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Supporting Our Circle

Welcome to Supporting Our Circle: The National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NTCSA) where we support Tribal communities with resources and education dedicated to improving the response to sexual assault.

The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center would like to extend a heartfelt invitation to our Annual Unity Meeting, “Increasing the Safety of Alaska Native Women.” Your voices and experiences are crucial to addressing the crisis of violence against women and building stronger protections within our communities.

This meeting was originally scheduled to be held in Anchorage in December 2025. Due to the government shutdown, the Unity meeting has been postponed and rescheduled to be held virtually over Zoom on April 15, 2026.

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Registration is required to attend, and you may register HERE!

Your participation will help shape solutions that honor our traditional values while meeting the urgent safety needs of our women. We especially encourage sharing of your tribe’s experiences, challenges, and successful approaches to protecting women in your communities. Together, we can strengthen our voice and create lasting change for the safety of our women and the wellbeing of our communities.

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....

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Supporting Our Circle: The National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NTCSA) is a comprehensive resource hub that contains resources designed to improve responses to sexual assault.

The Clearinghouse is designed and informed by the community and those who work with American Indian and Alaska Native victims of sexual assault and the needs they identify, with a focus on increasing access to resources such as culturally appropriate training and technical assistance with a focus on sovereignty, victim safety, and offender accountability, on issues related to sexual assault in Tribal communities.

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