Officials in Alberta, Canada, have acknowledged that their trial is largely symbolic. Chasing Horse, who will spend decades in a Nevada prison if convicted, may never return to Canada.

”At the end of the day,” Sgt. Nancy Farmer of the Tsuut’ina National Police Service said: ”It is important for us to have these warrants in the system so our victims know they are being listened to. “It’s extremely important that we continue to support them in this way.”

Chasing Horse in Las Vegas pleaded not guilty to the original charges. His new attorney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment, and former public defender Kristy Holston said she had no comment on the new indictment.

The latest indictment also accuses Chasing Horse of filming herself having sex with one of her accusers when she was under 14 years old. Prosecutors say the footage, shot in 2010 or 2011, was found on cellphones in a locked safe at the North Las Vegas home. Chasing Horse is said to have been with five wives, including the girl in the video.

When the Nevada Supreme Court ruled to dismiss Chasing Horse’s initial indictment, the justices described the allegations against him as serious, saying they were not weighing his guilt or innocence. But the court noted that prosecutors presented the grand jury with a definition of improper grooming without expert testimony and accused them of hiding from the grand jury inconsistent statements made by one of his accusers.

As Chasing Horse’s legal troubles unfold, lawmakers and prosecutors in the U.S. are also pouring more resources into cases involving Native women, including human trafficking and murders.