Feds aim to combat family violence on reservations

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled a legislative proposal that would stiffen federal sentences for certain domestic violence crimes in Indian Country and expand tribes' authority to enforce protection orders against non-Indians living on reservations.

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