• Research the Major Crimes Act (1885), Public Law 280 (1953), the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, the Indian Civil Rights Act (1968), and the Supreme Court cases of Nevada v. Hicks (2001) 533 U.S. 353, Hagen v. Utah (1994) 510 U.S. 399
• The questions involve the rate of sexual assault and/or murder of Native American women by non Native American men. Why is it and what it is? What is stopping it from being lower or is it below average already?
• A few reasons for this COULD be that Tribal Courts (look them up, they are much different than U.S. criminal courts) are ineffective at addressing crime and punishment due to cultural beliefs. It could be simply due to a large number of non Native Americans "having their way" with Natives while visiting casinos or working on or near their land (pipelines maybe?). Or it could be because the current lawsdo not effectively protect them. If that's the case, who's at fault for the laws not protecting them?Is it Congress, the Tribal communities, or a combination? Do tribal communities even want our laws?