Posted: July 25, 2008 – Indian Country Today

Are American Indians more often victims of crime than members of other ethnic and racial groups? Are most of the offenses committed against them committed by non-Indians, as opposed to members of their own group? Ever since the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics began issuing reports on this subject in 2000, the clear answer to both of those questions has seemed to be ”yes.”

Now the South Dakota attorney general and researchers at the University of South Dakota have challenged that conclusion, issuing a report that focuses on only one state but questions the Indian data nationally. Their challenge to the federal data is much too quick to dismiss the BJS findings.

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Welcome to the SDCADVSA’s first blog. 

It was at the direction of the board of directors that we create a blog for our members and supporters.  We can discuss any and everything here pertaining to keeping women and children safe, social change, laws and policies, events, etc.  We can create various categories, pages, and other things that I’m not to sure about yet, but can surely check it out.

I hope that we’ll find this tool useful in communicating with one another on those important issues affecting our communities in working for the safety of our women and their children.

This will definitely be a learning experience for all of us.