In Minnesota and across the country, tribal nations now have the power to prosecute outsiders who come on reservation land and sexually assault Native women, children and men.
Minnesotans were at the forefront of the change — decades in the making — which was tucked into the massive federal spending package signed last week by President Joe Biden. Advocates say it's a major step in addressing the epidemic of violence against Native American women and girls, who face staggeringly high rates of se...