FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VAWO
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2000 202/307-0703
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FUNDS PROVIDE AID TO
INDIAN WOMEN VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A total of $6.35 million in Fiscal Year 2000 Justice Department funding has been awarded to 82 Indian tribal governments in 23 states to help respond to Indian women who are victims of domestic and sexual abuse. The STOP Violence Against Indian Women funds will also assist law enforcement officers and prosecutors who investigate and prosecute cases involving violence against Indian women.
“The Violence Against Women Act has always included a set aside for Indian women from the STOP formula program. Since 1995, we have provided over $36 million to tribal governments to support the work of police, prosecutors and victim services,” said Bonnie Campbell, Director of the Violence Against Women Office, which administers the funds. “With the increase in funding to tribal communities authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, we can build on our efforts to help this underserved population.”
The Act, which was recently signed by the President as part of the “Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act of 2000,” increases the percentage of the STOP Program appropriation that is set aside for the STOP Violence Against Indian Women Program from four to five percent. In Fiscal Year 2000, the four percent set aside was $8.27 million.
“Our program is helping tribal and non-tribal police and prosecutors and victim advocates work together within the tribal system to hold offenders accountable and keep victims safe,” added Campbell.
The Fiscal Year 2000 grants are for continuation of projects begun with previous fiscal year funds.The remainder of the program funds will be used for technical assistance. VAWO currently funds 130 federally recognized tribes, including consortia, which represent a total of 265 tribes in 26 states.<
Attached is a list of the specific grant awards. More information about the STOP Indian program and other violence against women efforts is available on VAWO’s Website at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo or OJP’s Website at www.ojp.usdoj.gov, or by calling the National Criminal Justice Reference Service toll-free on 1-800/851-3420.
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VAW01016
After hours contact: Linda Mansour on 202/616-3534
STATE |
TRIBAL GRANTEE |
AMOUNT |
ALABAMA |
Poarch Band of Creek Indians |
$51,105 |
ALASKA |
Bristol Bay Native
Association |
$76,049 |
|
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida |
$55,950 |
|
Chugachmiut |
$64,929 |
|
Hoonah Indian Association |
$54,133 |
|
Ketchikan Indian Corporation |
$58,742 |
|
Native Village of St. Michael |
$52,167 |
|
Sitka Indian Tribe |
$164,427 |
|
Southcentral Foundation |
$90,080 |
|
Tanana Chiefs Conference |
$130,503 |
ARIZONA |
Colorado River Indian Tribe |
$84,000 |
|
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation |
$58,247 |
|
$105,556 |
|
|
Quechan Tribe |
$53,883 |
|
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community |
$161,298 |
|
White Mountain Apache Tribe |
$45,268 |
CALIFORNIA |
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe |
$68,593 |
|
Round Valley Indian Tribe |
$66,829 |
|
Southern Indian Health Council |
$47,642 |
CALIFORNIA |
Two Feathers Indian Child Welfare Program |
$66,824 |
IDAHO |
Coeur d’Alene Tribe |
$71,163 |
|
Nez Perce Tribe |
$68,716 |
KANSAS |
Kickapoo Tribe |
$57,480 |
|
Sac & Fox Tribe of Missouri |
$54,793 |
MAINE |
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians |
$58,613 |
|
Passamaquoddy Tribe |
$61,020 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head |
$57,534 |
MICHIGAN |
Bay Mills Indian Community |
$31,375 |
|
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe |
$71,742 |
|
Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians |
$40,521 |
MINNESOTA |
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe |
$65,436 |
MISSISSIPPI |
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians |
$88,602 |
MONTANA |
Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes |
$49,135 |
|
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation |
$75,976 |
|
Fort Belknap Indian Community |
$113,216 |
|
Northern Cheyenne Tribe |
$108,236 |
NEBRASKA |
Ponca Tribe |
$49,776 |
|
Winnebago Tribe |
$47,868 |
NEVADA |
Intertribal Council of Nevada |
$42,444 |
NEVADA |
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe |
$68,848 |
|
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation |
$92,051 |
NEW MEXICO |
Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council |
$75,471 |
|
Jicarilla Apache Tribe |
$108,931 |
|
Pueblo of Laguna |
$74,674 |
|
Pueblo of Santa Ana |
$72,517 |
NEW YORK |
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe |
$74,574 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
$67,864 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe |
$76,151 |
|
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation |
$70,841 |
|
Trenton Indian Service Area |
$68,742 |
|
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians |
$76,713 |
OKLAHOMA |
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma |
$63,849 |
|
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma |
$47,251 |
|
Chickasaw Nation |
$81,686 |
|
Miami Tribe |
$88,878 |
|
Muscogee Creek Nation |
$75,723 |
|
Osage Nation |
$179,131 |
|
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma |
$81,476 |
|
Quapaw Tribe |
$39,951 |
|
Sac & Fox Tribe |
$74,622 |
OKLAHOMA |
Tonkawa Tribe |
$62,725 |
OREGON |
Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon |
$69,449 |
|
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
$45,320 |
|
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs |
$90,312 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
Northern Plains Intertribal Court of Appeals |
$20,000 |
|
Oglala Sioux Tribe |
$229,120 |
|
Rosebud Sioux Tribe |
$278,268 |
WASHINGTON |
Lummi Indian Nation |
$192,609 |
|
Puyallup Tribe |
$95,648 |
|
Quileute Tribal Council |
$43,319 |
|
Quinault Indian Nation |
$55,220 |
|
Spokane Tribe of Indians |
$57,171 |
|
Suquamish Tribe |
$96,528 |
|
Tulalip Tribe |
$64,663 |
|
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe |
$46,207 |
|
Yakima Indian Nation |
$85,297 |
WISCONSIN |
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
$30,972 |
|
HoChunk Nation |
$86,142 |
|
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
$85,888 |
WISCONSIN |
Lac du Flambeau Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
$47,420 |
|
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin |
$84,735 |
|
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |
$53,060 |
TOTAL |
82 |
$6,349,888 |