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Mission, Goals and Objectives:

Native American Circle, Ltd. (NAC) is a non-profit, federally tax exempt victim advocacy organization. NAC’s programs are available to tribes operating batterer intervention and victim services programs to aid survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking crimes, as well as to non-Indian programs desiring to offer culturally competent victim services. Additionally, we provide technical assistance targeted to meet the needs of recipients of Violence Against Indian Women Grants, Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement Grants, and Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders. Our training materials are based on the conviction that attempting to evaluate another person’s culture, beliefs and traditions according to the standards and values of a distinctly different cultural base results in inaccurate perceptions. NAC’s programs are designed to foster admiration of indigenous cultures and pride in cultural-connectedness, while fueling interest in recovering non-violent, traditional lifestyles in today’s American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

Among others, Native American Circle, Ltd.’s services include:

Training programs and resources that are culturally sensitive to Native American people and their customs and traditions;
Development of community-based responses and tribal legal codes that effectively and appropriately address stalking crimes against Native women;
Development of a domestic violence fatality review process that can be adapted for use by tribal domestic violence fatality review teams nationally;
Development of resources for programs that benefit urban Indian women who have been victimized by domestic violence and/or sexual intimate partner violence;
Exploring the links between intimate partner violence and spiritual abuse—whether the spiritual abuse is perpetrated by the intimate partner or spiritual adviser, or is simply the consequence of historical and cultural oppression—enhancing the dialogue and assisting victims in finding their unique and personal spiritual paths to healing.

This project was supported by Grant No. 2001-WT-BX-K005 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), U.S. Department of Justice, and by Grant No. H73-94-00084-01 awarded by Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

NAC’s 2001 Targeted Technical Assistance Project is a collaborative effort between Native American Circle, Ltd. (NAC) and the Stalking Resource Center, a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC).

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