U.S. Department
of Justice
Tribal Consultation
The Department of Justice’s annual Tribal Consultation on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women is held pursuant to Public Law 109-162, Title IX, Section 903 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005. This law requires the U.S. Attorney General to conduct an annual consultation with Indian Tribal governments to address the federal administration of all Tribal funds and programs established under the Violence Against Women Acts (VAWA) of 1994, 2000, and 2005. The statute further directs the Attorney General to solicit recommendations from the Indian Tribes at an annual consultation concerning the following items:
- Administering Tribal funds and programs
- Enhancing the safety of Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, homicide and stalking
- Strengthening the federal response to such violent crimes; and
- Improving access to local, regional, state, and federal crime information databases and criminal justice information systems.
2025 Tribal Consultation
20th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, October 28-30, 2025
19th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, November 19-21, 2024
- Invitation to Tribal Leaders
- Improving the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) for American Indian and Alaska Native Individuals
- National Institute of Justice Framing Paper on Tribal Study Data Collections: Access, Sharing, and Archiving Considerations
- National Baseline Study on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women
- Tribal Consultation Framing Paper on Tribal Public Safety and Criminal Justice Funding
18th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, August 8-10, 2023
- Invitation to Tribal Leaders
- Tribal Consultation Framing Paper on Tribal Governments Program Formula
- Urban Indians Organizations' Eligibility for Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program
- Alaska Pilot Program Update For Tribal Leaders and Advocates
- Annual Tribal Consultation Report
- 2024 Update on the Status of 2023 Tribal Consultation Recommendations
17th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, September 21-23, 2022
- Invitation to Tribal Leaders
- Office of Tribal Justice – Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization 2022 Alaska Pilot Project Framing Paper and Tribal Consultation Updates
- Annual Tribal Consultation Report
- 2023 Update on the Status of 2022 Tribal Consultation Recommendations
July 2022 Consultation on Tribal Reimbursement Program
16th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, August 17-20, 2021
15th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, October 27-30, 2020
- Invitation to Tribal Leaders
- Tribal Application Process Framing Paper
- Tribal Jurisdiction Program Framing Paper
- NIJ NBS COVID Framing Paper
- Annual Tribal Consultation Report
- 2021 Update on the Status of 2020 Tribal Consultation Recommendations
- Report to Congress on the Fifteenth Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Consultation
June/July 2020 Consultations and Listening Sessions on Streamlining OVW Tribal Grant Process
14th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, August 21-22, 2019, New Buffalo, Michigan
13th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, August 21-22, 2018, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
12th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, October 3-4, 2017, Fountain Hills, Arizona.
11th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, December 6, 2016, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in Palm Springs, California
10th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, November 4, 2015, Shelton, Washington.
9th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, October 15, 2014, Rapid City, South Dakota.
8th Annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, November 14, 2013, Washington, DC.
2013 was the first year the Department of Justice consulted with tribal leaders on sex trafficking as required by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.
7th annual Government-to-Government Tribal Consultation, October 2-3, 2012, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Day 1 focused on the 7th Annual Violence Against Women Consultation and Day 2 focused on Department of Justice Grant Funding (CTAS). The consultation’s goal was to engage in a dialogue between the United States government and leaders from Indian tribal governments about how to enhance the safety of Alaska Native and American Indian communities and prevent violence against women.
6th annual Tribal Consultation, December 15, 2011, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. The consultation focused on improving the response to violence against women in tribal communities.
- Letter from Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli
- Annual Tribal Consultation Report
5th annual Tribal Consultation, October 4-5, 2010, Spokane, Washington. The first day of the consultation focused on the subject of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women. The second day was devoted to consultation on Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funding for tribal governments, focusing specifically on the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) process that was implemented in Fiscal Year 2010. In Fiscal Year 2010, DOJ issued a single CTAS encompassing all DOJ tribal government-specific grant programs with the goal of gaining a better understanding of each tribe’s overall public safety needs and supporting a more coordinated approach to grant-making. In addition, the DOJ solicited recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2011 tribal grant process.
4th annual Tribal Consultation, October 30, 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The purpose of the Tribal Consultation was to engage in a government-to-government dialogue between the United States Government and the leaders from Indian tribal governments on how to best enhance the safety of Alaska Native and American Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.