by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Publications
This monograph describes the current landscape of collaboration between state and tribal justice systems, detailing the history, barriers to effective cooperation, and promising recent developments in the field. StateAndTribalCourts
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Publications, Traditional Practices
This report summarizes the discussion at a roundtable on peacemaking hosted by the Center for Court Innovation, with the support of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, as part of a planning process to create a pilot peacemaking program in the New York State court...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Traditional Practices, Videos
Gene Red Hail is the Program Coordinator of the Men’s Re-Education Program and the Coordinated Community Response to domestic violence for the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. In this video, he shares his views on Native Men’s Wellness through...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Podcasts
Pete Sabori discusses his experience working for a grant-funded tribal justice program and offers advice on forming partnerships and using existing resources. Pete Sabori is the former Community Court Coordinator for the Colorado River Indian Tribes. Included here is...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Podcasts, Tribal Constitutions & Codes
In this segment, Alfred Urbina and O.J. Flores join us in conversation about the implementation of VAWA jurisdiction as a pilot program in the Pascua Yaqui community. Alfred Urbina is the former Pascua Yaqui Attorney General, and O.J. Flores is the chief prosecutor...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Podcasts, Specialized Court Projects, Substance Abuse, Traditional Practices
In this podcast, we are speaking with Judge Maria Dominguez about the Urban Healing to Wellness Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Judge Dominguez is a judge for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court and she also runs the Urban Healing to Wellness Court. Included...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Corrections & Reentry, Juvenile Justice, Videos
Wanbli Wiconi Tipi, Youth Wellness and Renewal Center, is a 36 bed juvenile detention facility operated by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe through funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Video of M4fmdR4Wt4E
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Corrections & Reentry, Videos
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reintegration Program provides intensive case management and reentry services to tribal members returning to the community from incarceration. The program provides financial assistance for basic needs such as housing, clothing, and...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Child Welfare & Crimes Against Children, Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Podcasts, Specialized Court Projects
Theresa Pouley of the Tulalip Tribal Court, Michael Petoskey of the Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians, and William A. Thorne Jr., a Pomo/Coast Miwok Indian appointed to the Utah Court of Appeals, discuss the advantages of transferring child welfare cases from state...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Child Welfare & Crimes Against Children, Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Publications
This paper reviews some of the current challenges associated with following the mandates set forth in the Indian Child Welfare Act and offers suggestions for how state and tribal jurisdictions can work collaboratively to improve compliance. ICWA
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Child Welfare & Crimes Against Children, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Publications
Rocky Boy’s Children Exposed to Violence Project was informed by a commitment to culture as prevention—reconnecting youth and families with the Chippewa Cree language, culture, and traditions. The primary components of the initiative were advocacy and case management...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Child Welfare & Crimes Against Children, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Publications, Traditional Practices
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Defending Childhood Initiative incorporated the Lakota way of life in all of its programming and approaches and viewed bringing back Lakota culture as a form of prevention work. The Rosebud DCI model focused heavily on providing case management...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Alternatives to Incarceration, Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Publications
A special issue devoted to tribal justice. The articles and interviews examine some of the pressing challenges facing tribal courts as well as the changing relationships of federal, state, and tribal justice systems.Journal_Fall_2009
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Alternatives to Incarceration, Corrections & Reentry, Publications
This report provides critical information to tribal court judges about developing and sustaining effective community supervision programs. This article was originally published in the Fall 2009 Journal of Court Innovation Special Issue on Tribal Justice.Tribal...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Alternatives to Incarceration, Publications
This study examines pretrial release decision-making practices in tribal courts by pulling together evidence from focus group and survey responses, as well as tribal case law. This article was originally published in the Fall 2009 Journal of Court Innovation Special...