She was pinned Oct. 1 in a promotion ceremony held at the Alaska National Guard Armory. For more of this story, ...
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View Post: Fairbanks priest called Alaska Natives “fairly loose” on sexual ...
29 Oct 2009 by secondrape  
When asked if priests molesting young boys would have a negative effect on boys, Loyens said that Alaska Natives were “fairly loose” on sexual matters. He also claimed that Alaska Native women fondled the testicles of their boy children ...
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View Post: American Indian, Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2009 ...
1 Nov 2009 by Baron  
Increase in the nation's American Indian and Alaska Native population from July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2008. The population of this group increased by 1.7 percent during the period. ...
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View Post: Justice Department: domestic violence among Native Americans
20 Oct 2009 by Rainer Steinhoff, Attorney  
WASHINGTON (CNN) (10/20/09) -- Fifteen years after passage of the Violence Against Women Act to combat physical abuse of women and girls, domestic violence remains especially acute among Native American and Alaska Native women, ...
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View Post: USA: Violence Against Women Rising
20 Oct 2009 by Melisende  
Fifteen years after passage of the Violence Against Women Act to combat physical abuse of women and girls, domestic violence remains especially acute among Native American and Alaska Native women, Justice officials said Monday. ...
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View Post: Military Women in the Media - 23
25 Oct 2009 by Akinoluna - a female Marine  
Alaska Native First Federally Recognized Female Sergeant Major: Lillian Aukongak, an Inupiaq Alaska Native, is the first female Alaska Native to be federally recognized as a sergeant major, the highest enlisted rank in the Army, ...
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View Post: Heroic Women Artists - Part Three - Diane Benson's Central Role in ...
21 Oct 2009 by Philip Munger  
Although Benson has sometimes been quite outspoken when asserting Alaska Native rights or defending her own tribe, clan and moiety, her longtime work on behalf of victims of sexual abuse and violence remained fairly secret until a ...
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