Description: The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) is a Minnesota-based nonprofit tribal coalition founded to end sexual violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and children. MIWSAC provides culturally grounded advocacy, statewide organizing, training and technical assistance, and runs national programs (including the National Tribal Sexual Assault Resource Center) to strengthen tribal, state, and federal responses to sexual violence and sex trafficking. Type: Non-profit tribal coalition and national technical assistance provider Policies: Advocacy for policies to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence against Indigenous people, expanded funding for victim services and culturally specific programs, tribal sovereignty and cross-jurisdictional justice measures, implementation of VAWA and FVPSA funding, human trafficking prevention, missing and murdered Indigenous relatives initiatives, and support for trauma-informed and community-based prevention strategies. Funding: Primarily federal and state grants (including DOJ Office on Violence Against Women and HHS/FVPSA), foundation and philanthropic grants, program contracts, and individual donations Affiliates: Men As Peacemakers, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), Office on Violence Against Women (as a funder/partner), StrongHearts Native Helpline
