NIGC is committed to working with tribal gaming operations, organizations, and communities to raise awareness and provide tools to prevent human trafficking. NIGC collaborates with federal, local, and non-profit agencies and entities to offer anti-human trafficking training courses specific to the Indian gaming industry.
Recently Added Resources
NIGC Resources
Human Trafficking Press Release
Human Trafficking Bulletin (pdf)
Human Trafficking Questions & Answers (pdf)
Human Trafficking Resource Pamphlet (pdf) | Updated October 2024
The White House
The National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking | December 2021
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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
NIGC Special Emphasis Videos
Special Emphasis: NIGC Special Emphasis MMIP May 2024
May 16, 2024
Special Emphasis Virtual Event | How Tribal Gaming Contributes to the Protection of Indigenous Communities
Special guest from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Governor Reggie Wassana & Executive Officer of the Governor LaRenda Morgan & San Manual Band of Mission Indians Treasurer Latisha Prieto and Tribal Youth Advocate
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
U.S. Department of Justice
- Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
- 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
U.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
U.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 Publications
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.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.