Topeka ? The U.S. Justice Department has awarded two Kansas Indian tribes a total of $1.3 million to improve law enforcement on reservations.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release Wednesday that the Kickapoo Tribe will receive $810,503 and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation will receive $557,117.

The federal government on Wednesday announced it was awarding $118.4 million in grants to nearly 150 American Indian and Alaska native nations.

The effort to improve law enforcement on the reservations will focus on eight areas — public safety, methamphetamine, alcohol and substance abuse, corrections, violence against women, elder abuse, juvenile justice, and tribal youth programs.