The following organizations have additional information about protection orders.
Tribal Law and Policy Institute
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute is a Native American operated non-profit corporation organized to design and deliver education, research, training and technical assistance programs which promote the enhancement of justice in Indian country and the health, well-being, and culture of Native peoples. We seek to facilitate the sharing of resources so that Indian Nations and Tribal justice systems have access to cost effective resources which can be adapted to meet the individual needs of their communities. In addition to www.TribalProtectionOrder.org, TLPI offers trainings and has other resources dedicated to Tribal protection orders such as Emerging Strategies in Tribal-State Collaboration: Barriers and Solutions to Enforcing Tribal Protection Orders Meeting Report. TLPI also hosts a site dedicated to the Violence Against Women Act 2022 reauthorization that hosts resources on Tribal protection orders. TribalVAWA.org is a website providing resources for Tribes concerning Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over Non-Indians under the 2022 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA 2022).
Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence
The Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence (ATCEV) is a Native organized and led nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in 2013 by Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition leadership to support and strengthen the work, services, training, and technical assistance provided by the Tribal Coalitions to Tribal governments, Tribal communities, and Tribal domestic and sexual violence direct service providers and programs. 20 Tribal Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Coalitions across Indian Country and Alaska are working to end violence against Native women and children.
Mending the Sacred Hoop
Mending the Sacred Hoop works from a social change perspective to end violence against Native women and children while restoring the safety, sovereignty, and sacredness of Native women in their Tribal communities providing domestic violence help. Mending the Sacred Hoop is committed to strengthening the voice and vision of Native peoples through grassroots efforts to restore the leadership of Native women.
Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) is a statewide Tribal Coalition and National Tribal Technical Assistance Provider. MIWSAC has worked since 2001 to end sexual violence and enhance Tribal, state, and federal responses to sexual violence and sex-trafficking. MIWSAC uses culturally based training, technical assistance, strategies, resources, tools, and a wide range of events and activities to engage and support survivors of sexual violence, advocates, service providers, community, and allies that are working to end sexual violence and sex trafficking across Minnesota’s 11 federally recognized Tribal Nations, urban Native bases, and Tribal communities across the country.
National American Indian Court Judges Association
National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) is a national association comprised of Tribal justice personnel & others devoted to supporting and strengthening Tribal justice systems through education, information sharing, and advocacy. As a national representative membership organization, NAICJA ‘s mission is to strengthen and enhance Tribal justice systems.
National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit
National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit (NCPOFFC) is a project of the Battered Women’s Justice Project. The mission of NCPOFFC is to facilitate implementation of the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in all states, Tribes and territories by raising public awareness of the statute’s requirements and by providing problem-solving technical assistance and support to individuals and jurisdictions, to victims, survivors and advocates.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Justice is a work in progress. It reflects our society’s ever-evolving belief system and our attempt to define what is right, what is wrong, and how to deal with the consequences of those choices. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) works to ensure justice for every family and every child in every court throughout this country. NCJFCJ hosts an extensive resource across its projects and available via search on its website, https://www.ncjfcj.org/?s=protection+order. Additionally, NCJFCJ operates the Civil Protection Order Project.
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Inc. (NIWRC) is a Native-led nonprofit organization committed to ending violence against Native women, children, and communities. NIWRC provides national leadership in addressing violence within Tribal communities by amplifying the voices of grassroots advocates and offering resources, technical assistance, training, and policy development. NIWRC’s work strengthens Tribal sovereignty, creating lasting change to protect Native women and their families.
Red Wind Consulting Inc.
Red Wind Consulting is a 501c3 nonprofit organization created in response to the increasing needs of Tribal and Native specific programs to develop indigenous responses to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Red Wind Consulting’s vision is to strengthen Tribal programs and Native organizations’ ability to develop and enhance local responses to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
Southwest Center for Law and Policy
The Southwest Center for Law and Policy (SWCLAP) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization based in Tucson, Arizona. Since 2002, SWCLAP has been providing legal training and technical assistance, on a national level, to OVW grantees serving American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) victims of sexual and domestic violence, stalking, elder abuse, teen dating violence, firearms violence, and abuse of persons with disabilities.
WomensLaw.org
WomensLaw.org was founded in February 2000 by Elizabeth Martin with the help of a group of lawyers, teachers, advocates, and web designers interested in seeing the power of the Internet help survivors of domestic violence. In 2001, the WomensLaw.org website was launched to provide state-specific legal information and resources for survivors of domestic violence. In 2002, WomensLaw.org added a confidential Email Legal Hotline to offer direct support to survivors, their advocates, friends and family members. Today, more than 1.1 million unique users visit the website annually, and WomensLaw.org provides referrals and information to more than 2,000 individuals through the Email Hotline. WomensLaw.org also has a page Dedicated to Tribal Protection Orders (note the date of laws current).
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