News & Commentary about Indigenous Justice
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Oct 18, 2021
We Need Accountability for Those Who Commit Violence Against Native Women
![Jeannie Hovland, the deputy assistant secretary for Native American Affairs for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, poses with a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women mask.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/10/Blog-Indigenous-Women-400x400.jpg)
Jul 22, 2021
Montana is Failing its Constitutional Promise to Teach Native American History
![Native Americans on horse back protesting at Capitol Hill](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/07/Header-Native-American-History-400x400.jpg)
May 19, 2020
When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence
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Oct 24, 2019
South Dakota Governor Caves on Attempted Efforts to Silence Pipeline Protesters
![Water Protectors marching](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/10/web19-water-protectors-1a-blog-1110x740-400x400.jpg)
Jan 23, 2019
The Shutdown Is Disproportionally Hurting Native Americans
![Water Protectors at Standing Rock](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-standing-rock-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jun 5, 2018
A Woman Called the Police on My Native American Sons While They Were on a College Tour
![Lorraine Gray with her sons](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-lorrainegray-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Feb 24, 2017
Oil and Water Don’t Mix: Why the ACLU Is Standing Up for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
![Standing Rock Meeting](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-standingrockmeeting-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Feb 22, 2017
In South Dakota, Officials Defied a Federal Judge and Took Indian Kids Away From Their Parents in Rigged Proceedings
![ACLU client Madonna Pappan hugs her daughter Charlotte.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog17-sdchildremovals-580w-400x388.jpg)
Feb 14, 2017
It’s Time for Members of Congress to Show Up and Stand Up for Standing Rock
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Jan 26, 2017
Defiant as Ever, Water Protectors Vow to Continue the Fight Against the Dakota ‘Black Snake’ Pipeline
![Water Protector](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog17-waterprotector-1160x768-400x400.jpg)