Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition

06/17/2026

Check out the Substance Use & Sexual Violence Resource from the National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NTCSA) ⬇

View the resource at supportingourcircle.org/resource-library 🔗

In many Native communities, alcohol and substance use disorders (AUD/SUD) are intertwined with the impacts of Westernization, Eurocentrism, forced displacement, boarding schools, and systemic violence. These harms were not accidental, they were deliberate strategies aimed at eroding cultural identities and destabilizing communities.

06/15/2026

Everyone Deserves to Be Safe 🩵🩷🤍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Check out features from this resource by "Advocacy for LGBTQ2S+ Resources, Data, and Barriers" which provides important statistics on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in LGBTQ2S+ relationships, barriers to safety and care for LGBTQ2S+ relatives, and approaches and responses to IPV that our LGBTQ2S+ relatives face.

View the full resource from NIWRC linked in our bio 🔗

06/12/2026

Check out the Incorporating Victim-Centered Practices resource from the National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NTCSA) ⬇

View the resource at supportingourcircle.org/resource-library 🔗

The Incorporating Victim-Centered Practices into Tribal Law Enforcement Sexual Assault Protocols: A Companion Guide to Tribal Law Enforcement Protocol Resource: Sexual Assault (2008) (Companion Guide) expands on a host of TLPI resources on addressing sexual assault in Indian country and on Tribal lands. With this Companion Guide, TLPI hopes that all those looking to draft, enhance, or amend Tribal law enforcement protocols for responding to sexual assault have a useable resource to enable them to incorporate victim-centered approaches.

06/10/2026

Check out the Tribal Legal Code Resource from the National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NTCSA) ⬇

View the resource at supportingourcircle.org/resource-library 🔗

The "Tribal Legal Code Resource: Sexual Assault Considerations for Tribal Sexual Assault Code Development" is a product of the Tribal Law and Policy Institute, a project partner on the NTCSA. With this resource, TLPI hopes that Tribal victim advocates will have access to information to assist them in drafting Tribal codes that address sexual assault in their communities or galvanizing an effort to create/amend/expand Tribal codes in this area. The resource centers around adult sexual assault victims/perpetrators rather than child victims/perpetrators. The resource focuses on information that is accessible, ready-to-use/reference, and educational. Recent TLPI work with this focus includes Pocket Guide: Tribal Victim Advocacy in Criminal Cases (2022).

06/09/2026

Check out some of our resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Inclusion 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Two-Spirit Identity & Adolescent Survey Measures:
https://miwsac.co/2SIdentity

Designing Work With Native Two-Spirit LGBTQ+ Relatives in Mind:
https://miwsac.co/DesigningWork

Our Culture Is Sacred, Our Culture Is Inclusive Webinar:
https://miwsac.co/CultureIsSacred

06/08/2026

Our visit with Washington Culturally Specific Sexual Assault grantees in Seattle, WA this past week! We had a successful two day convening with them, hosted by Asian Counseling Resource Services. Miigwech/Pidamaya ye to all who attended 🩵🌻

06/05/2026

Photos from our TSASP Site Visits this past week 🩵🌻

Our team had the opportunity to visit with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe TSASP Ugisa Chi Program, the Ponca Victim Services Program, and the Osage Nation Family Violence Prevention Program. These site visits provided opportunities for support around grant management, TSASP purpose areas and scope, support group facilitation, client intake processes, and policy review.

We appreciated the opportunity to learn more about their program, discuss challenges and successes, and explore ways to strengthen services for survivors. We are grateful to all the TSASP programs for all that they do for victim/survivors, their families, and their communities.

06/04/2026

Recap from 2026 Advocacy Days! 🩵

We are so grateful to be working alongside our sister coalitions and organizations in the fight to end sexual violence in Washington, D.C. this week. Our Membership & Program Services Coordinator Lisa Iyotte joined staff from Mending the Sacred Hoop, Sexual Violence Center, Violence Free Minnesota, Esperanza United, Central MN Sexual Assault Center, and to uplift the voices of SV and DV victim/survivors and advocate for survivor needs.

Miigwech/Pidamaya ye to all who came, and to Senator Amy Klobuchar for your continued advocacy for victim/survivors!

06/03/2026

06/03/2026