[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 85 (Thursday, May 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24088-24089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9576]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office on Violence Against Women; Notice of Establishment

AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of establishment.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the establishment of the Violence 
Against Women in Indian Country Task Force (hereinafter ``the Task 
Force'').

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Justice hereby gives 
notice of establishment of the Violence Against Women in Indian Country 
Task Force, a statutorily mandated Federal Advisory Committee. The 
Attorney General has established the Task Force pursuant to the 
requirements of section 904 of the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), Public 
Law 109-162.
    The Task Force will advise the National Institute of Justice and 
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Office on Violence Against Women regarding the development and 
implementation of a program of research on violence against Indian 
women, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, and murder.
    As required by the VAWA 2005, the Task Force is composed of members 
representing national tribal domestic violence and sexual assault 
organizations, tribal governments, and national tribal organizations. 
The Task Force will function solely as an advisory body in compliance 
with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Its charter 
will be filed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. The 
Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence 
Against Women, has appointed the following members to serve on the Task 
Force:
    Ms. Karen Artichoker, Director of Administration and Shelter 
Services, Cangleska, Inc., Pine Ridge, South Dakota;
    Ms. Jacqueline Agtuca, Director of Public Policy, Clan Star, Inc., 
San Francisco, California;
    Ms. Jolanda Ingram, Director, Niwhongwhxw STOP the Violence 
Coalition, Hoopa, California;
    The Honorable Billy Jo (``BJ'') Jones, Director, Northern Plains 
Tribal Judicial Training Institute, Chief Judge, Sisseton-Wahpeton 
Tribe, Rapid City, South Dakota;
    Ms. Cheryl Neskahi Coan, Director of Training, Southwest Center for 
Law & Policy, Tucson, Arizona;
    Ms. Shannon Cozzoni, First Assistant Attorney General, Muscogee 
(Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, Oklahoma;
    Ms. Vikki Shirley, First Lady, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona;
    Ms. Lori Jump, Program Manager, Advocacy Resource Center, Sault 
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Victim Services Program, Sault 
Ste. Marie, Michigan;
    Ms. Denise Morris, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alaska 
Native Justice Center, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska;
    Mr. Arlen Quetawki, Zuni Pueblo Law Enforcement Consultant, Pueblo 
of Zuni, New Mexico;
    Ms. Patricia Megeshick, Program Director, Ft. Peck Family Violence 
Resource Center, Poplar, Montana;
    Ms. Bernadette LaSarte, Program Director, Couer d'Alene Tribal 
Domestic Violence Program, Plummer, Idaho;
    Ms. Nancy Soctomah, Project Coordinator, Peaceful Relations 
Domestic Violence Response Program, Pleasant Point Reservation, Maine;
    Senator Theresa Two Bulls, Senator, South Dakota Senate, Oglala 
Sioux tribal prosecutor, Pine Ridge, South Dakota;
    Ms. Virginia Davis, Associate Counsel, National Congress of 
American Indians, Washington, DC.;
    Ms. Pamela Iron, Executive Director, National Indian Women's Health 
Resource Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma;
    Mr. Dana Grey Jim, Staff Attorney, Cherokee Nation, Secretary, 
Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

    Dated: April 23, 2008.
Cindy Dyer,
Director, Office on Violence Against Women.
[FR Doc. E8-9576 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am]
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