Community and Protection
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)
Across the United States, Native women face violence at rates far higher than any other group. The Skull Valley Band of Goshute stands in solidarity with all who seek justice, healing, and safety for our sisters, mothers, and daughters. Their stories must be heard. Their lives must be honored.
A Silent Emergency
The Reality Facing Indigenous Women
One in three will experience sexual assault in her lifetime, most by non-Native perpetrators.
This is not just a statistic. These are our sisters, our daughters, our friends, our family.
2x
More likely to experience violence than any other group
1 in 3
Indigenous women experience sexual assault
67%
Assaults are committed by non-Native offenders
Roots of the Crisis
Lands of Impunity
For decades, overlapping federal and state laws have left tribal governments with limited power to prosecute crimes committed by non-Native offenders on tribal land.
This legal gap created what activists call “lands of impunity” — places where predators act without consequence.
The 2010 Tribal Law and Order Act and the 2013 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) were major steps forward, giving tribes more authority to protect their own people.
2010
Tribal Law and Order Act gives stronger sentencing powers
2013
VAWA reauthorized, allowing tribes to prosecute non-Native offenders
2022
Expansion of tribal jurisdiction signed into law
We Speak for Those Who Cannot
