American Indians or Alaska Natives
Strengthening the Response to Missing, Murdered Native Americans
In my work with the Department of Justice, I have heard far too many tragic stories of heartache and loss. That is why I feel privileged to serve as Attorney General Barr’s designee as co-chair of an important interagency effort: the Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, or Operation Lady Justice. Established by President Trump’s Executive Order 13898, Attorney...
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 1 2020
Refining Asian Ancestry Classifications via Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits
Racial/Ethnic Differences of Justice-Involved Youth in Substance-Related Problems and Services Received
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Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
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Fact Sheet: Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
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Office of Justice Programs Awards More Than $212 Million to Support Juvenile Justice
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Tribal Justice Advisory Group Final Report, August 27, 2010
Finding the Missing in Indian Country
It seems prescient that Juanita Adams' Lakota name, Omani Wi, means "woman on the longest walk." Because her last journey took 30 years—until she reached her final resting place with her family, in South Dakota's Badlands on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
A member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, Juanita was 19 years old when she left Pine Ridge in 1978 to join the American Indian...
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