Carrying the Water, Demanding Justice: More Than 20 Years of VAWA in Indian Country and Alaska
This 2026 report chronicles the work that VAWA has funded across Indian country and Alaska Native villages, as well as the work that is left to do.
As a federal funder, OVW is a custodian of information about the activities, challenges, and stories of Tribal grantees who are implementing VAWA-funded programs. This report represents OVW’s efforts to share information with sovereign Tribal governments and steward these data to advance safety and justice. This report also commemorates 20 years since the passage of the Safety for Indian Women title (Title IX) in VAWA 2005 and presents a snapshot of the work that Title IX made possible. It uses performance reporting numbers and grantees’ own words to summarize the ways that VAWA-funded programs help victims, hold offenders accountable, and work collaboratively to end domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.