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**Recently Added Resources**

NIGC  Resources

Human Trafficking Press ReleaseHuman Trafficking BulletinHuman Trafficking Questions & Answers (pdf)Human Trafficking Resource Pamphlet | Updated March 2024

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

DHS Blue Campaign Toolkit: Human Trafficking Resource Guide For the Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Industry

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration  for Children & Families

SOAR for Indigenous Communities Training Module (organizations supporting Indigenous communities)SOAR training offerings

**Special Emphasis: Combating Human Trafficking in the Tribal Gaming Industry: A Call to Action | Recorded Live**
			January 11, 2024**Combating Human Trafficking Through Collaboration | Recorded Live**
			January 23, 2023*NIGC Commission and Homeland Security Investigations Agent Doug Gilmer for this discussion on collaboration to combat human trafficking*.Part 1
			
			Part 2**NIGC Special Emphasis Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day:**Federal Response and Resources**NIGC Special Emphasis on Human Trafficking - "A Survivor's Father's Perspective"**
			January 24th, 2022*NIGC Special Emphasis on Human Trafficking Event "From a Survivor's Father's Perspective" - Judge Richard Blake of the
			Hoopa Valley Tribe shares his personal story of how human trafficking has impacted his family. The event is moderated
			by NIGC Vice Chair Jeannie Hovland.***NIGC Special Emphasis on Human Trafficking**
			*Sept. 2021*NIGC Vice Chair Jeannie Hovland speaks on topics of Human Trafficking Overview, NIGC Authorities and Responce to Human Trafficking, NIGC Resources, Call to Action, and gives Closing Remarks.***NIGC Special Emphasis on Combating Human Trafficking**
			September 7, 2021*The National Indian Gaming Commission's Vice Chair Jeannie Hovland is featured in this 15 minute presentation for the NIGC Special Emphasis on Combating Human Trafficking.*NIGC Hosted Event**NIGC Training | Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT)**
			November 18, 2020*The National Indian Gaming Commission with featured guest Truckers Against Trafficking held a 1 hr long virtual seminar on Human Trafficking informing tribal casinos of their role in helping to combat this heinous crime.***NIGC Awareness Training | National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Recording**
			September 5, 2019*The National Indian Gaming Commission Vice-Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause hosted a webinar with guests Alan Nanavaty and Meagan Notari of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). This video is the recording from the live session connecting tribes with information and resources that will help equip them to stop or prevent human trafficking in their communities.***NIGC Webinar | Crimes Against Children and Human Trafficking Unit & Indian Country**
			May 29, 2019*The National Indian Gaming Commission Vice-Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause hosted our first live webinar series on human trafficking in Indian Country as it relates to tribal casinos with guests supervisory special agents Amy Ferron and Briana Grant of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Investigative Division.*Federal Human Trafficking Resources for Tribes

U.S. State Department

US Government entities combatting Human Trafficking in Indian Country (pdf)U.S. Department of Justice

DOJ Office of Victim Services, Indian Victim Services Resources
	AMBER Alert in Indian Country Protecting Children in Tribal Communities (pdf)
	DOJ - Indian Country Resources
	Human Trafficking (including Sex Trafficking) of American Indians and Alaska Natives, September 2017 (pdf)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families

Combating Trafficking: Native Youth Toolkit on Human Trafficking
	Combating Trafficking Pamphlet (pdf)
	Human Trafficking in Native Populations:*Q&A with Commissioner Jeannie Hovland | August 12, 2020*U.S. Government Accountability Office

GAO report - HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Information on Cases in Indian Country or that Involved Native Americans,*GAO-17-624: July 24, 2017* (pdf)U.S. Department of Homeland Security

DHS Blue Campaign Toolkit: Human Trafficking Resource Guide For the Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Industry
	DHS Blue Campaign Video: Human Trafficking and Native Communities*This video depicts what human trafficking can look like in Native communities including recruiting tactics used by traffickers. The video ends with a comprehensive overview of how to recognize and report human trafficking.*
	Native Communities Awareness Poster Series
	Native Human Trafficking Awareness Poster 1
		Native Human Trafficking Awareness Poster 2
		Native Human Trafficking Awareness Poster 3
		Native Human Trafficking Awareness Poster 4U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs

BIA Victim Assistance Program
	BIA Acting Director of Office of Justice Services’ Statement on Human Trafficking of Indians*(Sept. 27, 2017)*Other Agencies' Human Trafficking Resources, primarily related to Tribes

Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking in Gaming - American Gaming Association
	American Gaming Association (AGA) | Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking in the Gaming Industry
	National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Sex Trafficking
	National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Sex Trafficking Resources
	Tribal Law & Policy Institute, Sex Trafficking
	National Human Trafficking Hotline

Human Trafficking Articles, primarily related to Tribes

Kathryn Isom-Clause Guest Post: “Tribal Gaming Can Help to Fight Human Trafficking”
	NCAI | Tribal Insight Brief | Spring 2016 | Human & Sex Trafficking (pdf)
	Combating Human Trafficking in Indian Country – A Tribal Judge’s Role (pdf)*William J. Brunson, Esq.*
	Tribal Justice & Sex Trafficking, Kate Ford, Center for Court Innovation (pdf)
	2016 Human Trafficking Among Native Americans: How Jurisdictional and Statutory Complexities Present Barriers to Combating Modern-Day Slavery, Maggie Logan (pdf)
	2015 Sex Trafficking on Indian Reservations, Tulsa Law Review,*Volume 51, Issue 1, Summer, Gabrielle Mandeville*
	Trafficking in Tribal Nations: the impact of sex trafficking on Native Americans, *Liza Kane-Hartnett*
	The Typology of Modern Slavery (pdf)*Defining Sex & Labor Trafficking in the U.S., Polaris*
	A Health Provider’s Role in Fighting Human Trafficking *August 19, 2021*Federal Government agencies’ general Human Trafficking Resources

U.S. Department of State

Agencies of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in PersonsU.S. Department of Justice

Human Trafficking
	Human Trafficking, The United States Attorneys’ Bulletin, 2017 Volume 65, Number 6 (pdf)*On pages 149-168 - Combatting Trafficking of Native Americans and Alaska Natives, by Leslie A. Hagen and Benjamin L. Whittemore*
	Human Trafficking Task Force e-Guide,*Strengthening Collaborative Resources, DOJ Office for Victims of Crime*
	Human Trafficking | Components
	Human Trafficking | Special Initiatives
	Human Trafficking | Whole Government Approach
	Human Trafficking | Reports and PublicationsU.S. Department of Homeland Security

Blue Campaign
	Blue Campaign | Hospitality ToolkitU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families

10 Ways You Can Help End Trafficking
	The National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children & Youth in the United States
	National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States Best Practices and Recommendations for States September 2020 (pdf)**The NIGC is sharing these resources to raise awareness about human trafficking and promote public safety. This list of anti-human trafficking resources was compiled by the National Indian Gaming Commission and is not intended to be exhaustive. The inclusion of any non-federal government resources is not intended to imply an endorsement of those resources. Likewise, the exclusion of any non-federal government resources is not intended to imply disapproval of any excluded resources. In addition, the inclusion of the non-federal government resources is not intended to imply an endorsement of the policies, services, information, or training that these resources provide, and may not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the National Indian Gaming Commission or the U.S. government.**
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