Minnesota Rural Project for Women and Child Safety

American Indian/Native American Specific Resources

There are several resources in Minnesota and the surrounding states that are specific to the upper-Midwest American Indian/Native American communities. When “surfing the web” for information about and resources for the Native communities in Minnesota, you should be careful to determine if the information you obtain is from a reputable source. This caveat applies when searching for any information on the Internet. Here is a link to a document that may help you evaluate the accuracy of material online that is specific to the American Indian/Native American content area.

Techniques for Evaluating American Indian Web Sites
http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Eecubbins/webcrit.html

Minnesota Resources
National Organizations

Minnesota-based Resources for Native and Tribal Information

American Indian Resource and Referral Database
Minneapolis American Indian Center (see below)
612-879-1761
http://www.airr.net
An on-line, electronic database designed to help Native people and social service workers find Native cultural and social services in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The system currently lists over 230 organizations designed to assist Native people and the list continues to be revised and expanded.

BIHA Women in Action
1830 James Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55417
Phone: 612-521-2986 | Fax: 612-529-6745
http://www.biha.org
Black, Indian, Hispanic and Asian Women in Action (BIHA) was established in March 1983 in recognition of a lack of communication and information sharing within and between Communities of Color regarding family violence. The unveiling of the size and growth of the tragedy of family violence in our society had resulted in the coming together of battered women from all comers of Minnesota.

Children of Color, MN Dept. of Human Services
Culturally specific services, projects, and outreach for child of color in Minnesota; Includes an extensive listing of culturally specific services in the state.
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/childint/programs/ChildofColor/default.htm

Indian Child Welfare, State of MN, Dept. of Human Services
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/childint/programs/Icwa/default.htm

Mending the Sacred Hoop
S.T.O.P. Violence Against Indian Women Technical Assistance Project
202 East Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 722-2781 | (888) 305-1650 | Fax: (218) 722-5775
http://www.duluth-model.org/mshmain.htm
http://www.msh-ta.org/
Mission: Mending the Sacred Hoop is a Native American program whose mission it is to assist Native Sovereign Nations to improve their response to Indian women who are victimized by domestic violence and sexual assault and to restore safety and integrity to them.

Minneapolis American Indian Center
1530 East Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-879-1761

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
www.indians.state.mn.us

Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
2300 15th Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: (612) 728-2000 | Fax: (612) 728-2039
http://miwrc.org/

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National Organizations

Indian Health Council, Inc.
Peace Between Partners Program
P.O. Box 406
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
www.indianhealth.com

The Domestic Violence web site has been designed in conjunction with the workshop Improving First Response to Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Indian Reservations. The original training workshop was developed as part of the Peace Between Partners Program of the Indian Health Council in Pauma Valley, CA.

National Indian Child Welfare Association
5100 SW Macadam Blvd., Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
Contact: Nadja Printup, Director of Information & Training
Phone: 503-222-4044 | Fax: 503-222-4007
Email: Nadja@nicwa.org
http://www.nicwa.org

Native American Circle, Ltd.
P.O. Box 227
Elgin, OK 73538
(580) 492-6890 | Fax: (580) 492-1890
Native American Circle, Ltd. has been established as a non-profit, federally tax-exempt corporation that operates independently of any tribe or indigenous nation. We are committed to providing resources and options to rural areas predominantly populated by Native people, but we are inter-tribal and interracial in concept. We will not practice discrimination, but endeavor to provide services regardless of race, religion, ethnic or cultural identity. As a result, we do not seek revenue or funding assistance for our programs from any tribe.

Native American Women and Domestic Violence
http://www.actabuse.com/NativeAmerican.html
Information page

Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
PO Box 572
Lake Andes, SD 57356-0572
Phone: (605) 487-7072
http://www.nativeshop.org/nawherc.html

Native American Indian Court Judges Association
3618 Reder Street, Rapid City, SD 57702
(605) 342-4804 Fax: (605) 719-9357
Violence Against Indian Women Project of the NAICJA
Model Domestic Violence Code

Sacred Circle
722 St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
(877)-RED-ROAD (toll free) | Fax: (605) 341-2472
The mission of Sacred Circle and Cangleska, Inc. is to change individual and institutional beliefs that justify the oppression of Native women. The work to transform tribal families and communities into a circle of balance and harmony requires individual growth and systemic responsibility. We are dedicated to actions that promote the sovereignty and safety of women.

Tribal Court Clearinghouse
Page on domestic violence
http://www.tribal-institute.org/lists/domestic.htm

Web Resources on Violence Against Native Women
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Edeers/web.html

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This is a cooperative project between: VAWO, the Violence Against Women Office, in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice; Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services in the Minnesota Department of Public Safety; Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women; Minnesota Department of Human Services; Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning; and MINCAVA - the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse at the University of Minnesota.