Three ND Tribes Awarded Safety Grants

| 9/28/2012

Three North Dakota tribes were awarded over two million dollars in grants yesterday to help them address violence against women and other safety concerns. Grants were awarded to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation.

"These grants serve to spotlight the high priority that the Department of Justice has placed on improving public safety in tribal communities. While there is no single grant that can solve the unique public safety challenges of tribal communities, in North Dakota these funds will supplement the hard work the United States Attorney`s Office and the tribes have been doing to implement collaborative and lasting solutions to these challenges," said U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon.

The grants were part of over 200 grants awarded from the Department of Justice to over 110 American Indian and Alaska Native nations.

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