Elder Abuse in Indian Country

• Elder Abuse in Indian Country
  U.S. Administration on Aging, Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs, June 2005.  This report presents how Tribal Judges, Title VI Program Directors, and Tribal Elders view elder abuse in their communities and the traditional and legal avenues Tribes are using to address elder abuse issues.
• Preventing and Responding to Abuse of Elders in Indian Country (PDF 306kb)
  
  
• Elder Abuse in Indian Country, A Review of the Literature: Research, Policy, and Practice (PDF 189kb)
  
  
• Addressing Elder Abuse with American Indian Tribes (PDF 65kb)
  Report of a September 25, 1995 teleconference sponsored by the National Center on Elder Abuse.
  
  
• Native American Elder Abuse
  Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN), University of Oklahoma, 2000
  
  
• The SHARE Project: Prevention & Treatment of Substance Abuse and Elder Abuse
  Online CNE course, Native American Elders Health Care Series, South Dakota State University, 2002

Native Cultures - Domestic Violence

• Tribal Court Clearinghouse on Domestic Violence
  Comprehensive list of resources, both Native American-specific and more general, related to domestic violence against Native American and Alaskan Native women.
  
  
• Indian Health Service Domestic Violence Against Native Women Website
  Shorter version of the Tribal Court Clearinghouse's list.
  
  
• Model Tribal Domestic Violence Code
  The National American Indian Court Judges Association issued its third draft model tribal domestic violence code on January 28, 2002. A list of the considerations that went into the code and the code itself are available on the website.

Tribal Justice Resources

• National Tribal Justice Resource Center
  Sponsored by the National American Indian Court Judges Association, this is a comprehensive site that includes grant announcements, codes and constitutions, training events, and an impressive list of "Other Resources" links.
  
• Bay Mills Indian Community Tribal Elder and Adult Protection Code (Chapter XV)
  The Bay Mills Indian Community http://www.baymills.org/ is located 25 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie at Brimley, MI in Chippewa County. Bay Mills people are Anishnabek Ojibwa (Chippewa).

Native American Resource Centers and Clearinghouses

• National Resource Center on Native American Aging
  Provides education, training, technical assistance, and research to assist in developing community-based solutions to improve the quality of life and delivery of related services to Native American elders.    
  
  
• Native Elder Health Care Resource Center
  NEHCRC is a national resource center, with special emphasis on culturally competent health care. This Web site includes Native American Web links and databases with health and cultural information.
  
  
• American Indian Policy Center
  This Web site includes many resources on cultural issues related to elders and a great deal of information on U.S.-Tribal relations, tribal enrollment and sovereignty, and treaties.

Other Sources of Information

• US Administration on Aging
  This page lists programs and resources for Native American elders.
  
  
• US Department of Justice American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Desk
  An Office of Justice Programs (OJP) effort to "enhance access to information by Federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes regarding funding opportunities, training and technical assistance, and other relevant information. Includes a link on Violence Against Women.
  
  
• American Indian and Alaska Native Roundtable on Long Term Care: Final Report 2002 PDF Web document, 120 p.
  The Indian Health Service is working to support the development of long term care systems and services in American Indian and Alaska Native communities…
  
  
• Native American Caregiver Grants
  Native American Caregiver Support Grantees, 2002, funded by Administration on Aging.
  
  
• Conducting Local Assessments: Locating the Needs of Elders
  A publication of the National Resource Center on Native American Aging and the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health.
  
  
• Native American Map for Elder Services: A Toolkit for Long Term Care Service Development. Focus Group Meeting
  A report from the National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA), Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota, November 2002. NRCNAA plans to make the toolkit, in both hard copy and Web form, available soon.