[DV_listserv] Sarah Deer to present at UO

[Domestic Violence issues]

Sarah Deer will be giving a presentation at the UO Law School on February 23 at 7 p.m. in celebration of the University of Oregon's Domestic Violence Clinic's 15th year anniversary.

Sarah Deer is a legal scholar and advocate leveraging her deep understanding of tribal and federal law to develop policies and legislation that empower tribal nations to protect Native American women from the pervasive and intractable problem of sexual and domestic violence. Native women living on reservations suffer one of the highest per capita rates of violent crime in the world, but because of limited jurisdictional powers, a lack of resources, and limitations on sentencing authority, tribal courts are often unable to prosecute these crimes, and federal prosecutors decline to take up more than half of the cases that fall under their authority.

Deer's efforts were instrumental in the passage of two landmark pieces of legislation: The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 increases the sentencing power of tribal courts and requires federal district attorneys to provide detailed information to tribal authorities about cases under their jurisdiction that will not be prosecuted. The 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act restores some of the authority that was stripped from tribal governments by Oliphant v. Suquamish (1978), giving tribal courts the power to prosecute non-Native Americans who assault Native spouses or dating partners or violate a protection order on tribal lands.

Here is Ms. Deer's biography that is posted on the McArthur Foundation site:  http://www.macfound.org/fellows/912/

The event will be open to the public.  There will be a light reception afterwards.    To find out a bit more about the UO DV Clinic, please see:  http://familylaw.uoregon.edu/dv/


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