‘Jurisdictional maze’ hinders investigation of sexual violence against Native women, report says

Amnesty International calls for restoring full tribal control over crimes on Native land to improve enforcement

Amnesty International has called on the US government to fully restore tribal jurisdiction over crimes on Native lands in the face of staggeringly high rates of sexual violence against Native women, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Nearly one in three American Indian and Alaska Native women have been raped - more than twice the average for white women and probably an undercount given gaps in data collection, according to the report.